Classic Period Settlement in the Uplands of Tonto Basin, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Uplands Complex

This report is the third site description volume for the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study. This volume describes 52 Uplands Complex sites investigated by the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study. Excavations or surface collections were conducted at 32 of the sites. These sites were in four study units located in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone of the piedmont that surround and define the Tonto Basin. Although the four Uplands Complex study units are in separate localities, the term "uplands" distinguishes these sites from those on the basin floor, based on certain geographic and inferred behavioral characteristics. The report describes the environmental characteristics and prehistory of the uplands of the Tonto Basin. The report describes the methods used to investigate the sites, pertinent to all Uplands Complex sites, as well as an overview of the volume that introduces the four study units. The report considers the biases in the data resulting from differing levels of investigation, variability in structure abandonment, and variability in the numbers and types of features sampled in the Uplands Complex.本报告为罗斯福台地丘冢研究（Roosevelt Platform Mound Study）的第三份遗址描述卷册。本卷收录了该研究所调查的52处高地复合体（Uplands Complex）遗址。其中32处遗址开展了考古发掘或地表采集工作。这些遗址分布于环绕并界定坦托盆地（Tonto Basin）的山麓洪积扇带与山麓过渡带内的4个研究单元中。尽管4个高地复合体研究单元分属不同区域，但基于特定地理特征与推测的行为特征，“高地”这一术语可将此类遗址与盆地平原上的遗址区分开来。 本报告阐述了坦托盆地高地的环境特征与史前史概况；介绍了适用于所有高地复合体遗址的调查方法，以及本卷的整体概述——该概述对4个研究单元进行了开篇介绍。此外，报告还探讨了因调查程度差异、遗址结构废弃程度差异，以及高地复合体遗址采样遗迹的数量与类型差异所导致的数据偏差问题。