AZ Q:2:35 (ASM) (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text C. Marshall Hoffman. Richard W. Effland, Jr.. Donald Irwin.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a cultural resource survey north of St. Johns, Arizona, at the request of Ms. Judy Brunson of Salt River Project (SRP). The survey, was performed in order to provide an inventory and assessment of the cultural resources that might be affected by the widening of a currently existing railroad right-of-way across State and private lands. Eleven prehistoric sites, two prehistoric artifact scatters, and five prehistoric isolates were identified...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth Boden.

An archaeological testing program was undertaken for Salt River Project on two sites as part of the widening project of the Coronado Coal Haul Railroad. The project areas combined, total slightly less than one acre. Seven trenches were placed, systematically and judgementally, within the two sites. Prior to the digging of trenches, however, surface artifacts were collected from 4 x 4 m grid units, placed directly over the backhoe trenches. Surface artifact distributions were used in defining...

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The three volumes of The Coronado Project present a wealth of information on the archaeology of the Puerco Valley of east-central Arizona. Excavations were performed at four prehistoric sites along the existing Salt River Project Coronado Coal Haul Railroad. All four sites were located on privately owned lands, and Salt River Project proceeded with this project in voluntary compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act as revised. Two of the sites, Cottonwood Seep and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Three sites near Navajo, Arizona, were examined for their pollen and macrofloral remains as part of the Coronado Railroad Project. Occupations at AZ K:14:32 (ASM) and AZ K:14:33 (ASM) included primarily Basketmaker III and Pueblo I, while the occupation at AZ K:14:35 (ASM) represents Pueblo II. Pollen and macrofloral samples were examined from a variety of features both inside and outside pithouses to define the subsistence base at these sites. In addition, the pollen record assists in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text SWCA Environmental Consultants.

Site AZ Q:2:35 (ASM) was originally recorded as a sherd and lithic scatter during an earlier survey of the proposed expanded right-of-way (ROW) of the Salt River Project (SRP) Coronado Coal Haul Railroad (Neily and Irwin 1990). At the request of SRP, SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants, initiated testing at the site using systematic backhoe trenching (Boden 1991). Archaeological testing identified six subsurface features, including five pits and one concentration of burned sandstone. None of...