Echoes in the Canyons : the archaeology of the southeastern Sierra Ancha, Central Arizona / Richard C. Lange ; with Richard S. Ciolek-Torrello, ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lange, Richard C.

Contributor:

Ciolek-Torrello, Richard.

Series:

Arizona State Museum archaeological series ; 198.

Arizona State Museum archaeological series ; 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Sierra Ancha (Ariz.)--Antiquities.

Sierra Ancha (Ariz.).

Archaeology--Arizona.

Arizona.

Physical Description:

xvi, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Tucson : Arizona State Museum, in collaboration with Statistical Research, Inc., 2006.

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "figures and graphics ..."--CD-ROM label.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Previous Work and Project History 1

Archaeological Work in the Southeastern Sierra Ancha and Vicinity 2

Earliest Visitors and Descriptions 2

Gila Pueblo and Emil W. Haury 4

Byron Cummings 6

Arizona State University Field Schools 7

Helga Teiwes and the US Forest Service 7

Haury's Second Trip 7

Wesley Wells 7

The Cholla Project 7

Beginnings of the Sierra Ancha Project 8

Beam Replacement (V:1:136), 1983 8

Statistical Research, Inc., October 1991 9

Earthwatch 1995 and 1996 9

1996 to Present 10

Chapter 2 Project Activities 11

Hiking 11

Site Recording 12

Surveying 13

Mapping 13

Photography 15

Wood Studies 15

Architectural Documentation 16

General Documentation 17

Roofing Study 18

Collections 18

Temperature Studies 19

Chapter 3 Physiography 21

Geology and Elevation 21

Water Resources 23

Drainages 23

Stream Flow 27

Precipitation 29

Seeps and Springs 29

Climate 29

Temperature 29

Growing Season 30

Climatic History 30

Natural Resources 34

Caves and Shelters 34

Stone - Construction Materials 35

Stone - Materials for Tools 35

Clay 35

Stone - Exotic Materials 36

Plants 36

Animals 37

Chapter 4 Ceramics 39

The Sierra Ancha Collections 40

Comparisons and Discussions for the SAP Collections 41

Gila Pueblo Collections and Granite Basin Pueblo 41

Upper and Lower Tonto Ruins 41

Tonto Basin 44

Grasshopper Area 45

Roosevelt Red Ware, Cibola White Ware, and White Mountain Red Ware 45

Roosevelt Red Ware (Salado Polychromes) 46

Cibola White Ware 48

White Mountain Red Ware 50

Salado Red Corrugated 51

Chapter 5 Trees, Tree-Rings, and Chronology 55

Wood Use 55

GP C:1:38 67

V:1:130, GP C:1:16E/N 67

V:1:131, GP C:1:16C/M 67

V:1:132, GP C:1:16W/S 72

V:1:133, GP C:1:21 72

V:1:134, GP C:1:23 72

V:1:135, GP C:1:40 72

V:1:136, GP C:1:36 72

V:1:162, GP C:1:8 72

V:1:163, GP C:1:14 73

V:1:164, GP C:1:25 73

V:1:165, GP C:1:30 73

V:1:167, GP C:1:44 73

V:1:168, GP C:1:45 74

V:1:174: GP C:1:46 74

Other Sites 74

Chapter 6 Architecture of the Sierra Ancha Cliff Dwellings 75

Construction Materials 75

Stone 75

Mortar and Plaster 78

Water 80

Wood and Other Plant Materials 82

Wall Construction 82

Wall Types 84

Wall Cross-sections 86

Wall Features 86

Other Architectural Features 100

Hatches 100

Ladders 102

Site Configuration 102

Room Construction 102

Special Rooms 104

Granaries 108

Roofing Systems 109

Roof Components 110

Theoretical Roofing Systems 113

Structural Analyses of the Theoretical Roofing Systems 113

Comparing Actual Examples and the Model Roofing Systems 119

Roofing Systems Summary 123

Building A Cliff Dwelling 123

Solar and Temperature Considerations 124

Building the Cliff Dwelling 130

Chapter 7 Site Descriptions 135

The SAP Sites 136

Artifact Scatters 138

Isolated Walls and Checkdams 138

Surface Pueblos and Compounds 138

Cliff Dwellings 157

Other Sites 184

Chapter 8 Other Material Culture and Other Materials 187

Flaked Stone 187

Ground Stone 187

Pot Plugs 189

Steatite 193

Shell 193

Human Bone 195

Macrobotanical Remains 196

Textiles 199

Chapter 9 Rock Art and Wall Painting in the Southeastern Sierra Ancha / Christine H. Virden-Lange 201

Background History 201

Rock Art Technology and Terminology 202

Petroglyphs 202

Pictographs 203

Dating Techniques 204

Rock Art and Wall Painting of the Southeastern Sierra Ancha 205

Recording and Analysis 206

Distribution of Rock Art by Site 209

Wall Painting 232

Graffiti and Historic Inscriptions 234

Chapter 10 Regional Culture History and the Southeastern Sierra Ancha / Richard C. Lange, Richard S. Ciolek-Torrello 239

Silver Creek 241

Grasshopper 245

Upper Cherry Creek: Pleasant Valley, Vosberg, Q Ranch, and Rock House Areas 250

Archaic Period (up to ca AD 400) 250

Early Ceramic Horizon (AD 400-700) 250

Pit House Period 251

Sedentary Period (AD 1000-1150) 252

Early Classic Period (AD 1150-1300) 252

Late Classic Period (AD 1300-1400) 253

Payson-Star Valley 254

Tonto Basin 254

Paleo-Indian and Archaic Periods (10,000BC to AD 100) 255

Early Ceramic Horizon (AD 100-600) 256

Preclassic Period (AD 600-1150) 256

Early Classic Period (AD 1150-1350) 261

Late Classic Period (AD 1350-1450) 264

Globe-Miami 267

Lower Cherry Creek 267

Middle Cherry-Creek and the Southeastern Sierra Ancha 268

Paleoindian, Archaic, and Early Ceramic Periods 268

Preclassic Period: Colonial and Sedentary or Pueblo I through Pueblo III 269

Early Classic Period: Roosevelt Phase or Late Pueblo III 269

Late Classic Period: Gila Phase or Pueblo IV 9AD 1350-1450) 272

Appendix I Work Plans: Proposed and Actual (1981, 1995, 1996) 281

Appendix II Site Data and Site Number Concordances 287

Appendix III Site Maps from SAP Sites and Other Sites in the Vicinity of the Southeastern Sierra Ancha 293

Appendix IV Inventory and Assessment of Research Potential for Plant Remains from Cliff Dwellings in the Sierra Ancha, Arizona / Lisa W. Huckell, Richard C. Lange 317

Methods 317

Results 317

Taxa Recovered 317

Appendix V Textiles from AZ V:1:131 (ASM), AZ V:1:134 (ASM) and AZ V:1:136 (ASM) / Lynn S. Teague 327

Fiber 327

Cordage 327

Fabric 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781889747804

1889747807

OCLC:

86117734