Pit (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Archaeological Feature
A discrete excavation directly attributable to human activity. Use more specific term(s) if possible.
851-875 (1,464 Records)
Eight archaeological sites were investigated within the new right-of-way for a distribution canal and flood control structure to serve the Harquahala Valley irrigation and Drainage District. The majority of the materials in these sites, all of which were mostly surface phenomena, appear to fate to the Archaic stage, a poorly understood time in the prehistoric record of the Southwest. Analysis of data recovered suggests that these sites were campsites used during seasonal exploitation of local...
Investigations At 13WS122, the Davis Creek Site (1986)
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.
Investigations At 13WS126, the Goose Creek Site (1986)
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.
Investigations At 13WS61, the Sweeting Site (1986)
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.
Investigations At 13WS65: the Prymek Site (1986)
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.
Investigations at Milagro, A Late Preceramic Site in the Eastern Tucson Basin (1995)
This report presents the results of archaeological excavations undertaken as part of a land exchange between Pima County and Magna Investment and Development, Ltd. A portion of this right-of-way included a prehistoric archaeological site known as Milagro (AZ BB:10:46), parts of which had been investigated previously. Pima County indicated that prior to completion of the land exchange, archaeological investigations must be performed along the route of a proposed sewer line, and the cutting of a...
Investigations at Ojo Bonito: The 1988 Arizona State University Summer Field School (1988)
The 1988 Arizona State University Archaeological Field School under the direction of Dr. Keith Kintiqh was held at the privately-owned Hinkson ranch just southwest of the Zuni Indian Reservation. The Hinkson ranch holds qreat research potential because of a dense prehistoric occupation (primarily Pueblo II & III) that has been relatively undisturbed by pothuntinq or other destructive processes. If the great house and great kiva of the Hinkson Complex were built and occupied after the collapse...
Investigations at the Cake Ranch Site: A Classic Period Hohokam Village in the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin, Pinal County, Arizona (1990)
This report describes the results of archaeological investigations undertaken at the Cake Ranch site (AZ AA:7:3(ASM)). This work occurred prior to the construction of Lateral Segment 5 of the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District South Distribution System. The Cake Ranch site is located approximately four kilometers west of the town of Red Rock, Arizona in Pinal County, Section 10, T10S, R9E. The site is a large Classic period Hohokam village situated adjacent to the Santa Cruz River...
Investigations of the Baccharis Site and Extension Arizona Canal: Historic and Prehistoric Land Use Patterns in the Northern Salt River Valley (1988)
This report presents the results of intensive data recovery through excavation of an early pre-Classic Hohokam site and an in-depth archival study of historic features, including the Extension Arizona Canal. The project was sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) with the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) serving as consultants to ADOT for these archaeological and historical studies. Field work was conducted during May and June, 1987. Investigations of the Baccharis site, a...
Iron Saddle Frame Recovered from Feature 5 (2014)
Iron Saddle Frame Recovered from Feature 5
Ister Flats Arizona Site Steward File (1992)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Ister Flats site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a Late Classic Sinagua room block with courtyards, trash mounds, a rock-lined pit, and artifact scatter. The file consists of a site data form, hand drawn maps of the site, maps of the site location, an artifact diversity form, a Tonto National Forest cultural resources inventory form, a Central Arizona Water Control Study site description form, and an Arizona State...
Jesuits in New France/Religious Discoveries at Fort St. Joseph Panels (2009)
Two interpretive panels created for the 2009 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Open House discussing religious life in New France and the material remains of beliefs at Fort St. Joseph.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Resources
Project metadata for resources within the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson cultural heritage resources collection. This project is used to fill metadata for all resources part of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson collection.
K. A. Ranch Arizona Site Steward File (1997)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the K.A. Ranch Site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of the remnants of two prehistoric canals, artifact scatter, and a storage pit. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, two Central Arizona Water Control Study site descriptions, two Arizona State University site survey forms, and a hand drawn site map. The earliest forms date from 1964.
The Kayenta Anasazi: Archaeological Investigations Along the Black Mesa Railroad Corridor, Volume 1 - Specialists' Reports (1986)
In 1969 the Salt River Project contracted the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to excavate the prehistoric and ethnohistoric remains in the vicinity of the Navajo Generating Station (Page, Arizona), along the Black Mesa-Lake Powell railroad corridor, and in the immediate vicinity of the coal loading facility at the east end of the rail line south of Navajo National Monument. One hundred and twenty-three sites were identified, with 51 of those prehistoric sites excavated or tested. (The...
The Kayenta Anasazi: Archaeological Investigations Along the Black Mesa Railroad Corridor, Volume 2 - Site Descriptions (1986)
This volume presents available data on each of the 50 sites excavated during the course of project investigations. The sites are presented in numerical order beginning with NA6706 and ending with NA11,251. Each site description begins with an account of the general setting and the immediate environment. This is followed by a description of site excavation and stratigraphy. Detail in this section is generally very limited. Every site that contains architecture is shown in a schematic map. Next,...
KH Sites Final Map (2010)
The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This final map project is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. The files contained in this record include an .mxd map project and an image of the...
Kirtland Air Force Base Geoarchaeologic Landform Analysis Project (GLAP), Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2009)
Kirtland Air Force Base is the location of abundant archaeological sites found in the Manzanita Mountains and lower slopes east of the Rio Grande. The goal in this study is the development of a geoarchaeologic model identifying the depositional units of Quaternary age at Kirtland Air Force Base that may preserve buried cultural deposits. The model utilizes the geologic mapping results from previous studies and identifies additional Quaternary units in areas where this information was missing....
Kirtland Air Force Base Project Metadata
Project metadata for resources within the Kirtland Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.
The Knife River Indian Villages Archeological Inventory: A Useful Management Tool (2000)
During the past several years, the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site has been the focus of an intensive archeological and ethnohistorical research program that is reaping great benefits for the management of the park. Beginning in 1976 and continuing for each summer through 1981, archeologists from the University of North Dakota and the National Park Service's Midwest Archeological Center conducted a variety of investigations in the park designed to delimit the extent and nature...
Kyrene Data Recovery Preliminary Field Report (For the North Half of the Pole Yard Locus) (2001)
This document is the preliminary report on archaeological data recovery at a portion of the Hohokam village of Los Guanacos (AZ U:9:116 [ASM]). Salt River Project (SRP) is proposing to construct a new generating station adjacent to the existing Kyrene Generating Station in Tempe, Arizona. Prior to construction of the generating station, SRP implemented an archaeological data- recovery project within the proposed project area (Figure 1) and contracted with SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants...
Kyrene Data Recovery Preliminary Field Report (For the South Half of the Pole Yard Locus) (2001)
This document is the second preliminary report on archaeological data recovery at a portion of the Hohokam village of Los Guanacos (AZ U:9:116 [ASM]). This report focuses on the preliminary results of the south half of the Pole yard locus while the first report discussed the north half of the locus. The contents of this preliminary report discuss the goals for the south half of the locus. Salt River Project (SRP) is proposing to construct a new generating station adjacent to the existing Kyrene...
La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project (LQ-MVAP)
For over 15 years, Mexican and American archaeologists and students have dug ancient ruins, walked the high desert landscape, and worked in laboratories to understand the rise and fall of La Quemada, Zacatecas. We want to know why societies become complex, developing social hierarchies with specialized economic, political, and religious roles for their members. Why do civilizations expand? Northern Mexico's ancient past is an ideal context for studying these questions. During the period A.D....
Ladrillos_Path Shapefile (2010)
The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...
The Lake Pleasant Project: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Beardsley Canal Site, a Colonial Hohokam Village on the Agua Fria River, Central Arizona (1971)
The following preliminary report outlines the archaeological investigation of a site within the right-of-way of Arizona Highway Department Project S-434-505 (Lake Pleasant Section) on State Route 74, the Morristown-New River Highway. The excavated portion of the site will be destroyed by construction of the roadway. Excavation was carried out by the Arizona State Museum in cooperation with the Arizona State Highway Department under the Statewide Archaeological Highway Salvage Program.