Water Control Feature (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Agricultural or Herding
A device which controls the flow of water, particularly run-off. Includes check dams, flumes, gabions, head gates, drop structures, and riprap.
476-481 (481 Records)
In August 1995, Statistical Research, Inc., performed data recovery on an area approximately 3,200 m2 at AZ AA: 12:503 (ASM), a Late Archaic period site in the northern Tucson Basin. The site is located on a parcel of land owned by Waste Management of Southern Arizona, and the project was undertaken in response to the plans of Waste Management to construct a new southern Arizona headquarters. Three of the four stratigraphic units defined at the site yielded cultural features. One hundred...
Watson_Early Ag Period in the Sonoran Desert_Mortuary and Biological Data (2011)
In this data set, Watson presents mortuary and biological data for a sample (n = 431) of Early Agriculural period (1,600 B.C - 150 A.D.) burial features excavated at 12 archaeological sites in southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. Variables include age, sex, body position, body orientation, material accompaniments, trauma, and several paleopathological conditions.
Wirth Associates Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Transmission System, Salt River Project, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Impact Study: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Routing Alternate to Westwing Receiving Station (1975)
Wirth Associates contracted with the Museum of Northern Arizona to conduct an archaeological impact study of a proposed Salt River Project Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Routing Alternate to Westwing Receiving Station. This study delineates areas with three levels of potential site occurence for the project area, and investigates potential effects on the cultural resources of the alternative corridors proposed by Salt River Project. A short data gathering phase, prior to field work,...
Wirth Associates, Arizona Station Transmission System, Salt River Project, State, Private, and Federal Lands, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache Counties, Arizona, Valencia and Catron Counties, New Mexico: Preliminary Draft for Phase I: Archaeological and Ethno-historical Research (1974)
At the request of Wirth Associates, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted a Phase I archaeological study of an area in east-central Arizona to identify prehistoric and ethno-historic groups in to delineate areas of potential archaeological sensitivity within the study area. Existing archaeological site data were gathered from various Arizona and New Mexico institutions, and archaeological site density per township was mapped. Site density figures were compared with vegetational and...
Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites National Historic Landmark: An Archaeological Perspective (1983)
This is a partial document containing only the portion of the full report relating to the water facility. A water facility, including a water storage tank and a pumphouse had been constructed at the Quartermaster Depot by 1869. The water tank, a stone masonry building approximately 34 ft east-west by 22 ft north- south in size, exists at present and is owned by the State of Arizona. The pumphouse or enginehouse, located to the north of the tank just above the Colorado River, was present in...
Zuni Heaven In-Lieu Land Selections: Archeological Survey in Apache County (1987)
The Zuni Heaven project is a proposed land selection for Apache County, Arizona. Nearly 5,900 acres will be available for transfer to the County. In three phases, between October 1985 and July 1987, BLM inventoried over 7,100 acres to locate sufficient acreage for transfer. During the surveys, 32 sites were recorded in 19 different parcels. A total of 5,977 acres have been recommended for transfer to Apache County, excluding parcels which contain National Register potential properties.