The Red Butte Lithic Sites Near Grand Canyon, Arizona
- 20 January 1966
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 31 (3Part1) , 410-419
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2694745
Abstract
Surface collections from three sites at Red Butte, near Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, produced small, concave-based Pinto points, as well as fragmentary Ventana-Amargosa forms. In addition, a wide range of lithic tools was found. Lateral and basal grinding on several points suggest that at least one preceramic component is represented. No points characteristic of the ceramic period were obtained, but a few potsherds dating A.D. 1000-1200 were found on two of the sites. The pottery, unexpectedly, is attributable to Kayenta Anasazi rather than Cohonina. Presumably, but not demonstrably, this pottery is not associated with the points mentioned above. Neither the projectile forms nor the pottery complex from these sites has been reported previously from this immediate region.Keywords
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