Footage of Allantown, Arizona
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1986.12.3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966
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content: Frank Harold Hanna Roberts, Jr. films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (18 minutes, black-and-white silent; 1000 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1933
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage documenting archaeological excavations in the Whitewater District of Eastern Arizona. The excavation sites in the films are located three miles south of Allantown, above the Whitewater Valley. Film records the work of both Navajo and Zuni Native Americans in the excavation of the site. The site is thought to have been occupied from Basketmaker III through Pueblo III as determined by pottery styles and structure design.


Footage includes excavation of human burial site and human skeletal remains.