Bedrock Grinding Feature (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Milling Feature
A pecked or ground concavity in a large boulder or outcrop, including both bedrock mortar and bedrock metate.
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This document consists of site descriptions for sites located on the Salt River Indian Reservation Lands. Those contributing content to the report include Gerald Bair, Susan B. Belt, Dav Buge, Thomas Cartledge, William G. Holiday, Susanne LaFollette, Minnabell E. Laughlin, Chad Phinney, Erwin R. Ray, Linda Richards, Helen P. Wells, Regge N. Wiseman, Robert York, and Betsy R. Zeligs.
Cultural Resources Assessment of 28 Archaeological Sites Located Along Reach 4 of the Fannin-McFarland Portion of the CAP Canal
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit...
Cultural Resources Assessment of 28 Archaeological Sites Located Along Reach 4 of the Fannin-McFarland Portion of the CAP Canal (2009)
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit...
A Cultural Resources Survey of 17.5 Miles of State Route 88, the Apache Trail, Between Apache Junction and Tortilla Flat, Pinal and Maricopa Counties, Arizona (1995)
Between April 15 and June 14, 1993, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. performed a cultural resources survey of State Route 88 (the Apache Trail). The right-of-way varies from 66 to 200 feet, but construction as-builts were not available. Therefore, the Arizona Department of Transportation requested that a 200 foot wide right-of-way be surveyed for the entire project length unless clearly marked property boundaries or other right-of-way indications were present. The 17.5 mile long survey...
Cultural Resources Survey of 34 Acres Along Fossil Creek
At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of approximately 34.4 acres to provide an inventory and assessment of cultural resources that might be affected by the proposed undertaking. The Central Arizona Project (CAP) conveys Colorado River water through a 336–mile– long system of pumping plants, aqueducts, dams, and reservoirs. In 2001, the Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that...
Cultural Resources Survey of 34 Acres along Fossil Creek in the Vicinity of Proposed Fish Barriers, Yavapai County, Arizona (2003)
Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) performed a Class III (intensive) cultural resources inventory of approximately 34.4 acres of land located along Fossil Creek on the Coconino National Forest (CNF) in conjunction with the proposed construction of a fish barrier on Fossil Creek. A crew of up to ten laborers camped in the project area and constructed the fish barrier in the Fossil Creek Drainage. The project area lies north of the confluence with the Verde River, on the west side of Fossil...
A Cultural Resources Survey of 84.3 Acres of Tonto National Forest and Private Lands for the SRP Silver King to Goldfield 230kV Upgrade, North of Superior, Pinal County, Arizona (2008)
SRP is planning to upgrade the current carrying capacity of 18.3 miles of the existing Silver King to Goldfield 230kV line. In order to accomplish this, SRP plans to “bundle” the existing 230kV conductors by adding a second conductor to each of the three existing single-conductor phases. To add the new conductors, SRP will need to re-open some original access roads, and the selected wire, puller, sleeving, and anchor sites used during the original 1978 line construction. The existing...
Data Recovery at Four Sites in Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Yavapai County, Arizona (1996)
A data recovery program was completed at four archaeological sites (AZ N:4:37 [NA 25,511], N:4:65 [NA 25,512], N:4:66 [NA 25,513], and N:4:68(ASM) [NA 25,514]) by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) for the Phase 3 Roadway Improvement Project (North Campground Facilities) at Dead Horse Ranch State Park (Park) (Figure 1.1). This program represents the last of a series of mitigation actions conducted for an undertaking sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and...
Data Recovery Investigations of 30 Archaeological Sites at Talking Rock Ranch, Williamson Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona (2010)
This document details the data recovery results for mitigation of adverse effects to 30 archaeological sites within the 3,185-acre private development known as Talking Rock Ranch located approximately 17 miles northwest of Prescott in Williamson Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. EnviroSystems Management, Inc. conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at these sites at the request of Harvard Investments, Inc. (the landowner and developer). The development required an Individual Permit...
Date Creek Mountain Pictograph Site Arizona Site Steward File (1995)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Date Creek Mountain Pictograph Site, located on State Trust Land. The site is comprised of pictographs, bedrock mortars, cupules, and grinding slicks. The file consists of a site data form and map of the site location.
Deep Mortars Arizona Site Steward File (1999)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Deep Mortar site, comprised of a petroglyph and bedrock mortars, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form and map of the site location.
Dos Cerros Arizona Site Steward File (2004)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Dos Cerros site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of up to six room blocks, retaining walls, and artifact scatter; and was likely inhabited during the Hohokam Classic Period. The file consists of three heritage inventory forms with hand drawn site maps, as well as a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 2004.
Eagle Eye Sites Arizona Site Steward File (1998)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Eagle Eye Sites, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The sites are comprised of of two caves, a rock shelter, a bedrock mortar, and sherd and lithic scatter. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, antiquities site inventory form, three Arizona State Museum archaeological site survey forms, and three highway survey forms. The earliest dated document is from 1969.
EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...
EMVPP Field & Lab Manual (2003)
The field and lab manual for the 2003 El Morro Prehistory Project. The same manual was used in other EMVPP seasons. Most aspects of this manual can be applied to the Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project, the Heshotauthla Archaeological Research Project, the Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project, and the Rudd Creek Archaeology Project. This manual describes field and laboratory procedures, how to fill out the forms, and how the provenience system works. It also has relevant ceramic type...
The Floyd Site Arizona Site Steward File (1998)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for The Floyd Site, comprised of bedrock grinding features and sherd scatter, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form and map of the site location.
Fort Jeremy Arizona Site Steward File (2003)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Fort Jeremy site, comprised of a fortified hilltop, clay hearth, and artifact scatter, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a heritage inventory form and map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1997.
Garden Valley Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (1987)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Garden Valley Ruin, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site consists of a Hohokam farming village with masonry room blocks, terraces, field houses, a pit house village, trash middens, artifact scatter, and isolated rooms. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, two maps of the site location, six cultural resource preliminary inventory forms, and six forms entitled Proposed Variables for Site Recording on Tonto and Prescott...
Granite Wash Pass Arizona Site Steward File (1998)
This is an Arizona Site Steward File for Granite Wash Pass, comprised of petroglyphs and bedrock mortars, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form and map of the site location.
Grinding Slick Pueblo Arizona Site Steward File (2001)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the site Grinding Slick Pueblo, located on Apache Sitgreaves National Forest land. The site is comprised of a sandstone pueblo, multiple field houses, and grinding slicks and cupules. The file consists of a site description form, two sketches of grinding slick and cupule placement, a site map, and a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 2001.
Hieroglyphic Springs Arizona Site Steward File (1991)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Hieroglyphic Springs site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a masonry structure, dacite wall, petroglyphs, and artifact scatter. The file consists of a site data form, preliminary inventory form, three maps of the site location, a flier about a special event consisting of a site field trip, and a National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet. The earliest dated form is from 1991.
Homestead Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (1999)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Homestead Ruin, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site is comprised of four historic cabins, a concrete trough, windmill, concrete cistern, well, and corral, as well as bedrock mortars, a pictograph, and sherd and lithic scatter. The file consists of a site data form, four cultural resources field inventory forms, map of the site area, map of the site location, an unlabeled site information form, and 14 black and white photographs.
Investigating Morphological Variation of Ground Stone Bedrock Features at LA 43414 and LA 121668 on the Mescalero Plain, Southeastern New Mexico (2021)
This report presents the results of a comprehensive documentation and analysis of ground stone bedrock features at LA 43414 (the Merchant site) and LA 121668. The bedrock features are located on lands administered by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and the New Mexico State Land Office. This project was funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement (PBPA) administered by the CFO. This investigation recorded and examined 359 ground stone bedrock features...
Javalina Well Arizona Site Steward File (2007)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Javalina Well site, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site is comprised of a historic well and combat tank, as well as Hohokam rock alignments, artifact scatter, and flatbed metate. The file consists of a site data form. The earliest dated document is from 2007.
Kent's Crawl Arizona Site Steward File (1999)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Kent's Crawl, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site is comprised of a rock shelter with pictographs, artifact scatter, and a midden. The file consists of a site data form, Arizona State Museum archaeological site card, and a black and white photograph of the site. The earliest dated form is from 1993.