Arizona Memory Project

Navajo Long Walk
Navajo Long Walk, 1863-1867; Navajo Long Walk to Bosque Redondo (Ariz. And N.M.); Carleton, James Henry, 1814-1873; Carson, Christopher 1809-1863; Fort Sumner (N.M.); Fort Grant (Ariz.); Manuelito, Navajo chief, 1818-1893; Navajo History; Navajo...
4th Grade
This two/three part lesson will introduce the main elements of the Navajo Long Walk during the period of 1864-1868. During Part I, students will gain information from teacher presentation and working in collaborative groups by reading adapted...

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...

Writers of the Purple Sage: Origins of a National Myth: Introduction and Guide to the Resource Kits
Tucson Public Library (Pima County Public Library) and Arizona Historical Society
American literature – West (U.S.); West (U.S.) – Literary collections; West (U.S.) – In literature
Booklet that describes the Writers of the Purple Sage resource kits, provides information about humanities programming, and lists institutional resources in Arizona and New Mexico. Includes acknowledgments, an illustration entitled “Arizonan in...

Excavations at Snaketown, II: Comparisons and theories
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1984
Hohokam culture; Excavations (Archaeology)
Analyzes the implications of the excavations at Snaketown for cultural phases and evolution of the Hohokam.

Method for designation of cultures and their variations
Gladwin, Winifred, 1889-1965
Ceramics; Indian pottery; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Archaeological surveying; Pottery, Prehistoric; Hohokam culture; Basket-Maker Indians; Mound-builders; Pima Indians
(12,133kb pdf) A survey of the origins and evolution of Indian cultures and development of classification schemes to place the cultures in various periods.

Excavations at Snaketown III: revisions
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983
Ceramics; Indian Pottery; Archaeological surveying; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Pottery, Prehistoric; Mogollon culture; Mimbres culture; Pueblo Indians; Cochise culture
(12,462kb pdf) Paper revising a prior Medallion paper concerning excavations of Snaketown and the presentation of new theories about the "Mogollon" culture based on new analysis and information.

Methods and instruments for use in measuring tree-rings
Gladwin, Harold S. (Harold Sterling), 1883-1983
Archaeological dating; Tree-rings; Dendrochronology
(13,496kb pdf) Methodology and instruments for carrying out tree-ring analysis with the goal of determining age of archaeological structures and artifacts.

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.

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.

Some resemblances in the ceramics of Central and North America
Vaillant, George Clapp, 1901-1945
Ceramics; Indian pottery; Indians of North America; Antiquities; Archaeological surveying; Pottery, Prehistoric; Civilization; Indian influences; Indians of Central America; Indians of Mexico
(21,292kb pdf) Critical analysis of similarities and differences between various cultures of North and Central America; subsequent ideas as to the types of interactions (if any) between the cultures in North America and their counterparts in...

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.

Prehistoric skeletal remains from the Texas coast
Woodbury, George, 1902-1973
Indians of North America; Ethnoarchaeology; Anthropology, Prehistoric; Human remains (Archaeology)
(22,747kb pdf) An analysis of skeletal remains found in Texas in the coastal region, examining specifically the skulls, arms, and legs. Clues pertaining to culture are extrapolated from composition and structure of the bones.

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.

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