Navajo Nation (Geographic Keyword)
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In 2019, the Salt River Project (SRP) plans to decommission the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and associated Ash Disposal Area (ADA), located east of Page, Coconino County, Arizona (Figure 1). Prior to the decommissioning, SRP sponsored cultural resources surveys (Marshall 2018a; Spurr 2017) to record archaeological sites within the NGS and ADA. These efforts supplement previous archaeological investigations (Mueller and Fiero 1971; Pilles 1969). As a result of the recent surveys, Spurr (2017)...
Archaeological Investigations at Antelope House (1986)
Reported in this volume are excavations at Antelope House, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. The project, under the direction of the senior author and financed by the National Park Service, spanned the field seasons of 1970 through 1973. Our report proceeds from a general discussion of our excavation goals and other background material to a detailed discussion of the architecture of the site and the internal site chronology derived from this study. Sections of the report dealing with...
Archaeological Survey of Two Parcels at Navajo Generating Station and the SRP/PWCC Coal Loading Station, Coconino and Navajo Counties Arizona (2017)
Past Peoples Consulting, LLC, was requested by Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) to complete a pedestrian survey to identify and evaluate cultural resources at two facilities in northern Arizona. One survey parcel was within the boundary of the Navajo Generating Station near Page and the second parcel was within the fenced boundary of the SRP/Peabody Western Coal Company (PWCC) Coal Loading Station near Kayenta. Fieldwork took place between March 26 and 30,...
A Cultural Resources Survey for the Salt River Project of 271.11 Acres at the Navajo Generating Station, Coconino County, Arizona (2018)
Northland has completed a Class III cultural resources survey and records check of 11 areas within the NGS and ADA totaling 246.36 acres. In addition, the Ash Haul Road between the NGS and ADA was surveyed. This road is 1.13 miles long and includes 24.75 acres. The total survey area is 271.11 acres. The project area is comprised of land on the Navajo Nation that is administered by SRP in Coconino County, Arizona. The survey was undertaken for SRP prior to planned decommissioning of the NGS....
A Cultural Resources Survey of 1,946 Acres on Black Mesa for Peabody Western Coal Company, Mine Areas J-19, J-21, and N-11 Extension South, Kayenta Mine Complex, Navajo County, Arizona (2017)
SRP requested that Logan Simpson conduct a Class 111 cultural resources inventory of 1,946 acres within Mine Areas J-19, J-21, and N-11 Extension South in Peabody Western Coal Company's, Kayenta Mine Complex (KMC). This is part of a larger environmental impact study (EIS) for the continued operation of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and the KMC from December 23, 2019 to December 22, 2044. Reclamation is the lead federal agency, and the BIA and OSMRE are cooperating agencies. Re-permitting...
The Kayenta Anasazi: Archaeological Investigations Along the Black Mesa Railroad Corridor, Volume 2 - Site Descriptions (1986)
This volume presents available data on each of the 50 sites excavated during the course of project investigations. The sites are presented in numerical order beginning with NA6706 and ending with NA11,251. Each site description begins with an account of the general setting and the immediate environment. This is followed by a description of site excavation and stratigraphy. Detail in this section is generally very limited. Every site that contains architecture is shown in a schematic map. Next,...
Macrofloral and Pollen Analysis, and Botanical Identificatino of Samples from Sites Along the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project in San Juan County and Navajo Nation Land, New Mexico (2017)
The Cutter Lateral is one of the major pipelines comprising the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP) located in San Juan County and Navajo Nation land in northwestern New Mexico. A total of 51 features from 13 sites (LA178231, LA147736, LA171407, LA45824, NM-G-30-51, LA36578, LA156932, LA179182, NM-G-43-49, NM-G-34-56, NM-G-43-55, NM-G-34-48, and NM-G-34-46) encountered along three segments (Reach 22A, 22B, 21) of the Cutter Lateral and an off-site trench (BHT9) were sampled for...