Cairn (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Archaeological Feature

Mound or stack of rocks used to mark significant locations (e.g., boundaries or claims).

201-225 (349 Records)

Humbug! The Historical Archaeology of Placer Mining on Humbug Creek in Central Arizona (1922)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Ayers. A. E. Rogge. Everett J. Bassett. Melissa Keane. Diane L. Douglas.

In June 1986 the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract for historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) of the Central Arizona Project. While investigating dam construction camps along the Agua Fria River near Lake Pleasant, we discovered remnants of a late nineteenth century hydraulic mining complex along Humbug Creek. The southern portion of this complex is within the flood pool of the New Waddell Dam. This...


Identification and Evaluation of Historic Properties: Barstow Landfill Upgrade Project. 23PP (1997)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce Love. Bai Tom Tang.

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Identification and Evaluation of Historic Properties: Pleuss-Staufer Limestone Quarry Site Near Amboy, San Bernardino County, CA (1995)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce Love. Bai Tom Tang.

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Impacts: Damage To Cultural Resources in the California Desert (1980)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret M. Lyneis. David L. Weide. Elizabeth Von Till Warren.

Of the nearly 3000 prehistoric and historic sites recorded in the California Desert inventory, 36% have already been damaged so extensively that their condition is reduced to fair or poor. Vandalism is regarded as the major threat to archaeological sites in the desert, and both vandalism and ORV damage are increasing. Historic sites and prehistoric villages have suffered the worst. Less than 40% of them are in good condition. The damage that has been inflicted on archaeological sites in the...


Imperial County General Plan Transmission Corridor Element Draft Environmental Impact Report (1979)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Westec Services, Inc..

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Intensive Archaeological Survey and Testing of Two Prehistoric Cairn Sites: Clarks Hill Lake Project Area (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Patricia A. Cridlebaugh.

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Intensive Cultural Resource Inventory For the Western Area Power Administration Gila / Knob 161-KV Transmission Line, Imperial County, California and Yuma County, Arizona (1995)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jerryl L. Moreno. Dawn S. Snell. Renee Kolvet. Thomas J. Lennon.

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Intensive Cultural Resource Survey of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jerryll Moreno.

In the summers of 1979 and 1980, Arizona State University (ASU) conducted a cultural resources survey of Lake Pleasant Regional Park (LPRP) (Rice and Bostwick 1986). The completion of New Waddell Dam in 1993, increasing recreational development, and new park boundaries spurred the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to survey the park. Reclamation performed the new survey on their land to fulfill their Section 110 requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act. Upon completion of the...


Intensive Cultural Resource Survey of Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

In the summers of 1979 and 1980, Arizona State University (ASU) conducted a cultural resources survey of Lake Pleasant Regional Park (LPRP) (Rice and Bostwick 1986). The completion of New Waddell Dam in 1993, increasing recreational development, and new park boundaries spurred the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to survey the park. Reclamation performed the new survey on their land to fulfill their Section 110 requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act. Upon completion of the...


Interim Mining and Reclamation Plan For the Hazard Fish Springs Material Site, Imperial County, California (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Martin D. Rosen.

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Interim Mining and Reclamation Plan For the San Felipe Wash Material Site (Imperial County) (1988)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Martin D. Rosen.

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Intermontane Settlement Trends in the Eastern Papagueria: Cultural Resources Sample Survey in the Northeastern Barry M. Goldwater Range, Maricopa County, Arizona (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey A. Homburg. Jeffrey Altschul. Rein Vanderpot.

In 1989, 1992, and 1994, Statistical Research, Inc., conducted sample surveys of the three proposed helicopter gunnery ranges on the extreme northeast corner of the Barry M. Goldwater Range. The survey was completed for the Western Air Reserve National Guard under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. Approximately 15,000 acres were surveyed in all; a total of 130 archaeological sites was recorded. One hundred six of these were prehistoric, and 24 were historic....


Investigations at Ojo Bonito: The 1988 Arizona State University Summer Field School (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd Howell.

The 1988 Arizona State University Archaeological Field School under the direction of Dr. Keith Kintiqh was held at the privately-owned Hinkson ranch just southwest of the Zuni Indian Reservation. The Hinkson ranch holds qreat research potential because of a dense prehistoric occupation (primarily Pueblo II & III) that has been relatively undisturbed by pothuntinq or other destructive processes. If the great house and great kiva of the Hinkson Complex were built and occupied after the collapse...


Kirtland Air Force Base Project Metadata
PROJECT Uploaded by: Charlene Collazzi

Project metadata for resources within the Kirtland Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.


Lake Elsinore - Berm Photos (1994)
IMAGE Statistical Research, Inc.

Images of berm, screening of the berm, and surrounding area.


Lake Elsinore Map (Early Holocene) (1996)
IMAGE Statistical Research, Inc.

Paleographic reconstruction for the early Holocene (10,500-7200 B.P.)


Lake Elsinore Map (Late Holocene) (1996)
IMAGE Statistical Research, Inc.

Paleographic reconstruction for the late Holocene (3440-50 B.P.)


Lake Elsinore Map (Middle Holocene) (1996)
IMAGE Statistical Research, Inc.

Paleographic reconstruction for the middle Holocene (7200-3440 B.P.)


Lake Elsinore Project Director Notes (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Donn Grenda.

Project director field notes and correspondence. Some notes relate to post field activities.


Lake Elsinore Site Parking Lot Berm Project Report (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul.

This letter represents Statistical Research, Inc’s (SRI) report on archaeological excavations in the parking lot berm at CA-RIV-2798/H (herein referred to as RIV-2798/H). SRI conducted its research in accordance with the Settlement and Release Agreement entered into by the Temecula Band of Luiseno Indians (also referred to as the Pechanga Indians) and the City of Lake Elsinore. This report is divided into six sections; project history, terms of the agreement, field methods, site conditions,...


Land Use and Resource Exploitation of the Sonoran Desert: A Sample Survey of Cultural Resources in Mohave, La Paz, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce A. Jones.

In April and November, 1989, Statistical Research conducted a cultural resource survey of nearly 4,000 acres of land owned by the State of Arizona in Mohave, Yavapai and La Paz counties. The field reconnaissance documented 16 archaeological sites consisting of artifact scatters, trails, rock features, rock art and stationary grinding-features. The non-random survey strategy was based on a stratified sample of 640 acre-study units in the Hualapai and Aquarius Mountains, the Big Sandy Valley and...


Late Prehistoric and Ethnohistoric Pinyon Exploitation in South-Central Nevada: A Case from the Belted Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William R. Hildebrandt. Daron Duke.

A Section 110 archaeological characterization inventory of the Belted Range was conducted for Nellis Air Force Base by Far Western in the latter half of 2010. The focus of the study was on identifying patterning that could inform current research on the prehistoric exploitation of singleleaf pinyon. The survey identified 64 sites (62 prehistoric, 2 historic-period) within a total of 1,798 acres. We find that the Belted Range pinyon zone is much like those throughout the region that contain...


Letter Report: a Cultural Resource Survey for Husky Oil Company, Block Survey Section 34 (Little Sand Draw Projects A1 Through A6), Hot Springs County, Wyoming (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce Rippeteau.

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Letter Report: Affidavit of Cultural Resource Evaluation, Re-Evaluation of One Prehistoric / Historic and One Historic Site, for Pacific Power and Light Proposed Irrigation Project (1982)
DOCUMENT Citation Only A. Dudley Gardner. Robert W. Layhe.

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Letter Report: An Intensive Cultural Resource Survey of the Amoco Champlin 538-B #1 Access Route Segments, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only David Vlcek. Malcolm Sender.

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