Tonto National Forest (Geographic Keyword)

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Schoolhouse Point Mound Data: Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts (1996)
DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

The Schoolhouse Point Mound Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at Schoolhouse Point Mound (AZ U:8:24(ASM), AR-03-12-06-13a(USFS)). The Schoolhouse Point Mound table Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts presents a summary of fine, elaborate, rare, and/or otherwise special goods recovered from excavated contexts that were screened. In...


Schoolhouse Point Mound Data: Strata (1996)
DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

The strata represent major natural or cultural depositional events such as erosional fill, roof fall, floor contexts, and sterile substrate. Strata are depicted as horizontal rows of interconnected boxes on a Harris Matrix. Within a feature, each stratum is designated by the feature number (e.g., 10, 11, 12, etc.) and a letter that designates a particular stratum (e.g., A, B, C). The letters are assigned in descending order. Mixed levels and artifacts collected out of context are designated by a...


Sears Kay Arizona Site Steward File (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Sears Kay site, comprised of five Hohokam compounds, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of two site data forms, two maps of the site location, and a map of proposed interpretive trails and signage. The oldest dated document is from 1992.


Service Area of Salt River Power District (1958)
IMAGE Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District. Ford, Bacon & Davis, Incorporated Engineers.

June 16, 1958. S.R.P.A.I.P.D. Phoenix, Arizona - Service Area of Salt River Power District by Ford, Bacon & Davis Incorporated Engineers. Map No. U-6585A This map shows the various power plants, substations, transmission lines, and dams that SRP operated.


Seven Springs Pueblo Arizona Site Steward File (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. L. B. H..

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Seven Springs Pueblo site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of several Early Classic Period Hohokam masonry habitations, as well as artifact scatter indicative of Post-Depression Euroamerican activity, possibly related to ranching or the CCC. Additional features include terracing, checkdams, sherd and lithic scatter, petroglyphs, rock piles, and a grinding feature. Artifacts include tooth powder, tobacco, and sardine cans,...


Sheep Bridge Arizona Site Steward File (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J.S. Wood.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Sheep Bridge site, comprised of two late historic Basque suspension bridge abutments and deadmen, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file is comprised of a heritage inventory, Central Arizona Water Control Study historic site description, and map of the site location.


Shell Bracelet Arizona Site Steward File (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. Denise Ryan.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the site Shell Bracelet, comprised of a pit house village, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a site data form. The earliest dated document is from 1997.


Shoofly Village Arizona Site Steward File (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text H. S. Gladwin. F. Olson. A. Olson. R. Kelly. Rachel Most.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Shoofly Ruin site, comprised of a sandstone pueblo and accompanying artifacts, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, three site maps, a blank sketch of site setting form, two maps of the site location, a Museum of Northern Arizona site card, and an Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form. The earliest dated form is from 1929.


Skull Mesa Arizona Site Steward File (1956)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Albert Ramond.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Skull Mesa site, comprised of sherd scatter and a fortified masonry pueblo, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a site data form, Museum of Northern Arizona card, Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form, map of the site location, and a field account by Albert Ramond. The earliest dated document is from 1956.


Studies in the Prehistory of Central Arizona; The Central Arizona Water Control Study, Volume 2 (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Katelyn Roessel

Draft Copy Even for those involved, it is not easy to grasp or remember all that happened as part of the Central Arizona Water Study. This is partly because of the sheer size of the undertaking (at one point 19 different alternatives, with about three variations each, were being analyzed), partly because of the shifting objectives of the project, and partly because archaeology was only a small part of a very large multi-disciplinary study that lasted over 3 years. But, perhaps, closest to the...


Sunflower Mesa Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. Elaine Zamora.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file that consists of the site Sunflower Mesa Ruin, comprised of a masonry pueblo and retaining walls with accompanying sherd and lithic scatter, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a site data form, two maps of the site location, and an Arizona State University site survey form.


Sunrise Site Arizona Site Steward File (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. Denise Ryan.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Sunrise Site, comprised of field houses and a room block with 20 or more individual rooms, located on Tonto National Park land. The file consists of a site data form. The earliest dated document is from 1997.


Sycamore Canyon Arizona Site Steward File (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Vicki Collins. Elaine Zamora. Vicki Collins. Ed Maslyn.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Sycamore Canyon site, comprised of a large Hohokam masonry pueblo and accompanying artifact scatter, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a site data form, cultural resources preliminary inventory form, maps of the site location, a cultural resource vandalism report, a site map, four black and white photographs, and a note concerning a possible new related site. The earliest dated document in this file is from 1991.


Testing Results and a Proposed Treatment Plan for Further Work on the Thompson Draw FLEX Project in Tonto National Forest, Gila County, Arizona (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Deil R. Lundin. Douglas R. Mitchell. Chris D. North. Kathleen Peterson. Chris T. Wenker.

Test excavations were conducted at six sites to determine their National Register eligibility, prior to a land exchange. Three of the sites, AR-03-12-04-1397/AZ 0:12:81 (ASM), AR-03 -12-04-1403/AZ 0:12:82 (ASM), and AR-03-12-04-1521/AZ 0:12:85 (ASM), demonstrated low overall artifact density, small site size and an absence of subsurface features, and are therefore recommended as ineligible for National Register consideration. AR-03-12-04-13 85/AZ 0:12:80 (ASM) and AR-03-12-04-1449/AZ 0:12:83...


Their Own Road: Archaeological Investigations along State Route 260 (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Herr. CaraMia M. Whitney.

At first glance, the potential for sub-Mogollon Rim archaeology sites is not promising. This region, east of Payson and Star Valley, Arizona, is characterized by single-room masonry structures and artifact scatters covered with thick stands of manzanita and pine duff. Many artifact scatters are comprised solely of small pieces of flaked stone; others have pieces of plain brown ware ceramics that blend in easily with the ground cover. However, beneath these less-than-dramatic surface...


Theodore Roosevelt Dam Studies: B & W Map of the Project and Investigation Areas (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: M Scott Thompson

The Theodore Roosevelt dam studies impact mitigation program consisted of three data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The research was necessary to mitigate any adverse effects related to modifying and raising the height of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam in the Tonto Basin. A planning team composed of archaeologists from the Bureau of Reclamation, Tonto National Forest, and the State...


Tip Top Arizona Site Steward File (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. Denise Ryan.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file that consists of the Tip Top site, comprised of more than 70 rooms, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a site data form.


Tonto National Forest Cultural Resources Assessment Management Plan and Overview (1989)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Scott Wood. Michael A. Sullivan. Linda B. Kelley. Steve Germick.

This document contains the management direction for the cultural resources of the Tonto National Forest during the planning period FY89 through FY92. The objectives of this assessment are to provide a framework for active cultural resources management on the Forest, to schedule specific management activities, and to update, refine, and implement the cultural resources elements of the Forest Land Management Plan. The assessment summarizes the current status and management of the Forest's...


Upper Mayfield Canyon Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. F. Olson. A. Olson. Mark Zyniecki. E. A. Wood. Elaine Zamora.

This contains the Arizona Site Steward file for the Upper Mayfield Canyon site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of masonry room blocks; compounds, including one of quartzite and limestone; a limestone pueblo; and houses. Areas between residential structures contain abundant trash deposits. Human graves and one dog burial are also located on site. The file consists of two site steward data forms, two heritage inventory forms, an Arizona State Museum archaeological...


Valentine Pueblo Arizona Site Steward File (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christine Thiel. J. Scott Wood. Denise Ryan.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Valentine Pueblo site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a Preclassic Hohokam room block with accompanying petroglyoph, plaza, and lithic and sherd scatter. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, hand drawn site map, map of the site location, and site data form. The earliest dated document is from 1997.


Verde Reservoirs Sediment Mitigation Study - Cultural Resources Class I Inventory (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jerome Hesse. Branden Fjerstad. Suzanne Griset.

Salt River Project (SRP) has requested that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) conduct the Verde Reservoirs Sediment Mitigation Study (VRSMS) to evaluate options for restoring the storage capacity lost and to reduce future capacity impacts from the natural sedimentation process within the Horseshoe Reservoir on the lower Verde River northeast of Phoenix. The loss of capacity, coupled with the increase in hydrological variability associated with climate change, creates concerns about...


Vineyard Fort Arizona Site Steward File (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. T. Bone. Ronald J. Ice.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Vineyard Fort site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a room block, described in one document as a red granite fort and watchtower, with burials. The site is alternatively attributed to the Salado and Yavapai and to prehistory and the 14th century. The file consists of a site data form, Central Arizona Water Control Study site description, site inspection/maintenance assessment form, a copy of the "Report of Fort on...


Willow Creek Trail Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Scott Wood. E. Morgan. T. Bone.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Willow Creek Trail Ruin, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site consists of a Hohokam room block with accompanying agricultural rock piles, terrace, checkdams, artifact scatter, cemetery, and petroglyphs. Additional features may include roasting pits and a sleeping circle. However, site descriptions vary greatly including in the number and configuration of rooms. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, cultural resources preliminary...


A Work Plan for Further Investigations of Archaeological Sites Along the 500kV Tonto National Forest Boundary to Kyrene Transmission Line Route, Coronado Station Project, Pinal and Maricopa Counties, Arizona (1977)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Antieau.

An intensive survey of approximately 67 km (42 mi) of transmission line right-of-way between Kyrene and the Tonto National Forest boundary was completed by a 3-man crew in 15 days. A total of 144 field numbers were assigned to cultural materials encountered, ranging from a single flake or sherd to a large site or component thereof. Material recovered is summarized in Table 1, and locations are plotted on accompanying aerial photos. Isolated artifacts and small scatters were collected; samples (1...