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Grand Canyon Dams, Split-Twig Figurines, and “Hit-and-Run” Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stephen C. Jett
Stephen C. Jett*
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University of California, Davis
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Abstract

In 1966 and 1967, amateurs unearthed a number of split-twig figurines in Stanton Cave in the Grand Canyon’s Marble Gorge. A number of these figurines are described, including one which is perhaps the finest ever discovered. It is documented that these finds by amateurs were stimulated by publication about this site in popular periodicals. It is also argued, using the Grand Canyon as an example, that survey and salvage in connection with large dam construction is never a substitute for long-range study of the archaeology and its environmental context, and that salvage cannot be considered as a benefit justifying dam construction but only as an alleviation of some of the dam damage.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 1968 , pp. 341 - 351
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1968

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