The Lava Ridge Ruin
This project area
 is located on the Shivwits Plateau in northeastern Arizona, within the
recently established Parashant National Monument. We will stay approximately 65 miles south of St. George, Utah and 1.5 miles from the north rim of the Grand Canyon, at a base camp provided by the National Park Service. Cabins, running water, and electricity will be available to support the field school, though students will stay in their own tents.
Research Focus
Very little research has been conducted on the Parashant National
Monument. As a result this area is one of the most poorly understood of the Southwest culture regions.
The current environment suggests that this area may have been marginal
for farming, yet we now know that Anasazi farmers lived
here.
From our previous research at the Lava Ridge Ruin site and from elsewhere, we also know that these farmers
regularly made pottery
to trade with people living to the north and west.
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