9510

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9510
• Author: Jones, A. T.
• Title: A Cross Section of Grand Canyon Archeology
• USFW Year: 1986.
• USFW - Doc Type: Excavations at Five Sites Along the Colorado River.
• Copyright Material: NO

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el egance of sty' e so often mi ssi ng from today' s archeological reports,
he begged future professional s to di g 1 ess so that meti cul ous records
could be kept, and so that reports could be completed before returning
to the field. While the magnum opus is an admirable ideal, timely
reports with copious illustrations and a minimum of text are more useful
(Kidder 1932:11).
Thi s project seems to fi t wi thi n those gui del ines. Fi el dwork was
restricted to only 2 months, less than 10 days work per site. Very
small portions of the deposits were excavated (see chapter 3). Detailed
notes on the features and s.tratigraphy were sufficiently brief (see
chapters 4 and 5) and the collections were sufficiently small (see
chapters 6.,11)- to allow thorough analyses in a year. Rather than trying
to wri te a separate monograph for each si te, I chose to integrate the
analyses. Each chapter pertains to one arti fact class or topic. Within
each chapter, descriptions are given for each site and are then unified
in a. summary in which the questions posed in the research design are
considered. Text has been kept to a minimum with much of the data being
presented in tabul ar form. Current National Park Service pol icy pl aces
exhibit limitations on excavation within park boundaries. Thus, my
colleagues and I have taken great pa ins to real i ze fully the potenti al
of thi s project. I hope thi s report will be useful even after my
successors move on to different hypotheses and other goals.

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Past Research

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In his celebrated voyages down the Colorado River in 1869 and 1872,
Major John Wesl ey Powell noted the remains of eight abandoned si tes
(Fowler, Euler, and Fowler 1969:8). Purely archeological investigations
began around 1920. The studies Inay be divided into three geographical
areas: North Rim, South Rim and Inner Canyon.
On the North Rim, the first systematic reconnaissance was conducted
by Neil Judd (1926) in 1918 and 1920 to document the Anasazi cul tural
affiliation of prehistoric sites on theWalhalla Plateau and in the
Tuweep area. This affiliation had been suggested by West (1925) the
previous year after perfunctory surveys of \~alhalla Glades, Bright Angel
Creek and part of the South Rim. Farther west on Powell Plateau, a few

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