Bernard L. Fontana

Johnny Ward's Ranch: A Study in Historic Archaeology

ABSTRACTIn 1959–1960 Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society members excavated the ruins of an Anglo-American ranch house in southern Arizona dating between 1859 and 1903. Pottery, stone, and shell Piman-Indian artifacts were recovered, but most artifacts were non-Indian: metal, paper, rubber, pottery, and glass. These are analyzed and described in detail, especially square cut nails and tin cans. The site vegetation is also analyzed and a discussion of tree-ring dating of mesquite and ash trees is included. The site is typical of western frontier ranch house sites; the artifacts have a common distribution throughout the United States.

The Kiva: A Half Century of Southwestern Anthropology

ABSTRACTThe history of The Kiva, the journal of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, is traced from its modest beginning with a four-page leaflet in 1935 to its present position as the premier professional journal devoted to the anthropology of the Greater Southwest.

Religious Sacramentals from Awatovi

In 1966 a 17th Century metal crucifix was discovered near the nave of the church of San Bernardo at Awatovi. It is similar in style to religious medals associated with graves beneath the floor of t...