Water Control Feature (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Agricultural or Herding

A device which controls the flow of water, particularly run-off. Includes check dams, flumes, gabions, head gates, drop structures, and riprap.

401-425 (504 Records)

pXRF Chemical Signatures for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S19, Cerro Danush (2013)
DATASET Ronald Faulseit.

These are the raw data recorded for particular trace metals from the pXRF detector. The provenience of each piece is reported. For further information on provenience or the sample, consult the project report 2010


pXRF Obsidian Sample Data from Terrace S25, Cerro Danush (2015)
DATASET Ronald Faulseit.

These are the provenience, description, and measurement data for the obsidian pieces analyzed through pXRF from Terrace S25 on Cerro Danush. See Project Report 2015 for further information on proveniences and such.


pXRF Results for Obsidian Sample from Terrace S19, Cerro Danush (2013)
DATASET Ronald Faulseit.

These are the results from the pXRF analysis of just under 300 pieces, mostly prismatic blades, collected on Terrace S19, Cerro Danush during the 2009-2010 field season. For more specific information on the project, please consult the Project Report from 2010.


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).


Rare Rocks (1985)
DATASET Uploaded by: Jesse Clark

Items in the DAP nonflaked lithic tool assemblage and miscellaneous material files that represent “unusual materials of geologic origin” have been collected within a single rare rocks dataset (Keane and Clay 1987:507). More specifically, the dataset contains both naturally occurring and culturally modified items comprised of geological resources that are found in the Dolores Valley, or have been transported over long distances (Keane and Clay 1987). Items fashioned from rare material types are...


Recent Research On Tucson Basin Prehistory: Proceedings of the Second Tucson Basin Conference (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William H. Doelle. Paul R. Fish.

The study of Tucson’s prehistory has been pursued with an unprecedented intensity in recent years, and it seemed essential that the new results that were emerging be shared on a broader basis. This volume is the outcome of papers prepared for the Second Tucson Basin Conference in conjunction with the 1986 fall meeting of the Arizona Archaeological Council.


Reconstructing Prehistoric Pueblo Societies (1970)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William A. Longacre.

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.


A Regional Archaeological Overview of the Montezuma Hydroelectric Pumped-Storage Project, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona (1975)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan S. Burton.

This report provides a regional archaeological overview prepared for the Montezuma Hydroelectric Pumped-Storage Project by the Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, under contract with the Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona. Specifically, it is designed to fulfill the archaeological data requirements for the Phase I Regional Study outlined by Wirth Associates, the consulting firm coordinating all environmental studies connected with the...


Relocation and Assessment of Twelve Sites on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation Maricopa County, Arizona: Report (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kim Adams.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) assisted the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) with cultural resource investigations in advance of widening and realigning portions of Fort McDowell Road (also known as Mustang Way). These improvements were required to facilitate increased road use associated with the construction and operation of the Fort McDowell Indian Community Irrigated Farmland Development Project. At the request of Reclamation, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS)...


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...


Research Data for Land Use Study: Water Control, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Van Citters.

Research data for a Land Use Study on Kirtland Air Force Base concerning water control.


Research Design for the Investigation of Cultural Resources Along the Granite Reef Aqueduct and Transmission Lines, Central Arizona Project (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Glen Rice. Patricia E. Brown.

Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed a general research design for completion of archaeological survey and mitigation of cultural resources that would be impacted by the construction of the Granite Reef Aqueduct for the Central Arizona Project. Because it was not possible to specify the extent of the work to be completed at the initiation of the project, general...


A Research Report and Restoration Considerations for the Interpretive Development of Historic Resources at Brigham City, A.T. (1980)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lyle M. Stone.

Brigham City, a fortified Mormon settlement on the Little Colorado River near the City of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, was established in 1876 as a United Order community and abandoned by the Church in 1881. The property was subsequently incorporated into the La Prade farm and dairy, which was in operation from about 1897 until the mid-1940's. At present, the site is owned by the City of Winslow. Much of the arable land surrounding the site has been leased to a Winslow resident for...


Results of Archaeological Preconstruction Subsurface Reconnaissance for Replacement of Beach Cottages at Bellows Air Force Station, Island of O`ahu, Hawai`i (TMK: 4-1-15:) (draft) (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis J. Eble. Lisa K. Anderson.

Ogden Environmental and Energy Services Company Inc., conducted archaeological subsurface testing at Bellows Air Force Station in November of 1998. Work was conducted in preparation for the proposed construction of three beach cottages. A total of ten shovel test pits and one controlled 1 m by 1 m test unit were excavated. Pre-contact period midden material and artifacts, including fishing gear, were collected during this project. However, no potentially significant, intact cultural layers or...


Results of Cultural Resources Monitoring of Proposed Remote Transmitter No. 3 (RT-3) Foundation Work and Two New Antenna Towers at Sky Harbor International Airport near the Site of Pueblo Salado (AZ:T:12:47[ASM]) Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Linda Schilling.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to install two new 60-ft-tall (18.3 m) antenna towers at its Remote Transmitter No. 3 (RT-3) facility at Sky Harbor International Airport. The project’s area of potential effect (APE) is located near the site of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by SWCA, Environmental Consultants (SWCA) near this area of...


Results of Data Recovery and Monitoring at AZ AA:12:1152 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:1153 (ASM) for Road Improvement Project, Pima County, Arizona (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Suzanne Griset. India S. Hesse. Paul M. Rawson.

Prior to widening, the City of Tucson (COT) Department of Transportation sponsored a series of investigations to identify archaeological sites that would be affected by the road project and to mitigate adverse effects to the sites, where needed. The first step in identifying archaeological sites was a cultural resources survey, conducted by SWCA Environmental Consultants in 2009. Although no archaeological sites were found during the survey, much of the study area was inaccessible due to...


Results of Data Recovery at Two Historic Sites and National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing at One Prehistoric Site at the Sun Haven Development near Wittmann, Maricopa County, Arizona (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Adrienne M. Tremblay. Michael S. Foster. Ronald Ryden.

This report presents the results of data recovery at two Historic period sites and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing at one Prehistoric site within the proposed Sun Haven development in northwest Maricopa County, Arizona. A residential development is planned for the privately owned 2,124-acre property by Element Homes of Phoenix. In 2002, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS), performed a cultural resource survey that identified seven prehistoric and...


Results of Eligibility Testing and Data Recovery Plan for Two Archaeological Sites Along the Arizona Department of Transportation Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) Project Right-of-Way (SR 87 to Gilbert Road) (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen W. Yost. Margaret Glass. Karolyn Jackman. Gina Gage. Bruce G. Phillips.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to extend the Red Mountain Freeway through Mesa, Arizona from State Route (SR) 87 to US Route (US) 60. This project will result in the construction of a new limited access six-lane freeway. Construction on the right-of-way is currently confined to the area between SR 87 and Gilbert Road. The proposed route runs through an area of dense historic and prehistoric cultural resources south of McDowell Road, and passes through the northern edge of...


Results of Phase I Data Recovery at Pozos de Sonoqui, AZ 11:14:49 (ASM), Along the Planned Riggs Road Alignment, Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert B. Neily. Jackie L. Orcholl.

Between August 13 and 24, 2007, Phase I data recovery excavations were conducted within a 1,550-m-long by 43-m-wide segment of the planned Riggs Road corridor that extends through the northern portion of AZ U:14:49 (ASM)—also known as Pozos de Sonoqui—a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)- eligible prehistoric site in southeastern Maricopa County. The project uses Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding to be administered by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Local...


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...


Roosevelt Water Conservation District Canal, South of the Salt River Mesa-Chandler Vicinity, Maricopa County, Arizona: Written Historical and Descriptive Data, Photographs, Reduced Copies of Drawings (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott W. Solliday. Shelly C. Dudley.

The establishment of the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project in 1903 led to the construction of a modern irrigation system to serve the productive farmlands of the Salt River Valley. However, lands outside of the project boundaries, which generally had no legal claim to surface water, had to rely on alternative sources of water. The Roosevelt Water Conservation District was one of the earliest successful efforts to increase the available water supply. By applying simple but innovative...


S.R. 260 - Payson to Heber Archaeological Project: Results of Archaeological Testing and a Plan for Data Recovery at the Ponderosa Campground Site, O:12:19 (ASM)/AR-03-12-04-1159 (TNF) (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah A. Herr.

Archaeological data recovery at the Ponderosa Campground site as part of the State Route 260 - Payson to Heber project.