The Deem Hills Chert &amp; Chalcedony Quarry, AZ T:8:8(PGM), in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: K. J. Schroeder
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Central Arizona
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76050/central-arizona
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Northwestern Phoenix
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84156/northwestern-phoenix
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5629/archaic
subject: Paleo-Indian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3780/paleo-indian
subject: PaleoIndian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4/paleoindian
subject: Clovis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/5/clovis
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Early Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9/early-archaic
subject: Middle Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/10/middle-archaic
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: AZ T:8:8(PGM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101586/az-t88pgm
subject: Knapping Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2047/knapping-site
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Quarry
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/293/quarry
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Desert Rose
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2835/desert-rose
subject: Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/213/chert
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Core
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2121/core
subject: Chalcedony
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/250/chalcedony
subject: Flake
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2810/flake
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: The Deem Hills Chert &amp; Chalcedony Quarry, AZ T:8:8(PGM), is located in the Deem Hills of northwestern Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The site is a prehistoric quarry, exhibiting the exploitation patterns of chert and chalcedony toolstone by the prehistoric populations that first entered the foothills area west, northwest, north, northeast, and east of the Lower Salt River Valley (LSRV) This area is known as the Northern Periphery. The historical background of the site’s discovery is first provided followed by a description of the toolstone characteristics. This is followed by a description of the methodology used in recording the site, and the research domains that governed the research. The results of the survey follow, and the research domains are then addressed. Finally, a brief synthesis concludes the report. Ail of the effort to record the site was provided pro bono by Roadrunner Archaeology &amp; Consulting, Tempe, Arizona (Arizona Antiquities Act Permit 2005 - 054bl).