The Archaeology of Navajo Sites West of Black Mesa, Arizona: Investigations Along the Coal-Haul Overhead-Electric Railroad Between Page and Navajo National Monument

Author(s): Sara Stebbins

Year: 1982

Summary

Forty-eight historic Navajo sites are investigated by the Museum of Northern Arizona prior to the construction of the Salt River Project Coal-Haul Overhead-Electric Railroad between Page and Navajo National Monument, Arizona. These 48 sites are classified by site function, inferred from various site features, and are then placed in a scheme of economic development and environmental conditions for the Colorado Plateau.

Cite this Record

The Archaeology of Navajo Sites West of Black Mesa, Arizona: Investigations Along the Coal-Haul Overhead-Electric Railroad Between Page and Navajo National Monument. Sara Stebbins. 1982 ( tDAR id: 436463) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8436463

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Kayenta Anasazi • Navajo

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metal

Site Name
AZ C:12:20 (MNA) • AZ C:3:45 (MNA) • AZ C:3:46 (MNA) • AZ C:8:10 (MNA) • AZ C:8:12 (MNA) • AZ C:8:15 (MNA) • AZ C:8:16 (MNA) • AZ C:8:17 (MNA) • AZ C:8:25 (MNA) • AZ D:10:39 (MNA) • AZ D:10:40 (MNA) • AZ D:10:46 (MNA) • AZ D:10:48 (MNA) • AZ D:10:60 (MNA) • AZ D:9:27 (MNA) • NA10,734 • NA10,744 • NA10,919 • NA10,920 • NA10,921 • NA10,922 • NA10,923 • NA11,,082 • NA11,003 • NA11,004 • NA11,005 • NA11,006 • NA11,007 • NA11,012 • NA11,013 • NA11,014 • NA11,015 • NA11,016 • NA11,017 • NA11,018 • NA11,019 • NA11,020 • NA11,022 • NA11,023 • NA11,029 • NA11,073 • NA11,074 • NA11,078 • NA11,092 • NA11,093 • NA11,094 • NA11,099 • NA11,101 • NA11,110 • NA11,111 • NA11,112 • NA11,137 • NA11,140 • NA11,147 • NA11,149 • NA11,157 • NA11,167 • NA11,177 • NA11,231 • NA11,232 • NA11,236 • NA11.021 • NA11.109 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Ash Pit • Brush Structure • Burial Pit • Cairn • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Fire Pit • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Garden Plot • Hearth • Hogan • Lambing pen • Masonry Wall • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Post Hole / Post Mold • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Rock Pile • Settlements • Shade Structure / Ramada • Storage Pit • Sweat House / Sweat Lodge • Tent Foundation • Trash Area • Trash Dump • Windbreak Show More

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Black Mesa • Coal Haul Railroad • Salt River Project • SRP

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Navajo National Monument • Page, AZ

Temporal Keywords
1920s • 1930's • 1940s • 20th Century • Mid 20th Century

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.78; min lat: 36.744 ; max long: -111.379; max lat: 36.997 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Project Director(s): Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr.

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

MNA Research Paper(s): 25

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00030563

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