An Overview and Assessment of Middle Verde Valley Archeology

• Main Authors: Powers, Robert P., Pearson, Nancy E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: the Digital Archaeological Record
• Subjects: Ancestral Puebloan; Sinagua; Archaeological Overview; Tuzigoot; Montezuma Castle; Montezuma Well; Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex; Resource Extraction/Production/Transportation Structure or Features; Funerary and Burial Structures or Features; Non-Domestic Structures; Archaeological Feature; Rock Art; Ceramic; Chipped Stone; Fauna; Ground Stone; Human Remains; Shell; Archeological Survey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8S18144_meta$v=1352144077930

It has been 30 years since Paul and Suzanne Fish (1977) prepared the first archeological overview and assessment of the Verde Valley. During that time, as the saying goes, “everything has changed, and nothing has changed.” One very significant change is that, as a result of federal legislation requiring archeological survey and evaluation of archeological resources prior to federally financed or sanctioned land modification activities, hundreds of compliance driven archeological surveys and a smaller number of data recovery projects involving testing or excavation have taken place within the Verde watershed.