New River Borrow Area (Geographic Keyword)
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This final report includes eight reports representing close to 6,000 acres of survey performed in the vicinity of the planned New Waddell Dam. The survey areas include locations for geologic test trenches, road relocations, borrow areas, spillways, and the Waddell Canal. These surveys yielded a total of 43 sites and 2018 loci of isolated artifacts. All but one of the sites were located in two borrow areas. These two study areas evidence differences in use of habitation, agriculture and artifact...
Settlement, Subsistence, and Specialization in the Northern Periphery: Research Design for Mitigative Data Recovery at Sites in the New Waddell Dam Borrow Areas (1986)
The Bureau of Reclamation contracted with Archaeological Consulting Services to perform mitigative data recovery at 17 sites in the Agua Fria and New River Borrow Areas in preparation for construction of New Waddell Dam. The contract also calls for supplemental survey in the vicinity and data recovery at significant sites in the newly defined survey areas. The Waddell area is considered part of the Hohokam northern periphery. Cultural resources in the area consist mainly of small field house...