Masonry Compound (Site Type Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text C. Marshall Hoffman.

In late August, 1988, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) performed a cultural resources survey on lands of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for the Arizona Department of Transportation. The survey was undertaken for a project involving the construction of turn lanes. The project area encompassed a 4700 ft x 67 ft construction right-of-way adjacent to the northern edge of SR 87. Five prehistoric habitation sites and one prehistoric canal were identified within the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark D. Elson. William H. Doelle.

Catalina State Park is situated approximately 22 km (14 miles) north of Tucson, Arizona. Within this beautiful and pristine desert area lie a large number of relatively undisturbed archaeological sites. The park has witnessed a long and varied history. Sometime after 5000 B.C. Archaic period hunters and gatherers first roamed through the park area in their search for game and edible plants. During the following Hohokam period the park area was intensively occupied. A wide range of sites are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rex Tjaden. S. Deats.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Behrend's Sites, located on Tonto National Forest land. The sites are comprised of a masonry structure, artifact scatter, roasting pits, and a slab cyst. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, cultural resources preliminary inventory form, site map, and page of field notes. The earliest dated document is from 1978.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bob Armstrong. J. S. Wood.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Burnt Corral Ruin, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of artifact scatter, a masonry compound, hearth, roasting pit, and the remnants of a corral; and indicates usage by Salado, Apache, and Euroamerican cultural groups. The file consists of a heritage inventory form and archaeological site inventory form. The earliest dated document is from 1971.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian W. Kenny. John H. Madsen. W. W. Wasley. Shelley Rasmussen. D. M. Fournier.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Casa de Piedras, located on State Trust land. The site is comprised of a Hohokam masonry compound, artifact scatter, and possible cremation. However, this file also contains information for sites throughout the Beardsley Canal Recharge Project area and in the Calderwood District. The metadata reflects the Casa de Piedras site specific documents. The file consists of a site steward program resource nomination form, site map, letter regarding Calderwood...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. F. Olson. A. Olson.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Lower Mayfield Canyon Ruin site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site consists of a settlement, alternatively described as a caserón, compound, or pueblo, as well as trash deposits containing human bones. The file consists of a site data form, heritage inventory form, three site maps, three pages of unlabeled site data forms, and a map of the site collection. The earliest dated document is from 1929.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark D. Elson. Deborah L. Swartz. Douglas B. Craig. Jeffrey J. Clark.

The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Desert Archaeology, Inc. to complete the research for...

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The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) involved the testing and excavation of 27 sites in the Lower Tonto Basin of central Arizona. This is one of three related data recovery projects undertaken in the Tonto Basin for the Bureau of Reclamation prior to the raising of the Roosevelt Lake dam. The results of the RCD project are presented in four Anthropological Papers of the Center for Desert Archaeology: Anthropological Papers No. 12 is the research design; Anthropological Papers No. 13...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harold S. Gladwin. F. Olson. A. Olson.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Round Valley Pueblo 671 site, comprised of a large Payson-tradition granite and sandstone pueblo, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site also contains a Hohokam pit house village. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, a hand drawn site map, an unlabeled site data form, and a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1929.

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. S. Wood. Emil W. Haury. W. Kaemlein, Jr.. F. Olson. A. Olson.

This contains the Arizona Site Steward file for the Rye Creek Ruin site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a masonry pueblo or compound with room and courtyard burials, as well as trash middens and a possible watchtower. The file consists of a cultural resources inventory form, Bureau of American Ethnology catalogue of manuscripts card, a copy of "A Report on Excavations at the Rye Creek Ruin," two hand drawn site maps, four maps of the site location, two Arizona...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd Bostwick.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file that consists of the Shaw Butte Fortified Hilltop, comprised of a stone masonry compound and petroglyphs, located on City of Phoenix land. The file consists of a site data form.

DOCUMENT Full-Text S. Adrian White.

In March and April 1993, a preservation/stabilization assessment plan was developed and subsequent stabilization of the Romero Ruin (AZ BB:9:1 [ASM]) was conducted by Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) under contract to the Center for Desert Archaeology and Catalina State Park. The architectural recording forms were completed in conjunction with minimal excavation from April 5 through April 23. The actual stabilization occurred from May 3 through May 14. The Romero Ruin is a Hohokam site with an...

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...