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The Golden West: Articles
Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society
West (U.S.) – In literature; American Literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary Collections; West (U.S.) Description and travel; Phoenix (Ariz.) – Description and travel American literature -- West (U.S.) West (U.S.) --...
Original source materials reflecting observations about the industrialization and burgeoning growth of Phoenix and their far-reaching consequences for the ways of the Old West. 18 pages.

The Golden West: Essays
Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society
West (U.S.) – In literature; American Literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary Collections; West (U.S.) Description and travel; Phoenix (Ariz.) – Description and travel
A booklet containing two scholarly essays, “The Golden West,” by Paul A. Carter and “Men of Vision: Phoenix” by G. Wesley Johnson, which examines the effects of the industrialization of the Southwest. New technology (in the form of...

Some Southwestern pottery types, series III
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian pottery; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Archaeological surveying; Pottery, Prehistoric; Hohokam culture
(13,721kb pdf) Examination of Red-on-Buff pottery to better understand the Hohokam.

Western range of the Red-on-buff culture
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Yuman Indians; Mohave Indians
(14,347kb pdf) A survey of the extent to which the Red-on-buff culture expanded along its western front despite geographic obstacles.

Archaeological survey of Verde Valley
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Kivas; Cliff-dwellings
(15,676kb pdf) A survey to the north along the Mogollon Rim and Verde Valley using ruins and sherds to identify distinct cultures- signs of their origins and entry into the region

San Simon branch: excavations at Cave Creek and in the San Simon Valley II. skeletal material
Brues, Alice Mossie, 1913-
Indians of North America; Archaeology; Ethnoarchaeology; Anthropology, Prehistoric; Human remains (Archaeology)
(19,872kb pdf) Forensic examinations of skeletal remains unearthed during excavations of sites in Southeastern Arizona- considered the origins of the Cochise culture.

Analysis of Hohokam pottery design
Amsden, Charles Avery, 1899-1941
Ceramics; Indian pottery; Hohokam pottery; Indians of North America; Antiquities
(21,459kb pdf) Analysis of design techniques and treatments used in Hohokam pottery.

Tree-ring analysis: tree-rings and droughts
Gladwin, Harold S. (Sterling), 1883-1983
Indians of North America; Pueblo Indians; Archaeological dating; Droughts; Climatology; Tree-rings; Dendrochronology
(22,582kb pdf) Examination of the validity of the commonly accepted tree-ring drought theory as applied by archaeologists in establishing timeslines for the various cultures in the Southwest.

Red-on-buff culture of the Gila Basin
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Hohokam culture; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Pottery, Prehistoric; Architecture, Prehistoric
(23,221kb pdf) An examination of clues left by the Red-on-Buff (Hohokam) culture in the vicinity of the Gila Basin as they pertain to understanding the culture; clues include pottery sherds, rubbish mounds and architectural ruins.

Geological aspects of the findings of primitive man, near Abilene, Texas (preliminary report)
Leighton, Morris M. (Morris Morgan), 1887
Indians of North America; Antiquities; Geology; Archaeological surveying
(27,023kb pdf) Based on geological reconnaissance of the Elm Creek silts, Dr. Leighton concludes that primitive man may have inhabited the area around Abilene Texas during the Wisconsin glacial stage.

Tree-ring analysis: problems of dating I. the Medicine Valley sites
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983
Indians of North America; Archaeological dating; Archaeological surveying; ; Tree-rings; Dendrochronology
(28,545kb pdf) Critical analysis of similarities and differences in various tree-ring data obtained from the Medicine Valley in an attempt to reach a consensus as to the date of the ruins in the region.

Some Southwestern pottery types, series IV
Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Pottery, Prehistoric; Hohokam culture; Mogollon culture; Mimbres culture
(32,227kb pdf) Archaeological surveys of the Mogollon and Mimbres cultures in order to better understand the Hohokam culture.

Eastern range of the red-on-buff culture
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Yuman Indians; Mohave Indians; Hohokam pottery; Architecture, Prehistoric
(42,622kb pdf) A survey of the extent to which the Red-on-Buff culture expanded along its eastern front despite geographic obstacles

Review and analysis of the Flagstaff culture
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983
Indians of North America; Antiquities; Architecture, Prehistoric; Pit houses; Tree-rings
(61,568kb pdf) Gladwin compares the previous work done on the architecture of the Flagstaff culture by Colton, Spicer, McGregor and Hargrave with tree-ring dating done by Douglass and McGregor and concludes that the tree-rings dates are in direct...

Chaco branch excavations at White Mound and in the Red Mesa Valley
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983
Archaeological surveying; Pueblo Indians; Indians of North America; Antiquities
(75,663kb, 53,179kb pdfs) Describes the excavations and findings at the White Mound and the Red Mesa Valley areas and their significance to the Pueblo cultures.

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