Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 06: Yavapai and Western Apache Archaeology of Central Arizona

Part of the Lower Verde Archaeological project

Author(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; WIlliam L. Deaver

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

Year: 1997

Summary

This chapter reviews archaeological evidence for Yavapai and Western Apache occupation of central Arizona. Whittlesey begins with a description of the only site – Site 66//1157 -- in the LVAP project area to present clearly identified Yavapai or Western Apache material culture. She also discusses the archaeological data from the Yavapai construction camps at Bartlett and Horseshoe Dams. Whittlesey then provides an overview of archaeological evidence for Yavapai and for Western Apache archaeology in places surrounding the LVAP project area. Reid offers a description of a wickiup uncovered at the Grasshopper site, and uses chronologic samples taken from the structure to discuss Apachean entry into central Arizona. Deaver then presents a critical review on the dating of the Protohistoric and Historic periods in central Arizona. He is concerned with evaluating limited chronologic evidence for Protohistoric and/or Historic contexts in the LVAP project area. Finally, Whittlesey provides a summary of known material data that might be used to identify Yavapai and Western Apache in the archaeological record.

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Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 06: Yavapai and Western Apache Archaeology of Central Arizona. Stephanie M. Whittlesey, WIlliam L. Deaver, 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. 185-214. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, Inc. Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 5897) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8T43RW1

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Historic Native American • Western Apache • Yavapai

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metal

Site Name
Apache Construction Camps at Roosevelt Dam • Apache Scout Camp at Fort Apache • AZ O:15:67 (ASM) • AZ T:4:38 (ASM) • AZ U:2:39 (ASM) • AZ U:2:41 (ASM) • AZ U:2:42 (ASM) • AZ U:2:66/01-1157 • AZ U:8:239/1590 • Black Hole site • Construction Camp at Barlett Dam • Eagle Ridge site • Fools Hollow Ridge Ruin • Grasshopper Spring site • Horton Rock Shelter • La Piedra House • Mazatzal House • NA16,649 (MNA) • NA16,663 (MNA) • NA18, 188 (MNA) • NA18, 189 (MNA) • NA18,190 (MNA) • Orme Ranch Cave • Pine Flat Cave • Scorpion Ridge Ruin • Scorpion Rock Ruin • Turkey Creek Cave • Yavapai Construction Camp at Horseshoe Dam Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Brush Structure • Cave • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Encampment • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Rock Shelter • Settlements • Sweat House / Sweat Lodge • Tent Ring / Tipi Ring

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnohistoric Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Central Arizona • lower Verde River

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Hohokam post-Classic period • late prehistoric period • Protohistoric

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1450 to 1950

Spatial Coverage

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

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