Rock Shelter (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Domestic Structures

Overhang, indentation, or alcove formed naturally by rock fall or in a rock face; generally not of great depth. Rockshelters may or may not be modified with structural elements for human use.

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Data Recovery at Six Sites in the Proposed 66 Acre Desert Rose Development in South Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard. Brandie M. Stork.

Soil Systems, Inc (SSI) contracted with Beazer Homes Arizona Division to conduct archaeological data recovery at six prehistoric sites in the 66 acres Desert Rose project area at the base of South Mountain in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The sites at which data recovery was conducted were exclusively prehistoric sites (AZ T:12:100 [ASM], AZ T:12:102-105 [ASM], and AZ T:12:108 [ASM]). Sites where data recovery was not undertaken (AZ T:12:101 [ASM] AZ T:12:106 [ASM], and AZ T:12:107...


Dead Horse Ranch State Park: An Archeological Overview (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Price.

On February 27, 1974, the Arizona State Parks Board adopted a Master Plan for Dead Horse State Ranch. The park covers some 320 acres. Though the proposed development plan has been altered on several occasions, it has included the construction of three man-made lakes for public fishing, the preservation of natural wildlife habitats and archaeological sites with appropriate interpretive programs, as well as the creation of hiking trails to afford recreational opportunities. Camping areas with...


Detailed Assessment Report, Yosemite National Park, Highwater 97A. (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only B. J. Griffin. H. Grovert. K. Cann.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Diablo Grande Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report: E. Cultural Resources (IV-134-IV-163) (1992)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Lsa Associates, Inc..

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Diagnostic Biface (2017)
IMAGE Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University.

Diagnostic Biface, Catalog #: COADS_4-52 Central Ohio Archaen Survey, Department of Anthropology, University of Akron and Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University. Lowe, Catalog #: COADS_4-67 Central Ohio Archaen Survey, Department of Anthropology, University of Akron and Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University.


Diagnostic bifaces (2017)
IMAGE Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University.

Diagnostic biface, Catalog #: COADS_14-133 Central Ohio Archaeological Digitization Survey, Department of Anthropology, University of Akron and Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University. Diagnostic biface, Catalog #: COADS_14-147 Central Ohio Archaeological Digitization Survey, Department of Anthropology, University of Akron and Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University.


Diagnostic Bifaces (2017)
IMAGE Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University.

Diagnostic Biface, Catalog #: COADS_16-6 Central Ohio Archaeological Digitization Survey, Department of Anthropology, University of Akron and Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University. Diagnostic Biface, Catalog #: COADS_16-8 Central Ohio Archaeological Digitization Survey, Department of Anthropology, University of Akron and Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University


Documentation of the Phase II (Plant Site to Devers and Miguel Substations)Archaeological Inventory Report (Draft) (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher W. White.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Dolores Archaeological Program Technical Reports, DAP-081: The Grass Mesa Locality Testing Program, 1979-1980 (1984)
DOCUMENT Full-Text G. Timothy Gross.

Eighteen sites were tested in the Grass Mesa Locality during the 1979 and 1980 field seasons. Test excavations, including both probability and jurlgmental excavation, were conducted at Hanging Rock Hamlet (Site 5MT4650), Cougar Springs Cave (Site 5MT4797), Quasimodo Cave (Site 5MT4789), Dos Cuartos House (Site 5MT2174), Calmate Shelter (Site 5MT4651), and DTA Site (Site 5MT5361). The remaining 12 sites were investigated through surface collection, occasionally augmented by shovel scraping or...


Draft Environmental Impact Report for Gilboa Estates Mobilehome Park Major Use Permit Mup# P81-109 Ead Log#81-14-122 (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mooney-Lettieri and Associates, Inc..

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Ramona Health Spa (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only American Pacific Environmental Consultants, Inc..

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Draft: Archaeology of the Manzanita Mountains: 2002 Survey of the Eastern Portion of Kirtland Air Force Base and Department of Energy Lands Withdrawn from the US Forest Service, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Gallison. David Wilcox. Roberto Herrera.

From 3 June to 1 November 2002, engineering-environment Management, Inc., (e2M), under contract with Kirtland Air Force Base conducted a Section 110 Cultural Resources Investigation of 6,000 acres of US Forest Service lands withdrawn to Kirtland Air Force Base (4,850 ac) and the Department of Energy (1,150 ac) located in the Manzanita Mountains of New Mexico. There are nine previously recorded sites in the project area. The New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office determined that two of...


E. Verde Pictograph Cave Arizona Site Steward File (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. S. Wood.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the E. Verde Pictograph Cave site, comprised of a rock shelter with white pictographs and a small number of associated artifacts, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, two black and white photographs, pictograph sketches, and a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 2003.


Eagle Eye Sites Arizona Site Steward File (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie L. Stone. Kathleen Quinn.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Eagle Eye Sites, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The sites are comprised of of two caves, a rock shelter, a bedrock mortar, and sherd and lithic scatter. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, antiquities site inventory form, three Arizona State Museum archaeological site survey forms, and three highway survey forms. The earliest dated document is from 1969.


The Eastern Mining Area 115 KV Transmission Line Survey: Archaeological Resources in the Salt-Gila Uplands of Central Arizona (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas N. Motsinger. Heidi Roberts. Richard V. N. Ahlstrom.

SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA), of Tucson, Arizona, conducted the Eastern Mining Area (EMA) survey project under contract to Salt River Project (SRP) between October, 1993, and February, 1994. One central purpose of the project was to create an inventory of archaeological resources to assist in the planning of future improvements and other modifications to existing SRP transmission lines. The project included 107 person-field days of Class III archaeological survey along...


The Eastern Mining Area 115 kV Transmission Line Survey: Archaeological Resources in the Salt-Gila Uplands of Central Arizona (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas N. Motsinger. Heidi Roberts. Richard V. N. Ahlstrom.

SWCA Inc, Environmental Consultants of Tucson, Arizona, conducted Eastern Mining Area (EMA) survey project under contract to Salt River Project (SRP) between October 1993 and February 1994. One central purpose of the project was to create an inventory of archaeological resources to assist in the planning of future improvements and other modifications to existing SRP transmission lines. The project included 107 person-field days of Class III archaeological survey along approximately 257 linear...


The Eastern Mining Area Transmission Line Survey: Archaeological Resources in the Salt-Gila Uplands of Central Arizona (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas N. Motsinger. Heidi Roberts. Richard V. N. Ahlstrom.

SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA), of Tucson, Arizona, conducted the Eastern Mining Area (EMA) survey project under contract to Salt River Project (SRP) between October, 1993, and February, 1994. One central purpose of the project was to create an inventory of archaeological resources to assist in the planning of future improvements and other modifications to existing SRP transmission lines. The project included 107 person-field days of Class III archaeological survey along...


EC South Range Archaeological Characterization Nevada Test and Training Range (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Cook. Marcus Grant. Eric Hansen. Richard Arnold. Sherri Wenzlau. Robert Dickerson.

Geo-Marine, Inc., conducted archaeological inventory of 6,989 acres on EC South Range, part of the Nellis Test and Training Range. The primary goal of the project was to integrate empirical data, including associations of features and material culture with potential sacred significance, and ethnographic data to characterize the archaeological resources of EC South Range. Ethnographic data were provided by Native American crew members during fieldwork. The project addressed requirements under...


The Elder Gulch Project: Archaeological Test Excavations at Ten Sites Near Kelvin, Pinal County, Arizona (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory R. Seymour. R. Thomas Euler.

This report has been prepared in conjunction with the continuing archaeological evaluation and investigation plan for Bureau of Land Management (BLM), State of Arizona, and privately held lands near Kelvin, Pinal County, Arizona. Specifically, this report provides site evaluations and the results of a testing program conducted at ten sites located near Elder Gulch in the Middle Gila Basin of central Arizona. This testing program was conducted from April 24 through May 16, 1990 by SWCA...


EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Kintigh. Greg Schachner. Joshua Watts. Tammy Stone. Todd Howell. Andrew Duff. Suzanne Eckert.

The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...


EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Kintigh.

The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...


Erb Tanks Master Lithic Database (2015)
DATASET Theodore Marks.

This database stores provenience and metric data for lithic artifacts excavated from 2009-2012 at Erb Tanks Rockshelter, a Middle and Later Stone Age site from the Central Namib Desert, Namibia. In addition, trace element data derived from pXRF analysis of lithic artifacts as well as several lithic raw material sources are included in the database. Coordinates for lithic raw material sources are provided in decimal degree format. Coordinates for Erb Tanks Rockshelter are redacted for the site's...


An Ethnoarchaeological Survey of West Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test and Training Range (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John W. Hohmann.

The results of this survey is the first attempt to create such a model which attempts to empirically identify, measure, analyze, and then interpret the cultural resources discovered within a portion of the south-central Great Basin region. This survey will be undertaken within an ethnoarchaeological approach.


Excavations at Rattlesnake Rockshelter (W-390) (1970)
DOCUMENT Citation Only David Kinder.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Experimental Study of Local Fire Conditions and Effects on Surface or Near-Surface Archeological Resources at National Park Service Units - Midwest Region (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay T. Sturdevant.

Today, park managers must routinely balance the restoration needs of natural resources with the preservation of cultural resources. This project was designed to provide park managers with scientific data on the impacts from wildland fire to archeological resources at National Park Service units in the Midwest Region. Experimental research was conducted at six parks to record data on fire conditions (i.e., fuels, fire temperature, and burn duration) and the impacts on multiple classes of...