The archaeology of Perry Mesa and its world /

The archaeology of Perry Mesa and its world /

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Author / Creator:Wilcox, David R., 1944-
Imprint:Flagstaff : Ralph M. Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University, ©2007.
Description:xvii, 124 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Language:English
Series:Bilby Research Center occasional papers ; no. 3
Bilby Research Center occasional papers ; no. 3.
Subject:
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona.
Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Antiquities.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Arizona -- Perry Mesa Archaeological District.
Antiquities.
Cultural property -- Protection.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Indians of North America -- Antiquities.
Perry Mesa Archaeological District (Ariz.)
Arizona -- Antiquities.
Arizona.
Arizona -- Perry Mesa Archaeological District.
CD-ROMs.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6618578
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Other authors / contributors:Holmlund, James P.
ISBN:0971878692
9780971878693
Notes:"With support from Agua Fria National Monument, Bureau of Land Management [and others]."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-120).
Summary:A study intitiated by the Agua Fria National Monument and conducted by the Western Mapping Company and the Museum of Northern Arizona, explores the Perry Mesa site in Yavapai Country, Arizona, documents the collection of artifacts for permanent curation, and includes a history of the research on Perry Mesa and a review of the recent competing theories about how it was organized for war or how the landscape became ecologically degraded. The study also provides an analysis of the relevance of these data to understanding the larger interaction spheres of the Central Arizona Tradition, the Verde Confederacy, and the Hopi macroeconomy.
Table of Contents:
  • The Perry Mesa settlement system and its regional context
  • History of research : J.W. Simmons
  • History of research : early professional work
  • History of research : the verde confederacy model
  • History of research : the ecology of human impact model
  • The prerequisites of sound explanation
  • Research design and collecting procedures
  • Basic collecting procedures and objectives
  • Human remains
  • Implementing the field strategy, September 2003 to April 2004
  • Initial work by Western Mapping Company
  • Making the artifact collections at Pueblo La Plata
  • The Fort Silver Survey
  • The second phase of fieldwork by Western Mapping Company
  • Feature mapping
  • Artifact mapping
  • The approach taken to artifact analyses
  • Ceramics
  • Initiating ceramic sourcing studies
  • Obsidian
  • A second round of field investigation, November 2004
  • Interpretations
  • On the construction history of Perry Mesa Pueblos
  • Critique of ASU construction history studies of Pueblo La Plata and Richinbar Ruin
  • Was defense or agricultural potential primary in Perry Mesa site locations?
  • Ceramic patterns
  • The larger correlation of macro-regional events and the end of the PMSS
  • The Chavez Pass-Homol'ovi connection
  • Obsidian procurement patterns
  • Trip report to Perkinsville Ruin (NA2440), 17 July 2000
  • The Hopi macroeconomy, A.D. 1250-1425
  • Testing the macroeconomy model
  • Curation.

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