Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project, Coronado-Silverking Transmission Line 500kV and 230kV Corridor Segment from Silverking Substation West to Tonto National Forest Boundary, Federal (Tonto National Forest) and Private Lands, Pinal County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Clearance Survey of 14.8 mi of Extra High Voltage Transmission Line Corridor, 2.0 mi of Substation Access Road, and 0.9 mi of 115kV Transmission Line Alignment, Silverking Substation Area, Tonto National Forest

Author(s): Donald Keller

Year: 1978

Summary

15 mi of Extra High Voltage transmission line corridor, 2 mi of access road, and 0.9 mi of 115kV transmission line from the Silverking Substation were surveyed for archaeological resources by the Museum of Northern Arizona in April, 1978. Twelve prehistoric and historic Anglo-American affiliation archaeological sites were identified along the EHV corridor between the Silverking Substation and the Tonto National Forest boundary. An isolated recent feature, not given a site designation, was found on the proposed access road alignment. No sites were found on the 115kV alignment. The report describes the survey and its results and makes detailed archaeological clearance recommendations for the surveyed impact areas. Archaeological clearance is recommended for all surveyed areas except for the actual areas of the 12 recorded sites in the EHV corridor.

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Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project, Coronado-Silverking Transmission Line 500kV and 230kV Corridor Segment from Silverking Substation West to Tonto National Forest Boundary, Federal (Tonto National Forest) and Private Lands, Pinal County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Clearance Survey of 14.8 mi of Extra High Voltage Transmission Line Corridor, 2.0 mi of Substation Access Road, and 0.9 mi of 115kV Transmission Line Alignment, Silverking Substation Area, Tonto National Forest. Donald Keller. Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology. 1978 ( tDAR id: 402681) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8402681

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Ancestral Puebloan • Anglo-American • Euroamerican • Historic • Hohokam

Material
Brown Glass • Buffware • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Concrete • Copper • Enamel • Fire Brick • Gila Plainware • Gila Plainware, Queen Creek Variety • Glass • Lavendar Glass • Little Colorado Whiteware • Masonry • Metal • Mica • Paper • Plainware • Purple Glass • Red-on-Buffware • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Sacaton Redware • Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware • Schist • Stone • Tin • Whiteware • Wingfield Plainware • Wood Show More

Site Name
AZ U:12:2 (MNA) • AZ U:12:3 (MNA) • NA15,688 • NA15,689 • NA15,690 • NA15,691 • NA15,692 • NA15,693 • NA15,694 • NA15,695 • NA15,696 • NA15,697 • NA15,698 • NA15,699

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Bridge • Cairn • Camp • Campsite • Ceramic Scatter • Check Dam • Circular Rock Alignment • Corral • Curving Boulder Alignment • Encampment • Food Processing Site • Foundation • Isolated Feature • Leveled Work Area • Limestone Shaft • Lithic Scatter • Masonry Check Dam • Masonry Stock Pen • Monument • Mule Trail • Railroad • Railroad Grade • Rectangular Stone Outline • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Rock Alignment • Rubble Pile • Settlements • Shaft • Stock Pen • Stone Circle • Stone Foundation • Stone Outline • Storage Cache • Trail • Trash Scatter • Tunnel • Water Control Feature • Wooden Bridge Show More

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Biface • Bottle Neck • Can • Cartridge Shell • CCC • Coffee Can • Coffee Pot • Condensed Milk Can • Cooking Pan • Copper Penny • Coronado-Silverking • Enamel Coffee Pot • File • Flake • Glass Bottle • High Pressure Water Hose • Horseshoe • Hose • Jar • Mano • Maxwell House • Metal Can • Metate • Nail • Oil Can • Olla • Pan • Paper Oil Can • Patent/R Brown & Sons/Paisley • Penny • Pounding Tool • Railroad Spike • SAE 50 • Salt River Project • Sardine Can • Silverking Substation • Square Cut Nail • SRP • Tin Can • Transmission Line • Water Pump • Wire Nail Show More

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Happy Camp Wash • Kings Crown Peak • Pinal (County) • Pioneer Historic District • Queen Creek • Queen Creek Valley • Silverado Ridge • Silverking Wash • Silverking Wash Valley • Superior, AZ • Tonto National Forest

Temporal Keywords
1880s • 1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1940s • 19th Century • 20th Century • Classic Period • Colonial Period • Historic • Late Sedentary Period • Prehistoric • Sacaton Phase • Santa Cruz Phase • Sedentary Period • World War I

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.278; min lat: 33.281 ; max long: -111.026; max lat: 33.347 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Bettina H. Rosenberg; Tom Caldwell; Belinda Casto; Bryan Ellsworth; Elizabeth Gordon; Donald E. Weaver, Jr.; William Marmaduke; Martin McAllister

Field Director(s): Donald Keller

Landowner(s): Private Owner; U. S. Forest Service

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

Report No.(s): A-78-58

Antiquities Act Permit No.(s): 75AZ102

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