Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 182

The Northern Tucson Basin Survey: Research Directions and Background Studies. John H. Madsen, Paul R. Fish, and Suzanne K. Fish, Editors. Contributions by James Bayman, Christian Downum, John Field, Paul R. Fish, Suzanne K. Fish, Keith Katzer, James Lombard, Robert Larkin, John Madsen, Karen Reichhardt, Barbara Roth, Jeanette Schuster, Masakazu Tani, Stephanie Whittlesey, Pat H. Stein. Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 182, 1993.An overview of the prehistoric natural and cultural setting of the region between Tucson and Picacho, Arizona.Research design: An introduction to research goals and perspectives / Paul R. Fish, Suzane K. Fish, and John Madsen -- Field methods and techniques / John Madsen, Suzanne Fish, and Paul Fish ; Environmental background: A geomorphic survey of the Picacho and northern Tucson basins / John Field, Keith Katzer, Jim Lombard, and Janette Schuster -- Vegetation of the northern Tucson and Picacho basins / Karen Reichhardt -- Geology of the lower Santa Cruz River drainage basin: a pilot study of prehistoric stone procurement / John H. Madsen ; Historical background: Historical resources of the northern Tucson basin / Pat H. Stein ; Large site reconnaissance: Classic period platform mounds south of the Gila River / Christian E. Downum and John H. Madsen -- Hohokam reservoirs and sedentism in the interior Sonoran desert / James M. Bayman ; Pilot studies: A pilot study of disturbance vegetation in the northern Tucson basin / Karen Reichhardt -- Cortaro points in the late Archaic: a pilot study / Barbara J. Roth -- Temporal variability in Hohokam plain ware: a pilot study / Stephanie M. Whittlesey -- Sand temper composition of Pioneer period Hohokam ceramics / James Lombard and Paul R. Fish -- A preliminary evaluation of the archaeological applicability of the Arizona Land Resource information system / Robert Larkin -- An analysis of isolated artifacts from the northern Tucson basin / Masakuzu Tani ; Appendices: Hohokam plain ware attributes / Stephanie Whittlesey -- Abrasion data for isolated sherds / Masakuzu Tani ; References.This title from the ASM Archaeological Series is made available by the Arizona State Museum and University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions about this title, please contact Jannelle Weakly at the Arizona State Museum, (520) 621-6311, jweakly@email.arizona.edu