Substance and Subsistence: A Use-Wear Analysis on Ground Stone from the Virgin Branch Puebloan Region

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeology of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Archaeological investigations pertaining to the upland zone of the Virgin Branch Puebloan region—namely, the Colorado Plateaus—have historically been limited in both number and scope. Recent expeditions to various sites on the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, however, have helped expand the archaeological record of the area—contributing a greater depth of knowledge concerning Virgin Branch Puebloan culture occupation of the area in late prehistory. The framework for the present study comprises excavation data from recent expeditions to several sites on the Shivwits Plateau of northern Arizona, conducted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2012 to 2014. This paper presents a use-wear analysis on ground stone recovered from four Pueblo-period habitation sites (To’tsa, Bart, Lava Ridge, and Coyote). Both use-wear analysis results and provenience information frame a discussion on implications of this study on Virgin Branch Puebloan subsistence, economy, and potential exchange relationships during the Pueblo II-III periods.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeology of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 23413