List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Project Location
The Project
Project Methods
2. Background for the Navajo Mountain Road Archaeological Project
The Kayenta Region
Previous Research
Synopsis of Regional Prehistory
Environment
3. Synopsis of the Navajo Mountain Road Archaeological Project Sites
The Pits (AZ-J-14-17)
Ditch House (AZ-J-14-21)
Wolachii Bighan (AZ-J-14-20)
Hólahéi Scatter (AZ-J-14-23)
Pee Wee Grande (AZ-J-14-26)
Windy Mesa (AZ-J-14-28)
The Slots (AZ-J-14-30)
Polly’s Place (AZ-J-14-31)
Naaki Hooghan (AZ-J-14-11)
Tres Campos (AZ-J-14-12)
Panorama House (AZ-J-14-34)
Big Bend (AZ-J-14-13)
Ko’ Lanhi (AZ-J-14-35)
Blake’s Abode (AZ-J-14-36)
Scorpion Heights (AZ-J-14-37)
Camp Dead Pine (AZ-J-14-52)
Mountainview (AZ-J-14-38)
Hammer House (AZ-J-14-16)
Mouse House (AZ-J-3-7)
Sin Sombra (AZ-J-3-6)
Hillside Hermitage (AZ-J-3-14)
Kin Kahuna (AZ-J-3-8)
Dune Hollow (AZ-J-2-2)
Hymn House (AZ-J-2-3)
Modesty House (AZ-J-2-5)
Water Jar Pueblo (AZ-J-2-58)
Sapo Seco (AZ-J-2-6)
Bonsai Bivouac (AZ-J-2-55)
Three Dog Site (UT-B-63-39)
Hanging Ash (UT-B-63-14)
UT-B-63-19
UT-B-63-38
Tsé Haal’á (UT-B-63-30)
Atlatl Rock Cave (AZ-J-14-41)
4. Summary and Interpretation of Archaic Period Forager Remains
The NMRAP Archaic Site Sample
NMRAP Archaic Chronology
Archaic Settlement
Subsistence Range and Territory
Paleoindian Remains and Archaic Beginnings
Settlement Continuity and the Middle Archaic
Conclusions
5. Summary and Interpretation of Basketmaker II Remains
The NMRAP Basketmaker Site Sample
Northern Kayenta Region Basketmaker Chronology
Farming and Foraging
Basketmaker Settlement
Architecture
Basketmaker Origins
Basketmaker II–III Transition
Conclusions
6. Summary and Interpretation of Puebloan Remains, with Jim Collette
The NMRAP Puebloan Site Sample
Chronology
Puebloan Architecture
Puebloan Settlement Types and Patterning
Puebloan Mobility
Regional Settlement History and Population Trends
7. Conclusion
Research Issues
A Middle Holocene Bottleneck?
Forager Territories
Agricultural Transition
Puebloan Craft Production and Exchange
Social Issues
Final Thoughts
Appendix: Contents of Supporting Documents
References Cited
Index