Deathways and Lifeways in the American Southwest: Tucson
Michael Heilen and Marlesa A. Gray, series editors
4 Volumes
CD-ROM / 2012
Price: $15.00 for one CD $50.00 for the set of four CDs
Statistical Research, Inc., has completed four volumes documenting the findings of the Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project in Tucson, Arizona, one of the largest and most comprehensive excavations of a historical-period cemetery ever undertaken in North America. Although the central focus of the project was the cemetery component, which dated from the late 1850s or early 1860s through the early 1880s, the project also identified 736 features dating to the postcemetery period, 3 prehistoric features, and prehistoric and historical-period artifact scatters. Volume 1 is a stand-alone volume that presents the project history and historic context and synthesizes all the major findings from the project. Volume 2 is a detailed scientific analysis of the cemetery component and includes chapters on methodology, environmental context, history and archaeology of the cemetery, mortuary studies, and osteological studies on paleodemography, biodistance, morphology, trauma, pathology, dental anthropology, and individual case studies. Volume 3 presents detailed information on the residential and commercial use of the project area after the cemetery had been closed and abandoned. The final volume, Volume 4, provides feature descriptions and maps for each grave pit and burial feature excavated in the project area.
The volumes are listed below:
Volume 1: Context and Synthesis from the Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project, Tucson, Arizona, edited by Michael Heilen and Marlesa A. Gray
Volume 2: The History, Archaeology, and Skeletal Biology of the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, edited by Michael Heilen, Joseph T. Hefner, and Mitchell A. Keur
Volume 3: History and Archaeology of the Joint Courts Complex Postcemetery Period, 1875–2006, edited by Marlesa A. Gray and Karen K. Swope
Volume 4: Feature Descriptions from the Joint Courts Complex Archaeological Project, Tucson, Arizona, edited by John D. Hall, Kandus C. Linde, Mitchell A. Keur, and Kristin J. Sewell
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