The Garden Canyon Project: Studies at Two Rockshelters at Fort Huachuca, Southeastern Arizona - Report (Legacy Demonstration Project #21)

Author(s): Jeffrey Altschul; Marie Cottrell; Clement W. Meighan; Ronald Towner

Year: 1993

Summary

This report includes discussions of rock art recording and analysis, and the archaeological test excavations in two small rockshelters on the Fort Huachuca military reservation. The area was occupied on repeated occasions (not permanently) as a temporary camp used while exploiting mammals and possibly wild plant foods during the 13th century.

Cite this Record

The Garden Canyon Project: Studies at Two Rockshelters at Fort Huachuca, Southeastern Arizona - Report (Legacy Demonstration Project #21). Jeffrey Altschul, Marie Cottrell, Clement W. Meighan, Ronald Towner. 1993 ( tDAR id: 468800) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8468800

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URL: https://www.denix.osd.mil/cr/archives/archaeology/index.html


Keywords

Culture
Historic • Prehistoric

Site Type
Rock Art

Investigation Types
Architectural Survey

General
Archaeological Survey • Fort Huachuca • Garden Canyon • National Register of Historic Places • Pictographs • Rock Art • Rockshelter

Geographic Keywords
Arizona • Fort Huachuca

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.559; min lat: 31.425 ; max long: -110.242; max lat: 31.642 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): OSD Cultural Resources Program

Prepared By(s): Statistical Research, Inc.

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