Tonto National Monumemnt: An Archaeological Survey: Archaeological Investigations in the Tonto Basin, Central Arizona

This report represents an inventory of the cultural resources within Tonto National Monument in central Arizona. It describes the results of the 100-percent survey of the monument, presents a discussion of previous work done in the Tonto Basin and of the cultural history and natural setting of the r...

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Main Author: Tagg, Martyn D.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Western Archeological and Conservation Center 1985
Subjects:
Arizona
Tonto Basin
Salado
Yavapai
Archaic
Apache
Historic
Upper Ruin
Lower Ruin
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
Archaeological Feature
Non-Domestic Structures
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Shell
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Glass
Ground Stone
Metal
Systematic Survey
The Monument
Archeological Survey
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8qj7g2c
http://core.tdar.org/document/4268
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Summary:This report represents an inventory of the cultural resources within Tonto National Monument in central Arizona. It describes the results of the 100-percent survey of the monument, presents a discussion of previous work done in the Tonto Basin and of the cultural history and natural setting of the regIon. This is followed by site descriptions, artifact analyses and results, interpretations of the subsistence patterns and external relationships of the inhabitants of the sites, and chronology of the area. The archeological survey of Tonto National Monument identified 65 sites, most of which are Salado sites (A.D. 1100-1450), contemporaneous with the well-known Upper and Lower Ruins. There was also evidence of Archaic period (about 8000 B.C.-A.D. 1), Apache or Yavapai (about A.D. 1500), and historic Euro-American (about A.D. 1900) use of the region.

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