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Explaining Organizational Change: Anasazi Community Patterns
(1/1/1984 0)
To explain organizational change on the northern edge of prehistoric Anasazi occupation, a large block was archaeologically surveyed in southeast Utah. Resulting site distributions are used to interpret community patterns, ...
Moon House: a Pueblo III Period Cliff Dwelling Complex in Southeastern Utah
(1/1/1989 0)
The Moon House Complex is composed of 3 exceptionally well preserved 13th century cliff dwellings. An analysis of construction methods, room function, and construction sequence indicates recurrent reconstruction, remodeling, ...
The interpretation of archaeological tree-ring dates
(1/1/1985 0)
A comparative approach to analysis of the body of tree-ring data from prehistoric sites in the American Southwest provides information on patterns of wood use, the effectiveness of interpretive methods, and culture history. ...
Similarities in Spatial Characteristics of Several Basketmaker II Sites on Cedar Mesa, Utah
(1/1/1981 0)
Basketmaker II open sites on Cedar Mesa, Utah are differentiated through patterning in the spatial distributions of artifacts and features. The sites are known from surficial evidence only. Source data includes maps and ...
Late Pueblo II and Pueblo III Canyon Settlement Patterns at Cedar Mesa, Southeastern Utah
(1/1/1984 0)
The primary objective of this study is to examine settlement patterns on Cedar Mesa within five canyons during the late Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods (ca A.D. 1060-1270). The secondary objective is to compare results ...
Ceramics and Settlement in the Cedar Mesa Area, Southeastern Utah: A Methodological Approach
(1/1/1984 0)
This dissertation focuses on the development of methods for using one class of artifacts, ceramics, to independently evaluate settlement variability from archaeological sites. Previous approaches to the study of archaeological ...
The Household in Transition: Spatial Organization of Early Anasazi Residential-Domestic Units, Southeastern Utah.
(1/1/1988 0)
This study examines the spatial organization of residential-domestic units in two early periods (covering ca. A.D. 200-275) of the Anasazi tradition in the American Southwest. It asks whether or not there is evidence that ...
Demography and Dendrochronology: A Critical Examination of a Proposed Population Index
(1/1/1980 0)
A proposed index to population growth patterns is examined and found to be an unsatisfactory method for distinguishing between exponential and logistic growth trends thought to describe population growth in the American ...
Northern Kayenta ceramic chronology
(Northern Arizona University, 1/1/1985 0)
The salvage of archaeological data from Turkey Pen Ruin, Grand Gulch Primitive Area, San Juan County, Utah
(Division of Conservation Archaeology, San Juan County Archaeological Research Center and Library, 12/20/1984)
Following episodes of vandalism at Turkey Pen Ruin, an archaeological site within the Grand Gulch Primitive Area in southeastern Utah, the Bureau of Land Management contracted with the Division of Conservation Archaeology ...