Archaeological Investigations in Northwestern Arizona

Description

Author: Wade, William D.  (1938-2012)

Editor: Purcell, David E.

Publisher: Museum of Northern Arizona

Pub Date: 2009

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 5 copies.  All copies Good.  Binding tight.  No marks,tears, bends or folds.  Includes CD in unopened pocket at rear.  Very light edge and corner wear.  As new.

Notes:  “the 1967 manuscript edited and annotated by David E. Purcell” (sic)  Contributions to Highway Salvage Archaeology in Arizona No. 62, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 64.  Apparently Wade’s original 1967 manuscript, a followup to Colton’s 1939 explorations,  languished in the MNA library stacks until David Wilcox got involved.  “The Arizona Strip”–north of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River.  Highway salvage archaeology–Arizona State Route 389–from Fredonia to Colorado City (continuing to Hildale, UT).  “The Anasazi, and their ancestors called the Basketmakers by archaeologist, had lived in the Arizona Strip country since the very beginnings of their tradition, in the AD 400s.  Archaeological investigations of the region indicate that in the 200-250 years of the peak occupation of the region, the Anasazi built a greater number of houses, and of a larger size, than ever before.  The climate appears to have deteriorated around D 1150, becoming less predictable and more variable, with drought years followed by years of heavy precipitation, erosion, and ruined crops.  The Anasazi withdrew from vast area of land they had farmed, including the California and Nevada deserts and the entire Arizona Strip.”  (page xv).  Most of the charts, maps, and diagrams are on the enclosed disc.