Center for Archaeology & Society

School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University
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The Arizona State University Center for Archaeology and Society is an organization that addresses enduring issues in the present by using archaeology's unique access to the diversity of solutions developed by ancient Southwestern cultures. The Center is concerned with artifacts, archaeological sites and ancient landscapes – the objects, buildings and places of the past – both in their own right and for what they tell us about the societies that made and used them. It investigates the organizational strategies, management of resources and technological developments of ancient societies in order to understand the ways in which they adapted to their environments. Through these efforts the Center addresses contemporary concerns with sustainability, the implications of technology and the resilience of different forms of social and economic organization, particularly in arid regions such as the U.S. Southwest. The Center pursues this mission with innovative efforts in academic research; physical and digital object curation; formal and informal education; and community engagement.

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Site Name Keywords
Eagle Ridge • Hedge Apple • Meddler Point • AZ V:5:1(ASM) • Griffin Wash • Pyramid Point • AZ U:8:24(ASM) • Las Manos • AZ V:5:104(ASM) • AZ V:5:176(ASM)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Archaeological Feature • Settlements • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Midden • Hamlet / Village • Artifact Scatter • Non-Domestic Structures • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo

Other Keywords
Tonto Basin Prehistory • Projectile Point • Rural Settlement • Agriculture • Core • Bureau of Reclamation • Metate • Mano • Central Arizona Project • Corrugated Ware

Culture Keywords
Hohokam • Salado • Ancestral Puebloan • Archaic • Patayan • Historic • Mogollon • Late Archaic

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Archaeological Overview • Environment Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Systematic Survey • Bioarchaeological Research • Architectural Documentation • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

Material Types
Ceramic • Ground Stone • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Macrobotanical • Human Remains • Pollen • Shell • Dating Sample • Building Materials

Temporal Keywords
Roosevelt Phase • Gila Phase • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Hohokam Classic period • Miami Phase • Classic Period • Sacaton Phase • Gila Butte Phase • Ash Creek Phase • Sedentary Period

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • Gila County (County) • Tonto Basin • Salt River • Theodore Roosevelt Lake • Theodore Roosevelt Dam • Pinto Creek

Collections

Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve Digital Collections The reports and records in this collection describe the rock art now interpreted at the The Deer Valley Rock Art Center (DVRAC) and the archaeological investigations that led to DVRAC’s founding in 1994. Paper copies of the reports and other archives, as well as its research library, are now housed at the Center for Archaeology and Society Repository at Arizona State University. In an effort to both preserve these documents and make them more accessible to rock art researchers, a portion of these records are now available on...

Theodore Roosevelt Dam Archaeological Project The Center for Archaeology and Society (CAS) and the Center for Digital Antiquity (DA) at Arizona State University have created and are making available via tDAR, a collection of digital documents, data sets, and other information. This digital collection comprises many of the results of the detailed and intensive archaeological investigations undertaken for the Theodore Roosevelt Dam project in the Tonto Basin of central Arizona.

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-47 of 47)

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Hedgpeth Hills Rock Art Recording and Investigations
  1. Archaeological Investigations at the Hedgpeth Hills Petroglyph Site (1983)
  2. Hedgpeth Hills: Locality I Record Sheets (1980)
  3. Hedpeth Hills: Site Locality Maps (1983)
Individual Resources
  1. Archaeological Investigations in the Adobe Dam Project Area (1983)
  2. An Archaeological Survey in the Gila River Basin, New River and Phoenix City Streams, Arizona Project Area (1976)
  3. First Annual Report: Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (1990)
  4. The Roosevelt Bajada Survey, Tonto Basin, Gila County, Central Arizona (1991)
  5. Roosevelt Community Development Study - Laboratory Manual (1992)
  6. Synthesis Report for Archaeological Testing at the New River Authorized Dam Site, Maricopa County, Arizona, Phase II (1982)
  7. Work Plan For Salado Research. Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (1990)
Roosevelt Community Development Study-Center for Desert Archaeology
  1. Research Design for the Roosevelt Community Development Study (1992)
  2. The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 13, Volume 1: Introduction and Small Sites (1994)
  3. The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 13, Volume 2: Meddler Point, Pyramid Point, and Griffin Wash Sites (1994)
  4. The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 14, Volume 1: Stone and Shell Artifacts (1995)
  5. The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 14, Volume 2: Ceramic Chronology, Technology, and Economics (1995)
  6. The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 14, Volume 3: Paleobiological and Osteological Analyses (1995)
  7. The Roosevelt Community Development Study: New Perspectives on Tonto Basin Prehistory (1995)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS): Research Design, Field and Laboratory Manuals, and Background Research
  1. A Design for Salado Research (1990)
  2. Developing Perspectives on Tonto Basin Prehistory (1992)
  3. A Field Plan for Salado Research (2000)
  4. Making Archaeological Data and Information Discoverable, Accessible, and Usable for 21st Century Research: The Theodore Roosevelt Dam Archaeological Project, Tonto Basin, Arizona (2016)
  5. Roosevelt Platform Mound Study Laboratory Manual: A Laboratory Plan for Salado Research (2000)
  6. Theodore Roosevelt Dam Studies: B & W Map of the Project and Investigation Areas (1997)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study
  1. The Archaeology of Schoolhouse Point Mesa, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Schoolhouse Point Mesa Sites, Schoolhouse Management Group, Pinto Creek Complex (1997)
  2. A Design for Salado Research (1990)
  3. The Place of the Storehouses: Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, Part 1 (1996)
  4. The Place of the Storehouses: Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, Part 2 (1996)
  5. Where the Rivers Converge: Report on the Rock Island Complex (1995)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Cline Terrace Complex, Cline Mesa Sites
  1. Salado Residential Settlements on Tonto Creek, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Cline Mesa Sites, Cline Terrace Complex, Parts 1 and 2 (1997)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Cline Terrace Mound
  1. A Salado Platform Mound on Tonto Creek, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Cline Terrace Mound, Cline Terrace Complex (1997)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Pinto Creek Complex, Livingston Area Sites, Pillar Mound, Pinto Point Sites, Pinto Point Mound
  1. Archaeology of the Salado in the Livingston Area of Tonto Basin, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Livingston Management Group, Pinto Creek Complex. Part 1 (1994)
  2. Archaeology of the Salado in the Livingston Area of Tonto Basin, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Livingston Management Group, Pinto Creek Complex. Part 2 (1994)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Pinto Creek Complex, Schoolhouse Mesa Sites
  1. The Archaeology of Schoolhouse Point Mesa, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Schoolhouse Point Mesa Sites, Schoolhouse Management Group, Pinto Creek Complex (1997)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Pinto Creek Complex, Schoolhouse Point Mound
  1. The Place of the Storehouses, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Schoolhouse Point Mound, Pinto Creek Complex, Parts 1 and 2 (1996)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report and Data Sets on the Uplands Complex
  1. Classic Period Settlement in the Uplands of Tonto Basin, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Uplands Complex (1997)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Rock Island Complex
  1. Where the Rivers Converge, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Rock Island Complex (1995)
Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Summary and Synthesis Reports
  1. Archaeology in America: Cline Terrace Platform Mound and Tonto National Monument (2009)
  2. Archaeology in America: Hohokam Platform Mounds (2009)
  3. Archaeology in America: Schoolhouse Point Mesa Sites (2009)
  4. Environment and Subsistence in the Classic Period Tonto Basin, The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
  5. Platform Mounds of the Arizona Desert: An Experiment in Organizational Complexity (1993)
  6. Salado Ceramics and Social Organization: Prehistoric Interactions in Tonto Basin, The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
  7. A Synthesis of Tonto Basin Prehistory: The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study
  1. The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 1: Research Design (1990)
  2. The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 1 (1994)
  3. The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 2 (1994)
  4. The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 3: Changing Land Use in the Tonto Basin (1994)