Excavations in the Santa Cruz River Floodplain : The Middle Archaic Component at Los Pozos

by Gregory, David A.

• ISBN13: 9781886398320
• ISBN10: 1886398321
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

Excavations in the Santa Cruz floodplain in 1995 provided important new data concerning the Middle Archaic period in southern Arizona. The work reported here represents the first intensive investigation of a stratified Middle Archaic site in the Tucson Basin. Eleven radiocarbon dates place the occupation between approximately 2600 and 1900 B.C. Analyses of the data collected shed new light on a number of important issues: subsistence and settlement immediately prior to the introduction of maize; the dating of the Middle Archaic interval itself; and the dating of Cortaro style projectile points, the dominant form represented at the site. The project also contributed significantly to knowledge of the Holocene depositional history of the Santa Cruz floodplain, particularly as it relates to the lengthy sequence of human occupation and use of this environment. CDA Anthropological Papers, No. 20 David A. Gregoryis a staff archaeologist at Desert Archaeology, Inc. He has thirty years' experience in Arizona archaeology and has directed numerous projects in the Phoenix and Tucson basins.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
Background, Goals, and Methods	p. 1
Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Characteristics of the Natural and Cultural Deposits	p. 13
Flaked Stone Artifacts	p. 33
Other Artifacts	p. 47
Paleobotanical Remains	p. 49
Faunal Remains	p. 61
Status of the Middle Archaic in Southern Arizona	p. 75
Data Integration and Synthesis	p. 85
Composite Stratigraphic Cross Sections	p. 125
Flaked Stone Data Tables	p. 143
Processed and Analyzed Flotation Samples	p. 153
Faunal Remains Data Tables	p. 163
Counts and Densities of Artifacts by Excavation Units and Analytic Levels	p. 173
References Cited	p. 179
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