Continued Work on the Ray Robinson Collection – Preliminary Investigations into the Clont’s Farm site, John’s Farm site and other nearby sites in the Safford Basin of Southeastern Arizona

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

As investigations continue into the Ray Robinson Collection by its dedicated team of volunteer researchers, we return our attention to the poorly documented Safford Basin of southeastern Arizona. In addition to the preliminary data previously presented based on Ray’s investigations on the Cork and Elmer’s Farm sites, we have completed our preliminary research on the Clont’s Farm site and the John’s Farm site (AZ CC:2:2 ASM) near the eastern end of the Basin and the nearby sites of Melvin’s Farm and Cottonwood Canyon in the western portion of the Basin. Clont’s Farm site is a room block with 30-50 structures on private land. The settlement dates to the late 11th and early 12th centuries and is one of very few sites investigated from this period. The John’s Farm site dates primarily to the later Salado period during the 14th century and comprises area near the residence and in the adjoining fields owned at the time by the Paul John family. This paper will share the results of documentary research conducted using Robinson’s notes and will present a detailed inventory of the artifact assemblages from each as well as ceramic typological and obsidian sourcing analyses.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 37937.0