The Prehistoric Occupation of Voigt Mesa, Arizona: The 1983 TEP Springerville Project

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Authors: Schreiber, Katharina J. and Sullivan, Alan P. III

Publisher: Arizona State Museum

Pub Date: 1984

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Fair.  Ex-corporate library.  Binding tight.  No tears.  Library tag taped to spine foot, with tape extending to lower front and rear covers.  Front cover has a fold extending from top edge to bottom edge.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 2″ bend.  Text appears untouched.

Notes  Archaeological Series No. 166.  “The project was designed to mitigate the effects of the planned expansion of the fly ash disposal area along the south edge of Voigt Mesa, three miles west of the TEP Springerville Generating Station…Preliminary survey of the project area …located three sites requiring intensive study: two ceramic period rock shelters along the south margin of Voigt Mesa, and an Archaic period site was located on the mesa top…The site on the mesa top yielded evidence for intermittent occupation during late Paleo-Indian times…Other sites on the mesa top exhibit similar evidence for intermittent occupation …The two rock shelters were occupied during late Basketmaker and Pueblo times…”(From the Abstract)