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ALRIS |
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The Arizona Land Resource Information System, or ALRIS, was started in 1982 and has since been managed by the Administration and Resource Analysis Division of the Arizona Sate Land Department. The ALRIS program provides support services for Arizona's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) community by offering "training and consultation in the use of the system, related technical services, and limited production services to system users." ALRIS is a clearinghouse for Arizona spatial GIS data, and therefore a wide variety of GIS data is available through this site. |
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English |
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GIS data, State/federal agency |
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http://www.land.state.az.us/alris/ |
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Anasazi Heritage Center: Collections, Research, and Resources |
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Description |
The Anasazi Heritage Center (http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc) uses this page to provide information about accessing and using their collection databases. The databases are not available online; however, this site provides information on how one might obtain access to them. Of particular interest are the online reports on the "Save America's Treasures" project and on the Dolores Archaeological Project (DAP). |
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English |
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State/federal agency |
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http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/ahc/collection_projects.html |
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AZSITE: Arizona's Cultural Resource Inventory |
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Description |
The AZSITE database contains information on recorded archaeological sites, historic properties, districts and inventory surveys within the state of Arizona. Its main purpose is to reduce the time and effort required for class 1 surveys and research projects. Access to AZSITE is restricted; information about who may gain access is available at http://azsite.asu.edu/news/access_policy.htm. An application to gain access to the site is available from the main page. There are fees involved with using AZSITE database. |
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English |
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Academic program |
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http://www.azsite.arizona.edu |
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Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Research Publications and Databases |
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Description |
The “Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Research Publications and Databases” page contains links to publications excavation projects conducted at Crow Canyon, including Castle Rock Pueblo, Woods Canyon Pueblo, Sand Canyon Pueblo, Yellow Jacket Pueblo and the Site Testing Project. A special feature of this page is the Center’s Multisite Research Database which consists of “an extensive collection of field and laboratory data generated as a result of the Center’s ongoing research into prehistoric Pueblo Indian (Anasazi) culture.” The database currently holds information “on 20 archaeological sites in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah” and is divided into four sections: Field Data, Analysis Data, Maps, and Photographs. The Research Publications and Databases page also provides access to interim fieldwork reports (on Shields Pueblo and Albert Porter Pueblo), a “Research Publications Archive,” and other publications such as volumes in occasional papers series. |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Report |
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http://www.crowcanyon.org/publications/publications.asp |
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Cultural Resource Sites Depicted on Early Maps of Pima County |
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Description |
In April of 2000 Statistical Research Inc. (SRI) produced this study which systematically examines three early Pima County maps and breaks the cultural resource sites depicted on each map into a series of tables. The maps are (1) the 1893 Official Map of Pima County by Rosdruge; (2) the USGS map covering the period 1904 to 1915, and (3) the USGS map covering the period 1942 to1963. Site typology across the maps includes features such as railroad stops, camps, cemeteries, house or cabin sites, churches, farms, medical facilities, mines, parks, ranches, schools, water tanks, wells, and transportation features. The tables sort features by name, township and range, and type of resource. In general these trends appear over time: water features experience the highest increase in recording on maps; ranch locations double; more prominence is given to parks and education sites, and, not surprisingly, urban and mining impacts increase. In addition to contributing the development of the Cultural Resources Element of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, this document is a useful translation of some of the early maps of Pima County into database form and will likely contribute to future research. This resource is in PDF format. |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Report |
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http://www.pima.gov/cmo/sdcp/reports/d2/004CUL.PDF |
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Ethnologue |
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Description |
The Ethnologue is an online encyclopedia of languages around the world. Each entry provides the language name, its alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, and linguistic affiliation, as well as other information if it is available. Though not specific to the Southwest, numerous Southwest-related entries are included. |
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English |
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Database |
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http://www.ethnologue.com//web.asp |
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NASA: Global Change Master Directory Datasets |
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Description |
This web site provides access to thousands of Earth science datasets. Most of the data is intended for use in GIS-based analyses. Though not specific to the Southwest, many southwestern datasets are included. |
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English |
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GIS data, State/federal agency |
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http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Data/datasets.html |
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Native American Ethnobotany Database |
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Description |
The Native American Ethnobotany Database, provided by the University of Michigan-Dearborn, is an online searchable database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native American peoples, derived from plants. Searching the database provides the scientific name, groups who used the plant and how they used it, and relevant references. Though not specific to the Southwest, many plants used by Southwestern tribal groups are included in the database. |
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English |
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Database |
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http://herb.umd.umich.edu/ |
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Phoenix Paleoecology Project |
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Description |
The Phoenix Paleoecology Project (PPP) aims to proivde online access to paleoecological data from Hohokam sites in the central Arizona region. As of this writing (Autumn 2004) only two papers are available; however, palynology data sets should be available in the near future. |
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English |
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Research project |
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http://archaeology.asu.edu/digital/ppp/ppp.htm |
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Sipapu: The Chaco World Great House Database |
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Description |
The Chaco World Great House Database is an online useable database put together by 10 archaeologists whose expertise is in Chaco Canyon archaeology. The database contains "an interactive map in an ArcIMS format that allows the researcher to access not only spatial information on various sites but also associated archaeological and architectural data in the form of tables, maps, and textual information. Analyses, including distance measurements and buffering, can be conducted with the Chacoan Great Houses interactive map." The site provides some basic background information about the Chaco world and is not meant to be an all-inclusive source for research concerning Chaco Canyon. "Rather, it serves as a starting point that should be supplemented with additional research." |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Database |
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http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/chacoworld.html |
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Site Data from Michael Adler's The Prehistoric Pueblo World, AD 1150 - 1350 |
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Description |
This site provides the site data tables from the appendix of Michael Adler's book, The Prehistoric Pueblo World, AD 1150 - 1350. Data available for each site include number of rooms, number of kivas, dates, and architectural layout. Both DBP and comma-delimited ASCII versions of the data are available. |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Database |
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http://www.smu.edu/anthro/faculty/mAdler/prepw.html |
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The Archaeological Research Institute |
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Description |
The Archaeological Research Institute (ARI) is staffed and administered through the Department of Anthropology at ASU. This research institute has a mission "to undertake the preservation of archaeological materials and related data, to pursue research activities associated with the archaeological record, and to conduct educational programs to disseminate knowledge of the past to Arizona's citizens." It therefore provides access--in some cases, online access--to a wide variety of archaeological data. |
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Language |
English |
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Resource Type |
Research aid |
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Link |
http://archaeology.asu.edu/ |
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University of Arizona Herbarium |
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Description |
The University of Arizona Herbarium (ARIZ) is the largest herbarium in the arid southwest and contains the largest collection in the world of plants from Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. The ARIZ web site provides information about visiting, but it also contains a useful catalog of photographs as well as information on an ongoing specimen database project. Detailed information about the database, which will geo-reference all Arizona vascular plant collections by 2006, can be downloaded in the "projects" section of the site. |
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English |
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Resource Type |
Academic program |
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Link |
http://ag.arizona.edu/herbarium/ |
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