The Racetrack Project
Summary
Between A.D. 1250 and 1450, a large number of ceremonial racetracks were built at and between villages in north-central Arizona. This assemblage began as a relatively dispersed collection, stretching from the Sedona area down to Cave Creek and from the Bradshaw Mountains to the Mazatzal Wilderness. Over time, the racetrack network grew in intensity but became spatially focused atop Perry Mesa, along the middle Agua Fria River. In conjunction with the Legacies on the Landscape Project and Alliance and Landscape Project, The Racetrack Project studies these tracks in order to better understand the role of ritual in social change in 13th and 14th century central Arizona.
Cite this Record
The Racetrack Project. ( tDAR id: 378368) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8ZS2ZDM
Keywords
Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
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Hohokam
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Perry Mesa Tradition
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Ground Stone
Site Type
racetrack
Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation
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Architectural Survey
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Consultation
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Ethnographic Research
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Ethnohistoric Research
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Geophysical Survey
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Ground Disturbance Monitoring
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Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
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Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Remote Sensing
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Site Evaluation / Testing
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Site Stabilization
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Site Stewardship Monitoring
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Systematic Survey
General
racetracks, race tracks, racing, ritual, religion
Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria National Monument
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Agua Fria River
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Central Arizona
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Middle Verde River Valley
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Perry Mesa
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Tonto National Forest
Temporal Keywords
Early Postclassic
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Late Postclassic
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Perry Mesa Tradition
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Pueblo III
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Pueblo IV
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1250 to 1450
Spatial Coverage
min long: -112.626; min lat: 33.518 ; max long: -111.11; max lat: 34.764 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Principal Investigator(s): Katherine Spielmann; David Abbott
Project Director(s): Will Russell
Landowner(s): BLM, Agua Fria National Monument; USFS, Tonto National Forest; USFS, Prescott National Forest
Sponsor(s): Arizona State University (ASU)
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- 1940 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (1940)
- 1940 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (1940)
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- 1940 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (1940)
- 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (2010)
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- 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (2010)
- 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (2010)
- 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (2010)
- 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (2010)
- 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (2010)
- 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (2010)
- Maps (2007)