The Arizona Archaeologist No. 5: A Site Survey Along the Lower Agua Fria River, Arizona (Journal)

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Author: Dove, Donald E.–A Site Survey along the Lower Agua Fria River, Arizona

Kelly, Roger E.–Obsidian Debitage from Elden Pueblo, North Central Arizona: A Trial Study

Page Jr., Robert G.–Prehistoric Warfare in the Prescott Area

Publisher: Arizona Archaeological Society (Phoenix, AZ)

Pub Date: 1977 (Second printing)

Binding: Paperback  (plastic tape binding)

Condition: Fair.  Ex-corporate library.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Library tag taped to bottom front cover corner at spine foot.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: Journal.  Three short essays.  Dove’s essay (the lead title) on the lower Agua Fria concentrates on an area 9 miles south of Lake Pleasant, “…and it was here in late prehistoric times, that the river often flowed a mile wide…sufficient to maintain a desert agricultural population for nearly 700 years.” “…while Hohokam influences are apparent during the first 200 years as are those influences from the north during post A.D. 1000, this society will, in the final analysis, be distinct and separate from any already described in literature.”   Kelly’s essay on obsidian debitage concentrates on the area to the north and east of Williams, AZ, primarily in the area around Flagstaff.  “Apparently the aim of knappers was to make flakes of roughly equal length and width and flakes of elongated dimensions with parallel straight sides.  Suck flakes could then be fashioned in points and other implements or used without modification.”  (Page 45).  Page’s essay on primitive warfare  examines sites that have “defensive characteristics”–but the lack of other characteristics (storerooms, weapons, loopholes) indicates they may have been “guard villages” or watchtowers.  Not much warfare involved.