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Of stones and spirits : pursuing the past of Antelope Hill / edited by Joan S. Schneider and Jeffrey H. Altschul ; contributions by Joan S. Schneider ... [and others].
Penn Museum Library E78.A7 O34 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Technical series (Statistical Research, Inc. (Redlands, Calif.)) ; no. 76.
- Technical series (Statistical Research, Inc. (Redlands, Calif.))
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeological surveying.
- Indians of North America.
- Antiquities.
- Antelope Hill (Yuma County, Ariz.)--Antiquities.
- Antelope Hill (Yuma County, Ariz.).
- Yuma County (Ariz.)--Antiquities.
- Yuma County (Ariz.).
- Indians of North America--Arizona--Antelope Hill (Yuma County)--Antiquities.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona--Antelope Hill (Yuma County).
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Arizona--Antelope Hill (Yuma County).
- Archaeological surveying--Arizona--Yuma County.
- Arizona--Yuma County.
- Genre:
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson, Ariz. : Statistical Research, 2000.
- System Details:
- System requirements: CD-ROM drive; internet browser or multimedia player (e.g. Windows Media player or QuickTime), sound card.
- Summary:
- Antelope Hill is a prominent fixture on the landscape of the lower Gila River in southwestern Arizona. Archaeologists know the hill as the largest and most impressive milling implement quarry in the western United States, with tools made from Antelope Hill sandstone found at sites stretching for hundreds of miles up and down the Gila and Colorado rivers. According to modern Native Americans, the hill was a no-man's-land in a hotly contested region, and the hundreds of rock art images that adorn the hill attest to its use by many peoples over many years. The hill was also used by more-recent migrants. Spanish explorers camped at Antelope Hill; fur trappers passed by; Mexican and American military expeditions left their marks in the rocks, as did many on their way to seek their fortune in gold in California. The archaeology, ethnography, and history of Antelope Hill are presented here in a unique format. The handsome book reports on the findings of archival research, oral histories, and archaeological excavation and analysis. The accompanying CD-ROM presents color images of rock art as well as a video of the archaeology of Antelope Hill and nearby sites.
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, Wellton, Arizona."
- CD-ROM contains pictures of the Antelope Hill site and three movies: The rock art at Antelope Hill, Prehistoric quarrying and tool production at Antelope Hill and Modern quarrying activities at Antelope Hill.
- Includes bibliographical references : (pages 217-228).
- ISBN:
- 1879442760
- OCLC:
- 45147152
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