The Archaeology of Sivu'ovi: The Archaic to Basketmaker Transition at Petrified Forest National Park
Burton JF, Deaver WL, Donaldson ML, Fish SK, Gillespie WB, Hughes RE, McConnell KM, McIvers KJ, Origer TM, Sheppard JC. 1991. The Archaeology of Sivu'ovi: The Archaic to Basketmaker Transition at Petrified Forest National Park. Washington, D.C.
During 1989 and 1990, small~scale excavations were conducted at Sivu'ovi (AZ Q:1:114 [ASM]), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Sivu'ovi is a large (12~acre) Basketmaker IT site that includes the remains of over 45 pit structures. ALso within the site boundary, but not tested as part of the current fieldwork, are several small field houses that date to a later Pueblo period occupation. The site contains an abundance of artifacts on the surface, including Adamana Brown pottery, the earliest identified ware in the region. Two eroding pit structures, two extramural units, and five shovel tests were excavated at the site. In addition, archeologists conducted a systematic surface collection of artifacts in a 180-square-meter area. Over the course of the project, two extramural features were excavated and three main stratigraphic divisions were discerned. Over 3,600 artifacts, ecofacts, and other samples were collected, including four complete or ful1y restorable Adamana Brown vessels, a partially restorable Adamana Brown vessel. 1,072 sherds, over 2,600 flaked stone artifacts, 26 ground-stone artifacts, numerous and varied floral and faunal remains, and over 35 other artifacts and samples. Analyses included soil chemistry, pollen, macrobotanical, and faunal analyses, ceramic and flaked stone classification, radiocarbon, archaeomagnetic, and obsidian hydration dating, and x-ray fluorescence sourcing of obsidian. The current project also allowed a re-evaluation of data (including radiocarbon dating) from the contemporaneous Flattop Site. Chronometric data indicate a pre-AD. 300 date for occupation at Sivu'ovi and the Flattop Site, perhaps as early as 300 B.C. at Sivu'ovi. However, occupation from AD. 1 to 200 may be the best estimate at this time for the Basketmaker II occupation at both sites.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Burton, Jeffery; Deaver, William; Donaldson, Marcia; Fish, Suzanne; Gillespie, William; Hughes, Richard; McConnell, Kathleen; McIvers, Kenneth; Origer, Thomas; Sheppard, John
- Date of Issue
- 1991
- Units
- HIST , PEFO
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Archaic, Basketmaking, Chronology, Economic, ehistory, Environment, Fauna, Flora, History, Petrified Forest National Park, Vegetation, Warfare