Archaeomagnetic Dating in Compounds A and B, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

Description

Author: Wilcox, David R.  (1944-2022)

Publisher: Gila Press (Scottsdale, AZ, now defunct)

Pub Date: 1977

Binding: Paperback (paper tape)

Condition:  2 copies.  Copy 1: Fair.  Paper tape binding tight, but worn at spine head.  No tears.  Publisher’s stamp on title page.  Upper front cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend, decreasing through first 5 or 6 pages.  Lower rear cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend.  Edge and corner wear.  Copy 2 (PC26): Fair.  Paper tape binding tight.  No tears, bends, folds.  “Scottsdale, AZ” hand-written on lower front cover (below the publisher name).  Previous owner’s stamp on upper corner title page.  Very light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Contributions to Archaeology 1.  44 page booklet.   “….four hearths and a burned pithouse floor in Compound A, a pithouse floor in Compound B, and a plaster-lined pit on top of Pyramid A in Compound B had been relocated, mapped, photographed, and covered…”  (From the Introduction).   Dating placed one of the hearths to A.D. 1350±19, “The 1350 date fits perfectly with the range of A.D. 1300-1375 predicted.”   I think Gila Press was Wilcox’s “self-publishing” arm.