Chediskai Farms is in the Fort Apache reservation in east central Arizona. The place ranks as one of the most beautiful spots anywhere. I first visited the valley and creek when on a field trip from the Grasshopper archaeology field school. Keith Basso was engaged in anthropology among the local Apaches at the time. I became friends with Mr. Dewey Case, our Apache colleague, who had "grown up" at the farms. He really changed my life, pointing me deeper into cultural anthropology and ethnoarchaeology. I explain this more in: "Apache Farmers, Agta Hunters and Bunong Elephant Keepers: A Career in Ethnoarchaeology." Ethnoarchaeology 5(1):56-72, 2013.
Our ethnoarchaeology project is reported, in part, in this publication: "Western Apache Ecology - From Horticulture to Agriculture." In Studies in Apachean Culture History and Ethnology, edited by Keith H. Basso and Morris Opler. University of Arizona Press. pp. 69-73, 1971. (with M. Leone and K. H. Basso). Mark, Keith and I worked with Dewey over several days.
Our ethnoarchaeology project is reported, in part, in this publication: "Western Apache Ecology - From Horticulture to Agriculture." In Studies in Apachean Culture History and Ethnology, edited by Keith H. Basso and Morris Opler. University of Arizona Press. pp. 69-73, 1971. (with M. Leone and K. H. Basso). Mark, Keith and I worked with Dewey over several days.
