The Roosevelt Community Development Study (3 Volume Set) (Anthropological Papers No. 14)

Description

Authors: Volume 1: Elson, Mark D. and Clark, Jeffery J.

Volume 2: Heidke, James M. and Stark, Miriam T.

Volume 3: Elson, Mark D. and Clark, Jeffery J.

Publisher: Center for Desert Archaeology

Pub Date: 1995

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Volume 1:  Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Spine foot has a an approx. 1/2″ crack, doesn’t affect binding. (Dropped?).  Includes one fold-out.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Volume 2:  Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, folds.  Previous owner’s name stamped on bottom text block.  Upper front cover corner has an approx. 4″ crease, extends through first half-dozen pages of front matter.  Includes four fold-outs.  Edge and corner wear.   Volume 3: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, folds.  Previous owner’s name stamped on bottom text block.  Upper front cover corner has two bends, inner approx. 1/2″, outer approx. 2″.   A couple of small spots on front cover.  Spine foot has a small bump.  Lower rear cover edge near spine foot has an approx. 2″ crease.   Includes one fold-out.

Notes: Anthropological Papers No. 14.  Three volumes, SOLD AS A SET ONLY.  Artifact and environmental analyses.  Volume 1 (ISBN 1-886398-16-X): Stone and Shell Artifacts.   Prior to the raising of the Roosevelt Dam, testing and excavation of 27 sites in the Lower Tonto Basin of central Arizona.   Chipped stone, ground stone, jewelry, personal ornament, and shell assemblages.   Volume 2 ( ISBN  1-886398-17-8):  Ceramic Chronology, Technology and Economics.  The chronology, technology, and economics of ceramics using conventional stylistic analyses and mineralogical studies.  Volume 3 ( ISBN  1-886398-18-6):  Paleobotanical and Osteological  Analyses.  Analysis of pollen, flotation , faunal and mortuary assemblages.

More than 150,000 artifacts were recovered during the RCD excavations.   The results of the RCD project are presented in four Anthropological Papers of the Center for Desert Archaeology: Anthropological Papers No. 12 is the research design (one copy is available.  See https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/research-design-for-roosevelt-community-development-study/ ); Anthropological Papers No. 13 contains background information and the site descriptions (see https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/the-roosevelt-community-development-study-two-volume-set/  ); Anthropological Papers No. 14 (these three volumes) contains the artifact and environmental analyses (2 copies of Volume 1 are available.  See https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/roosevelt-community-dvlpmt-study-v1-stone-shell-artifacts/ ) (a single copy of Volume 2 is available.  See https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/the-roosevelt-community-development-study-volume-2-ceramic-chronology-technology-and-economics/ ); and Anthropological Papers No. 15 presents the synthesis and conclusions  (3 copies are available.  See https://joethebookguy.com/shop/archaeology/the-roosevelt-community-development-study-new-perspectives-on-tonto-basin-prehistory/).  VERY RARE as a set.  SOLD AS A SET ONLY.