Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 04: An Overview of Research History and Archaeology of Central Arizona

Part of the Lower Verde Archaeological project

Author(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Editor(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Richard Ciolek-Torello; Jeffrey Altschul

Year: 1997

Summary

In Chapter 4, Whittlesey presents a thorough summary of archaeological research and intellectual history in central Arizona. The author's goal is to situate the LVAP research in the context of central Arizona archaeology. Whittlesey provides histories of the research that has been conducted in the Verde drainage, the Tonto Basin, the Agua Fria drainage, and the Phoenix Basin. She concludes with a summary of the research trajectories and the different explanatory models applied to central Arizona's archaeological record.

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Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 04: An Overview of Research History and Archaeology of Central Arizona. Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-Torello, Jeffrey Altschul. In Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project: Overview, Synthesis, and Conclusions. Pp. 59-142. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, Inc.Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 5836) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8445JNT

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Hakataya • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Mogollon • Salado • Sinagua • Western Apache • Yavapai

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Pollen • Shell

Site Name
Ash Creek site • Azatlan • AZ O:14:112 (ASU)/1003 • AZ O:14:50 (ASU)/951 • AZ O:14:60 (ASU)/961 • AZ U:2:217 (ASU)/236 • AZ U:2:319 (ASU)/528 • Brazaletes Pueblo • Casa Grande • Clear Creek Ruin • Davenport Ruin • Deer Jaw Ruin • Dry Wash site • Escalante Ruin • Fitzmaurice Ruin • Griffin Wash site • Honanki • Horseshoe Dam • Ister Flat Ruin • King's Ruin • La Ciudad • La Escuela Cuba • Las Colinas • Los Muertos • Meddler Point site • Mercer Ruin • Montezuma Castle • Montezuma Well • Orme Ranch Cave • Palatki • Palo Verde site • Pueblo Grande • Pyramid Point site • Sears-Kay Ruin • Shaffer site • Shoofly Village • Snaketown • Tangle Fort • the Citadel site • Tuzigoot • Verde River Sheep Bridge Show More

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Ancient Church / Religious Structure • Ancient Communal / Public Structure • Ancient Earthwork • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Canal or Canal Feature • Church / Religious Structure • Communal / Public Structure • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Midden • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Petroglyph • Pit • Post Hole / Post Mold • Reservoir • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Settlements • Water Control Feature Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Records Search / Inventory Checking

Geographic Keywords
Central Arizona • lower Verde River

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -2000 to 1950

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.845; min lat: 33.804 ; max long: -111.591; max lat: 34.082 ;

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