Petrologic Analysis of Sand and Sherd Samples for the San Simon Archaeological Project
Creators: name: Wiley, Michael K.
name: Miksa, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Center for Desert Archaeology
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Whitlock Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84486/whitlock-valley
subject: Interstitial Zone D
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83753/interstitial-zone-d
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/32/late-archaic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: AZ CC:7:11
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105294/az-cc711
subject: AZ CC:7:4
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105293/az-cc74
subject: AZ CC:7:31
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105296/az-cc731
subject: AZ CC:7:26
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105295/az-cc726
subject: L9623
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105298/l9623
subject: L9622
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105297/l9622
subject: Pit Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/965/pit-structure
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Sand
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/713/sand
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Thin Section Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/55134/thin-section-analysis
subject: Point Counting
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160960/point-counting
subject: Petrologic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/83248/petrologic-analysis
subject: Modal Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160961/modal-analysis
subject: Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/6/methodology-theory-or-synthesis
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: Dr. Patricia Gilman, director of the San Simon Archaeological Project, collected sand and sherd samples from four late Archaic site excavations with ASM site designations located in the Whitlock valley. The purpose of her collection was to examine the relative degree of sedentism and mobility associated with pit structures in the prehistoric Southwest. In February of 1994, the collection was assembled for petrologic analysis. Twenty-three sherd and two sand samples were submitted to Elizabeth Miksa of Desert Archaeology, Inc., Tucson, AZ, for petrological analysis. The goal of this analysis was to determine the composition of local versus nonlocal ceramic temper by comparing the temper in the submitted sherd samples to that of the collected sands and to geologic maps. The temper types present in the wares are also compared by groups in order to ascertain which wares could have been produced locally, or if certain wares were being transported or traded into the area.