An Investigation of Archaic Subsistence and Settlement in the Harquahala Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Bostwick, Todd W.
name: Davis, Owen K.
name: Hatch, Pamela C.
name: Johna Hutira
name: Lewenstein, Suzanne M.
name: Stone, Connie L.
name: Waters, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Northland Research, Inc.
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Highway 10
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subject: Centennial Wash
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subject: Saddle Mountain
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subject: Eagletail Mountains
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subject: Harquahala Valley
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subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Archaic Period
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subject: Formative Stage
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Historic
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subject: AZ S:7:35 (ASM)
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subject: AZ S:7:34 (ASM)
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subject: AZ S:7:37 (ASM)
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subject: AZ S:7:36 (ASM)
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subject: AZ S:12:17 (ASM)
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subject: Creosote Flats
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subject: The Big Feature Site
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subject: The Lookout
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subject: The Sandtrap
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subject: Not-Much-To-It
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subject: The Bonus Site
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subject: The Apothecary
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subject: AZ S:7:28 (ASM)
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subject: Tortoise Sink
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subject: AZ S:7:33 (ASM)
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subject: AZ S:7:30 (ASM)
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subject: Encampment
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subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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subject: Agricultural or Herding
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Pit
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subject: Artifact Scatter
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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subject: Terrace
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subject: Hearth
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subject: Rock Alignment
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Settlements
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subject: Pollen
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Mineral
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subject: Harquahala Valley Irrigation
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Historic Background Research
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
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subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
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subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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description: Eight archaeological sites were investigated within the new right-of-way for a distribution canal and flood control structure to serve the Harquahala Valley irrigation and Drainage District. The majority of the materials in these sites, all of which were mostly surface phenomena, appear to fate to the Archaic stage, a poorly understood time in the prehistoric record of the Southwest. Analysis of data recovered suggests that these sites were campsites used during seasonal exploitation of local resources over a long period of time, perhaps spanning most of the Archaic stage, and also some of the succeeding Formative stage.