This brief study is a significant contribution regarding the Archaic (Ancestral Puebloan) peoples stretching over several centuries at Jackson Flat, located some twenty miles south of Kanab, Utah. The Jackson Flat site is part of the larger Far Western Kayenta Culture. The field work and analysis are the combined work of several archaeologists spanning 2005 through 2013. The volume contains twenty-seven chapters written by different authors, organized into four parts including an outline of the research questions and methods, previous relevant archaeological studies, details of the artifacts recovered, and lastly a synthesis of the project's discoveries and conclusions. Research questions for the study included issues relating to the timing of the adoption of agriculture, cultural identity, subsistence strategies, faunal remains, community organization, exotic materials and trade relationships, and mortuary patterns (13). To aid clarity and context, several photos, maps, and charts are integrated throughout.
The study uncovered distinctive evidence dating...
