Archeological Observations North of the Rio Colorado (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Neil M. Judd

9780331970111: Archeological Observations North of the Rio Colorado (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331970112 ISBN 13: 9780331970111

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Explore ancient cliff and cave dwellings carved into Saddle Mountain and the canyon walls, and see how communities adapted with stone, adobe, and wattle along North America’s desert edge.

This edition gathers field notes on ruins in the region north of the Rio Colorado. It describes how builders used local stone and mud, and how some sites blend masonry with lighter materials like adobe or wattled structures. The narrative follows multiple ruin sites—from cliff alcoves to sheltered caves—noting storage rooms, narrow corridors, and a mix of pottery types found near the dwellings. It also highlights painted and pecked designs on cliff faces, and discusses how natural ledges and talus slopes shaped settlement patterns and access.

See how walls rise from local limestone, with remnants of rooms, storage cists, and defensive features.
Learn about different pottery styles observed at several sites, including plain ware and some black-on-white fragments.
Understand how environmental factors, like rock ledges and cliff overhangs, influenced where people built and stored foods.
Get a sense of the daily life implied by ruins: rooms, recesses, and the remains of tools and vessels.

Ideal for readers of field notes and county-scale archaeology who want a grounded, on-site perspective on prehistoric dwellings and their context in Saddle Mountain and surrounding canyons.

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