Terrace (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Agricultural or Herding

An artificially created, more or less level area cut into the side of a hill. The edge may be bordered by stone or other material to prevent erosion.

226-250 (254 Records)

pXRF Results for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
DATASET Uploaded by: Ronald Faulseit

This file contains the results of pXRF analysis from the obsidian collected during excavations of the residences on Terrace S25, Cerro Danush, Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl


Radiocarbon Analysis Report, Beta Analytic (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald Faulseit.

This file contains the report from Beta Analytic regarding their analysis of 10 charcoal samples collected during the 2010 project. For more information on sample provenience and collection methods, please read the Project Report for 2010


Radiocarbon Analysis Report, Center for Applied Isotope Studies, UGA (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Ronald Faulseit

This file includes the radiocarbon analysis report for 18 charcoal samples collected during the 2015 field season on Terrace S25, Cerro Danush. Because the lab did not conduct the calibrations, I conducted them using the program Calib v. 7.1, which uses the program intcall13.14c, (Stuiver and Reimer 1993).


Relocation, Reassessment, and Remapping of 74 Archaeological Sites Located Along Reaches 3, 4, and 5 of the Tucson Aqueduct (Phase B)
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

The Phoenix Area Office (PXAO), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) main stem canal. The current data is based on data resulting from Class III surveys conducted in the 1970s and 1980s prior to the canal’s construction. The majority of these sites have not been revisited since they were first recorded. An unknown number of these sites were destroyed by either construction or excavation, while others are no...


Relocation, Reassessment, and Remapping of 74 Archaeological Sites Located Along Reaches 3, 4, and 5 of the Tucson Aqueduct (Phase B) (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Schilling.

The Phoenix Area Office (PXAO), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) main stem canal. The current data is based on data resulting from Class III surveys conducted in the 1970s and 1980s prior to the canal’s construction. The majority of these sites have not been revisited since they were first recorded. An unknown number of these sites were destroyed by either construction or excavation, while others are no...


Results of a Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey of Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald G. Jones. Sally Pendleton. Nicole A. Missio.

A cultural resources reconnaissance survey was conducted of the Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts. The cultural resources survey was conducted by the Office of Public Archaeology at Boston University for Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, and Law Environmental of Georgia. The survey included an archaeological reconnaissance survey with limited subsurface testing and an architectural survey. During the archaeological survey, 173 shovel test pits were...


Results of an Archaeological Cultural Resource Evaluation (Phases I & II) for the Tafuna Plains Sewer System - Phase II(A), Tualauta County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa (1998)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James R. Moore. Joseph Kennedy.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of an Historic Properties Identification Survey of the Western Tafuna Plain, Tualauta County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa During July 1997 (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Julie M. E. Taomia.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of an Inventory Survey in Pava'ia'i, Faleniu and 'Ili'ili Villages, Tualauta County, Tutuila Island, American Samoa, July-August 1998 (2001)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Julie M. E. Taomia.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Robbins Butte Arizona Site Steward File (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Shelly Rasmussen. Frank M..

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Robbins Butte, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site is comprised of rock structures and walls, terracing, bedrock mortars, artifact scatter, petroglyphs, a groundstone manufacturing site, and trails. The file consists of two site data forms and a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1929.


The Roosevelt Bajada Survey, Tonto Basin, Gila County, Central Arizona (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard V. N. Ahlstrom. Mark L. Chenault. Kirk C. Anderson.

Between October, 1990, and January, 1991, SWCA, Environmental Consultants conducted archaeological survey of approximately 1,800 acres of Tonto National Forest land in the Roosevelt Basin, central Arizona. This project, the Roosevelt Bajada Survey, was done to provide survey data on portions of the Basin that are not being investigated by Arizona State University (ASU) as part of its Roosevelt Lake Project. The survey recorded 111 new sites and rerecorded five previously known sites; four...


Salt River Project Pinnacle Peak to Papago Buttes Project, Assessment of Cultural Resources (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland.

Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to construct a 230 kV transmission line to connect the Pinnacle Peak, Brandow, and Papago Buttes substations. Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) was contracted to perform an assessment of impacts to cultural resources that would be caused by the project. ACS is responsible for assessing potential impacts to historical and archaeological sites as well as architectural resources in the vicinity of the new right-of -way. One hundred percent survey of the...


Salt-Gila Aqueduct (Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct) Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

This project presents a series of publications associated with the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project (SGA). The research focused on data recovery at those sites potentially subject to impact as a consequence of Central Arizona Project construction. Salt-Gila Aqueduct Central Arizona Project construction occured along a route extending 97 km from a point south of Apache Junction, Arizona, to the Picacho Reservoir. Significant...


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,...


Shoger Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark Hackbarth.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Shoger Ruin, located on State Trust land. The site is comprised of an agricultural filed with rock piles and alignments, isolated cobble structures, a compound structure, plaza, trash middens, possible roasting mounds, canal, and artifact scatter. The file consists of an Arizona State Museum archaeological site card, two maps of the site location, criminal damage report, hand drawn site map, photo log, and 15 color photographs of potholes. The earliest...


Sin Nombre Arizona Site Steward File (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brad Geeck.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the site Sin Nombre, located on State Trust land. The site is comprised of a 50 or more room habitation, sherd and lithic scatter, and petroglyphs. The file consists of a site data form.


Site Above Arizona Site Steward File (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carol Telles.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Site Above, located on Bureau of Reclamation land. The site is comprised of multiple structures, artifact scatter, terracing, petroglyphs, and a rock ring. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, and site map.


Site Above Arizona Site Steward File (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carol Telles.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Site Above, located on Bureau of Reclamation land. The large habitation site is comprised of four structures, a rock ring, terracing, and petroglyphs. The file consists of a site data form.


Their Own Road: Archaeological Investigations along State Route 260 Payson to Heber - Christopher Creek Section and Sharp Creek Campground (2014)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah A. Herr. CaraMia R. Whitney.

In this volume, the easternmost portion of the State Route (SR) 260 —Payson to Heber Archaeological project is described. Driving east from where the SR 260 project begins near Payson, Arizona, the environment changes from rolling hills and meadows to narrow ridges and perennial streams. There are few open areas as the road winds between the Mogollon Rim to the north and Christopher Mountain to the south. Prehistoric and historic sites are situated on the hills and terraces above the permanent...


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...


Trabajos conducidos por la State University of New York dentro del Proyecto La Quemada 1989-90 (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ben Nelson. Vincent Schiavitti.

Fieldwork from the 1989-90 seasons at La Quemada


Understanding the archaeology of the modern city (2003)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Tim Murray. Penny Crook. Laila Ellmoos.

This chapter reports some of the thinking behind the work that has been done in Melbourne with the ‘Little Lon’ Project begun by Alan Mayne and Tim Murray in 1996, the Sydney-focused Archaeology of the Modern City project begun in 2001, the Casselden Place project undertaken by a consortium of Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd (GML), Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd and La Trobe University during 2002, and forthcoming work in London, we will seek to more clearly establish the value of this broader...


Uplands Complex Data, AZ U:8:530(ASM): Strata (1997)
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...


Uplands Complex Data, Unit 3 Sites: Strata (1997)
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...


Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 09: Environmental Variability and Agricultural Economics along the Lower Verde River, A.D. 750 - 1450 (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carla R. Van West. Jeffrey Altschul.

In Chapter 9, Van West and Altshcul examine late prehistoric period agriculture in the Transition Zone of central Arizona, and consider how agricultural production influenced population zone in this area. They begin with a description of the Transition Zone’s environmental context. They then present evidence for prehistoric agriculture in the LVAP project area. These authors use these data to model potential agricultural productivity in Horseshoe Basin. Next, they model the population sizes on...