Archaeological Survey in Arizona’s Upper Gila River Valley: 2014 - 2019

Hard Settlement Pattern Comparison between Overview We would expect to Aggregated and Multi-v York-Duncan, Redrock, and Mimbres River Valleys v Since 2014, the University of Texas at San Antonio and see aggregated Component SitesYork-Duncan Valley Colinas Cultural Resource Consulting have recorded 56 sites and some archaeological sites in the York-Duncan Valley along level of residential San Franc. [...] 1986), we see a stronger Mimbres Classic presence in both the Duncan Redrock and Mimbres Valleys, and a significantly more substantial Early/Late Pithouse period presence in the Late Postclassic (Salado) Basin Mimbres Valley than in the York-Duncan or Redrock Valley. [...] Mimbres Valley Early Pithouse sites are concentrated on isolated knolls along the floodplain, transitioning to the first alluvial terrace above the floodplain during the Late Pithouse period, generally consistent with patterns observed in the York-Duncan area. [...] York-Duncan Valley Occupation Through Time Early Late Early Agricultural/ Early/Late Mimbres Early Postclassic Acknowledgments Agricultural/Archaic Archaic Pithouse Classic Postclassic (Salado) Pithouse We greatly appreciate the support of the town of Duncan, Arizona, and landowners who have generously provided access to their property, Mimbres Classic including the Sexton, Tyler, Kaler, Richards,. [...] As always, we gratefully acknowledge the continued support of Raymond Mauldin and the University of San Antonio’s Center for Archaeological Research and the Department of Anthropology, Toni Laumbach, Dan McGrew and the Bureau of Land Management Safford Field Office, and the unmanned aerial vehicle support from John Whisenhunt and Mark Willis.