Contributions to the Archaeology of Petrified Forest National Park, 1985-1986
Jones AT, Tagg MD, Wells SJ, Deal K, Huckell L, Fish SK. 1987. Contributions to the Archaeology of Petrified Forest National Park, 1985-1986. Tucson, Arizona
Archeological work conducted during the sumners of 1985 and 1986 produced much new data which was badly needed to update our perceptions of Petrified Forest prehistory. A total of 120 sites along the park boundar; es and ;n the developed areas were recorded, many of them for the first time. Surveys to fulfill compl iance requirements prior to installation of a new water system (NPS Package No. 111) and developed area surveys provided data on prehistoric land use and settlement patterns in large blocks or quadrats. A privately funded survey of a 1/4-mile wide corridor around the 91-mile park perimeter, half of which was completed, provided transect-type data in a variety of environmental zones. Also included in this report are the results of limited excavation at AZ K:13:60 (ASM) , an Archaic campsite inhabited in the first millennium B.C. The site was recorded first in the SUfllTler of 1985, and testing was undertaken in 1986 to determine its condition and National Register significance.