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    • Hohokam Geometric Element

    • Hohokam Geometric Element

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    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph is a tradtional style Hohokam geometric shape.The Hohokam used a variety of images and designs in their rock art, both geometric and representational. Geometric designs include circles, spirals, crosses, meandering lines and other...
    • 1940 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • 1940 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce

    • Flagstaff--History; Powwows--Arizona--Flagstaff; Powwows--Pictorial works; Festivals--Arizona--Flagstaff; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Pictorial works;...

    • Program of events for the annual Flagstaff All-Indian Pow Wow, 1940
    • Circles, Spirals and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Circles, Spirals and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Some petroglyphs at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center have been interpreted in relation to tribal histories of migration or travel, traditional stories, or as representations of important spirits, animals, and people.

      However, if people used...
    • Curvilinear, Circles, Spirals, and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Curvilinear, Circles, Spirals, and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Petroglyphs are generally found in areas that show evidence of permanent and seasonal habitation, farming, travel, and subsistence activities. Rock art associated with the Hohokam is often found in habitation and agricultural areas near irrigation...
    • Curvilinear, Circles, Spirals, and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Curvilinear, Circles, Spirals, and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Petroglyphs that depict humans or spirit-beings suggest that rock art making may have been a part of religious practices. These practices can include rites of passage, weather influencing, curing illnesses, and ceremonial events. At the Deer...
    • Curvilinear and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Curvilinear and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • Squiggly lines and spirals may relate to Mesoamerican representations of snakes, water, and the “feathered serpent deity,” Quetzalcoatl. While the place of origin of the Hohokam remains highly disputed, petroglyphs such as these may support...
    • Curvilinear, Circles, Spirals, Linear, Rectilinear and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Curvilinear, Circles, Spirals, Linear, Rectilinear and Complex Petroglyphs

    • Archaic, Hohokam, or Patayan

    • Rock art--Arizona; Sacred sites; Petroglyphs;

    • The petroglyphs at the Deer Valley Rock Art Center face east, towards the rising sun. In the Southwest, petroglyphs sometimes mark the movement of the sun, constellations, planets, the moon, and other celestial bodies. However, no light patterns...
    • Methods and instruments for use in measuring tree-rings

    • 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.
    • Chaco branch excavations at White Mound and in the Red Mesa Valley

    • 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.
    • Gila Butte Red-on-buff jar sherds

    • Gila Butte Red-on-buff jar sherds

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Two conjoinable sherds from the upper body of a Gila Butte Red-on-buff jar. The exterior surface has bands of interlocked spirals, and shallow grooves. An off-white wash can also be seen on the interior surface, along with well defined anvil...
    • B-074

    • B-074

    • Unknown

    • Piipaash

    • Medium-sized Maricopa Black-on-red jar. Vessel has flat base, oval body with a high shoulder, wide neck and an everted rim. Slipped red on the exterior and interior of the neck, and polished. Wavy line painted just inside rim, which is also...
    • B-161

    • B-161

    • Unknown

    • Piipaash

    • Very large Maricopa Black-on-cream bowl, deep, ovoid with an everted rim. Surface has a thin coating or wash which lightens the surface color. Exterior is polished and smooth but not even. Complex vertically banded design has hooked triangles,...
    • Arizona's economy

    • Arizona's economy

    • University of Arizona. Division of Economic and Business Research.

    • Business forecasting--Arizona--Periodicals; Arizona--Economic conditions--Statistics;

    • This title contains one or more publications. Quarterly August (Summer) 1991 -
    • Marginalia: the magazine of the Piper Center for Creative Writing

    • Marginalia: the magazine of the Piper Center for Creative Writing

    • Arizona State University. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.

    • Arizona State University. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing--Periodicals; Creative writing--Periodicals;

    • This title contains one or more publications. Marginalia is the Piper Center's magazine that features news about Piper Center programs, items that promote the ASU MFA program and alumni, and community engagement.

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