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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A.D. 1150 and A.D. 1300. F.ffland and Green (1979) support a date for
the end of the Cohonina sequence (Euler 1976; Euler and Green 1978) no
1 ater than A. D. 1150.
The origin of the Cohonina is equally deb~ted. Excavations done by
Jennings (1971) at Harbison Cave suggest,continuous occupation of the
area since Archaic times and thus, ~ situ development for the Cohonina.
His argument is based on some questionable o,bsidian hydration dates.
Others (Eul er and Green 1978; Hargrave 1937; McGregor 1951, 1967)
support the idea that the occupation was the result of ' migration into
the area. Still there is no agreement as to the direction from which
the Cohonina came. These probl ems and others of a descri pti ve and
cul ture.,.hi storical nature have been addressed sporadically and wi th
limited data (see also Schwartz 1955, 1966; \~hiting 1958; Schroeder
1957, 1975; Ferg 1977; James 1977 and ~/heat and Wheat 1954). If
questions of a culture.,.historical nature are unresolved, those dealing
with the behavior of the Cohonina are even more difficult to answer
given the spottiness and variability of the data. Recent surveys go far
toward providing a more solid data base that may answer these questions.
Preceding new development on the South Rim, Pilles (1973) surveyed
the Grand Canyon Village. As well as focusing on the relationship
between the Anasazi and Cohonina, he recorded a number of 1 imi ted
activity sites, primarily lithic scatters, for the first time. This
pattern is a dominant one on the South Rim. A thorough survey wi th
close to ,100 percent coverage was conducted by Eul er (1976) on the
Esplanade in the Grand Canyon below the Great Thumb. Systematic sample
surveys have been undertaken by Cartledge (1979) in the vicinity of
Si tgreaves Mounta in near Wil 1 i ams and by Effl and and Green (1979) in the
western portions of the Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National
Forest south of Grand Canyon National Park. Cartledge (1979:315)
discredits the widely held idea that the Cohonina were a culturally
i ndi gent group outside the ma in stream of Southwest archeology.
t~uch research was done below the canyon rims during the late 1950s
and 1960s. Beginning with a trip by Taylor (1958), a number of
expeditions were mounted from the Colorado River (Euler and Taylor 1966;
Schwartz 1965, 1966). Others focused on the Archaic Split.,.Twig Figurine
Complex (Euler 1966b, 1984; Euler and Olson 1965; Farmer and deSaussure

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