Land Use in North-Central Arizona: An Archaeological Survey of Navajo Army Depot, Coconino County, Arizona

Author(s): Donn R. Grenda

Year: 1993

Summary

In May and June, 1992, Statistical Research conducted a cultural resource survey of approximately 1,260 acres of land owned by the U.S. Army, in Bellemont, Arizona. The survey was performed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. The project areas are used by the military as training/bivouac sites and were not randomly selected for survey.

The survey was conducted on two separate occasions by a crew of 4-5 including the project director. The field work documented four prehistoric sites, 11 historic sites, and nine isolated finds. The prehistoric sites consisted of stationary grinding features and artifact scatters. Historic sites consisted of lumber camps, fencelines, trash scatters, rock features, and villages. Ethnographic models of Yavapai subsistence and settlement, were employed to form hypotheses concerning the location and function of the documented prehistoric sites. The hypotheses were then refuted or supported by the site sample from the project area. Historic land use patterns were identified and classified into sites relating to the Overland Road, ranching, lumbering, and military activities.

The data collected during the field work were evaluated according to a research design testing hypotheses of regional subsistence-settlement behavior and historic land use patterns, while taking into account the existing database of archaeological and environmental knowledge and the limited nature of the survey. The results permitted the elaboration of existing models of socioeconomic adaptive processes for this portion of north-central Arizona.

All sites are considered potentially eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion d, based on their potential to address important regional research issues.

Cite this Record

Land Use in North-Central Arizona: An Archaeological Survey of Navajo Army Depot, Coconino County, Arizona. Donn R. Grenda. Technical Series ,43. Tucson, AZ: SRI Press. 1993 ( tDAR id: 425943) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8425943

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Late Archaic • Protohistoric • Yavapai

Material
Chipped Stone • Glass • Ground Stone • Metal • Rock Alignments • Wood

Site Name
AZ 1:13:54 • AZ I:13:41 • AZ I:13:42 • AZ I:13:43 • AZ I:13:44 • AZ I:13:45 • AZ I:13:46 • AZ I:13:47 • AZ I:13:48 • AZ I:13:49 • AZ I:13:50 • AZ I:13:51 • AZ I:13:52 • AZ I:13:53 • AZ I:13:55 • Hopi Village • Navajo Village • New Indian Village

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Church / Religious Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Hamlet / Village • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Bellemont • Flagstaff, AZ • Indian Village • Mickle Tank • Navajo Army Depot • Neill Flat • Tappen Spring • Williams, AZ

Temporal Keywords
Archaic Period • Historic • Yavapai

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.02; min lat: 35.06 ; max long: -111.804; max lat: 35.247 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): SRI Press

Contributor(s): Jeffrey Altschul; Sylvia Lindsay; Carol Ellick; Susan A. Martin

Landowner(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District

Prepared By(s): Statistical Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District

Record Identifiers

Contract No. (s): DACA09-90-D-0027 Delivery Order 8

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