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

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Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan • Hohokam • Perry Mesa Tradition

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone

Site Type
racetrack

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Consultation • Ethnographic Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Geophysical Survey • Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Remote Sensing • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stabilization • Site Stewardship Monitoring • Systematic Survey

General
racetracks, race tracks, racing, ritual, religion

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria National Monument • Agua Fria River • Central Arizona • Middle Verde River Valley • Perry Mesa • Tonto National Forest

Temporal Keywords
Early Postclassic • Late Postclassic • Perry Mesa Tradition • Pueblo III • 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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  1. 1940 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (1940)
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  53. 1940 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (1940)
  54. 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (2010)
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  92. 2010 Aerial photograph, Perry Mesa region, north-central Arizona (Copy) (2010)
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