Rock Alignment (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Archaeological Feature

Group of rocks which appear to have some cultural association. Use for possible walls, wall-like phenomena, human produced architectural oddities, rock piles, etc.

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Revised Report of an Archaeological / Historical Survey and Limited Test of the Riedel Lot Split Ramona, California TPM 17034 EAD Log #80-9-112 Site #SDi-8819 (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Larry J. Pierson. Brian F. Smith.

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.


Ridge Ruin Part Two Arizona Site Steward File (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter J. Pilles.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Ridge Ruin site (Part Two of Two) which is located on Coconino National Forest land. The site is comprised of pit houses, pueblos, field houses, rock alignment, a sheet midden, and a burial. The file contains 11 site data forms, a cold crime criminal damage report, and six black and white photographs of unauthorized digging. The earliest dated form is from 2006.


Rock Alignments (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Carling I. Malouf.

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.


The Roosevelt Bajada Survey, Tonto Basin, Gila County, Central Arizona (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard V. N. Ahlstrom. Mark L. Chenault. Kirk C. Anderson.

Between October, 1990, and January, 1991, SWCA, Environmental Consultants conducted archaeological survey of approximately 1,800 acres of Tonto National Forest land in the Roosevelt Basin, central Arizona. This project, the Roosevelt Bajada Survey, was done to provide survey data on portions of the Basin that are not being investigated by Arizona State University (ASU) as part of its Roosevelt Lake Project. The survey recorded 111 new sites and rerecorded five previously known sites; four...


The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 13, Volume 2: Meddler Point, Pyramid Point, and Griffin Wash Sites (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark D. Elson. Deborah L. Swartz. Douglas B. Craig. Jeffrey J. Clark.

The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Desert Archaeology, Inc. to complete the research for...


The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 1: Research Design (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Ciolek-Torello. Steven D. Shelley. Jeffrey Altschul. John R. Welch.

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...


The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 1 (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Maria Molina

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRSS) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Statistical Research, Inc., to conduct this study. The RRSS...


The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 1 (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Keith Kintigh

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...


The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 2 (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Maria Molina

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRSS) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Statistical Research, Inc., to conduct this study. The RRSS...


The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 2 (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Keith Kintigh

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...


The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 3: Changing Land Use in the Tonto Basin (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Maria Molina

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRSS) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Statistical Research, Inc., to conduct this study. The RRSS...


The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 3: Changing Land Use in the Tonto Basin (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Keith Kintigh

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...


S.R. 260-Payson to Heber Archaeological Project: Results of Archaeological Testing and a Plan for Data Recovery in the Kohls Ranch Segment (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Herr. Pat H. Stein.

Over the next several years, State Route 260 (S.R. 260) from Payson, Arizona to Heber, Arizona will be realigned and improved by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). This includes the construction of 45.8 mi of highway between Mileposts (MP) 256.2 and 302. Archaeological sites are found only in the western 22 mi of highway below the Mogollon Rim. Archaeological data recovery has been completed for the Preacher Canyon (Herr, Stein, and Cook 2000) and Christopher Creek segments (Herr...


Sacred or Secular: Religious Materiality on the French Colonial Frontier (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew Beaupré.

My research examines archaeologically recovered artifacts and documentary sources to gain an understanding of the role that religious material culture played on the French colonial frontier, ca. 1608-1763. This study revisits the claims made by Rinehart (1990), stating that religious items are more likely to be recovered from the archaeological record at sites near Jesuit missions. I examined a large portion of the French colonial archaeological literature and located 30 sites that have yielded...


A Salado Platform Mound on Tonto Creek, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Cline Terrace Mound, Cline Terrace Complex (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David Jacobs.

This report is the fifth site description volume for the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study and describes archaeological investigations at Cline Terrace Mound. Cline Terrace Mound is part of the Cline Terrace Complex, which is located at the northwestern end of the Tonto Basin, along the eastern bank of Tonto Creek. Cline Terrace Mound is the largest site in the complex and is located in its middle, with many other sites in the areas to the northwest and southeast along Tonto Creek. The smaller...


Salado Preserve Addendum I: Cultural Resources Monitoring of Seismic Testing within the Salado Preserve South of St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Grant Fahrni. Michael S. Foster.

During cultural resources monitoring of seismic testing within the SRP owned Salado Preserve, LSD recorded six new prehistoric archaeological sites (LSD 5-10) and updated the description of the previously recorded site, LSD-2.The seismic crew complied with all avoidance requests and no significant impacts to known or newly recorded cultural resources occurred. This report serves as an addendum to a previous cultural resources survey report entitled A Class III Cultural Resources Survey of 84...


Salado Preserve Addendum II: Cultural Resources Survey of 3.5 Miles of Fence Line within the Salado Preserve South of St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Grant Fahrni. Michael S. Foster.

At the request of SRP, LSD completed a Class III cultural resources survey of 3.5 miles of fence line on the Salado Preserve south of St. Johns, Arizona. The survey resulted in the recording of three previously unrecorded sites, LSD-11, LSD-12, and LSD-13 and a total of 12 isolated occurrences (lOs). The locational data for 7 of the lOs was inadvertently lost. However, lOs are not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and require no further investigation or...


Salado Residential Settlements on Tonto Creek, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Cline Mesa Sites, Cline Terrace Complex, Parts 1 and 2 (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Theodore J. Oliver. David Jacobs.

This two-part report is the seventh and final site description volume for the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, an eight-year archaeological research project in the Tonto Basin of central Arizona that began in April 1989. It was funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, and was conducted by the Office of Cultural Resource Management in the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University. The work was performed under a permit from the Tonto National Forest. The...


Salt River Project Pinnacle Peak to Papago Buttes Project, Assessment of Cultural Resources (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland.

Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to construct a 230 kV transmission line to connect the Pinnacle Peak, Brandow, and Papago Buttes substations. Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) was contracted to perform an assessment of impacts to cultural resources that would be caused by the project. ACS is responsible for assessing potential impacts to historical and archaeological sites as well as architectural resources in the vicinity of the new right-of -way. One hundred percent survey of the...


Salt River Project, Coronado Generating Station Project, State and Private Lands, Apache and Navajo Counties, Arizona: Final Report for Phase I and II: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Research (1974)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David N. Siegel. James E. Bradford.

Between January 27 and February 15, and February 25 to May 6, 1974, the Museum of Northern Arizona acted as a consultant to Wirth Associates to study a series of alternate transmission line corridors to connect proposed Salt River Project coal-fired power plants at either the Snowflake or St. Johns localities to three substations in the Phoenix area. Then from April 11 to May 3, 1974, the Museum was contracted by Bechtel Power Corporation to complete Phase I survey investigations of the proposed...


Salt-Gila (Fannin-McFarland) Aqueduct Central Arizona Project Mapping and Assessment
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit a...


Salt-Gila (Fannin-McFarland) Aqueduct Central Arizona Project Mapping and Assessment: Photolog (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Schilling.

The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit a...


Salt-Gila (Fannin-McFarland) Aqueduct Central Arizona Project Mapping and Assessment: Photos (2009)
IMAGE Linda Schilling.

The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit a...


Salt-Gila Aqueduct (Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct) Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

This project presents a series of publications associated with the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project (SGA). The research focused on data recovery at those sites potentially subject to impact as a consequence of Central Arizona Project construction. Salt-Gila Aqueduct Central Arizona Project construction occured along a route extending 97 km from a point south of Apache Junction, Arizona, to the Picacho Reservoir. Significant...


Samples (1985)
DATASET Uploaded by: Jesse Clark

Wilshusen et al. (1999) indicate that this dataset should be viewed as a comprehensive inventory of DAP samples by type and number. Samples were collected for a variety of reasons including chronometric dating, environmental and geological studies, and special documentation. Obtaining the results of their analysis requires users to consult other DAP datasets. Variables in the samples dataset have already been described by Wilshusen et al. (1999); see especially the section entitled "Samples" by...