Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Artifact Scatter
An enclosed space used to heat objects placed within its bounds. Includes earth ovens, oven pits, mud ovens, and bread ovens.
476-500 (774 Records)
Complete inventory of all collected materials from the excavations of 41CR56, 41CR61 and 41CR64
The Mead to Phoenix 500kV Transmission Line Project, The Tower 29 Site: Re-Evaluation of Site 26CK3216, Clark County, Nevada (1996)
Salt River Project has constructed a 500kV transmission line from Boulder City, Nevada, to near Phoenix, Arizona; Site 26CK3216 was first recorded by the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) during archaeological survey of the Mead to Phoenix right-of-way (Keller 1986). The site was originally recommended for data recovery but was determined ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and construction proceeded without additional investigation. Biologists monitoring the Mead to...
Meddler Point Ruin Arizona Site Steward (1997)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Meddler Point Ruin, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a pueblo compound with accompanying artifact scatter, roasting pit, trash middens, wall, and burials. The file consists of a site information sheet, two maps of the site location, two cultural resources inventory forms, five site maps, multiple unlabeled information forms, a written overview of the 1929 survey method, an Arizona State University site survey form, an...
Merchant Site Southeast New Mexico
The Carlsbad Field Office contracted Versar, Inc. to conduct remedial archaeological data recovery excavations at the Merchant site (LA 43414), a complex village settlement in southeastern New Mexico. The Merchant site was excavated by the Lea County Archaeological Society (LCAS) from 1959 to 1965, but the results of the excavations were never fully reported. The site was fundamental to the definition of the Ochoa phase, but the nature of the phase had remained poorly known since the excavations...
The Middle Gila Basin: An Archaeological and Historical Overview (1982)
The Central Arizona Project (CAP) , Indian Distribution Division (IDD) is designed to deliver allocated CAP water to Indian users. The Middle Gila Basin Overview is the initial cultural resources planning study for the system. It summarizes and evaluates the extant data in an area 3,570 square miles (9,139 sq km) large, centered on the Gila River. The data suggests that archaeological sites in this area are numerous and varied, but most of all poorly-studied despite 100 years of research. A...
Mitigation Plan for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (1979)
In 1978, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) directed the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to complete an intensive archaeological survey of the proposed alignment for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, a feature of the Central Arizona Project. The survey area was 11,115 acres and included the 60 mile-long transmission line (with a typical width of 200 meters), three proposed utility line locations, one flood retention dike location, 11 possible spoil or realignment areas, and a subsidence well....
Modified Roosevelt Flood Control Space - Cultural Resources Class I Inventory (2020)
The cultural resources Class I Inventory consisted of a records review of the Roosevelt Lake flood control space. This study area falls within a larger area surrounding Roosevelt Lake that was the focus of Reclamation-sponsored cultural resources studies conducted from the mid-1970s through the 1990s as part of the Central Arizona Water Control Study Plan 6 environmental review and prescribed mitigation associated with increasing the height of the dam to its current height. Inventories conducted...
Monument Hill Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (1992)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Monument Hill Ruin, located on Prescott National Forest land. The site consists of multiple loci with two pueblos, a pit house hamlet, pictographs, sheet trash, a roasting pit, and associated artifacts. A historic fence runs through the prehistoric site. The file consists of a site data form, two site steward heritage inventory record forms, rock art photo logs, four pages of field notes, and 37 pages of pictograph drawings. The earliest dated...
National Register Eligibility Evaluations of Sites 18ST659 and 18ST754 and Data Recovery Excavations at Site 18ST659, VXX Presidential Helicopter Facility, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, St. Mary’s County, Maryland (2006)
Phase II evaluative testing of archaeological sites 18ST659 and 18ST754 and Phase III data recovery of archaeological site 18ST659, both in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, were conducted in support of the new VXX Presidential Helicopter Program Support Facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Both sites are located on terrace landforms adjacent to Harper’s Creek near the mouth of the Patuxent River. The overall purpose of evaluative testing was to determine whether the sites contained...
National Register Eligibility Evaluations of Sites 18ST659 and 18ST754 and Data Recovery Excavations at VXX Presidential Helicopter Facility, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2006.055)
Phase II evaluative testing of archaeological sites 18ST659 and 18ST754 and Phase III data recovery of archaeological site 18ST659, both in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, were conducted in support of the new VXX Presidential Helicopter Program Support Facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Both sites are located on terrace landforms adjacent to Harper’s Creek near the mouth of the Patuxent River. The overall purpose of evaluative testing was to determine whether the sites contained...
The Neighborhood 12 Data Recovery Project: Archaeological Investigations at AZ BB:9:148 (ASM), Oro Valley, Arizona (2000)
AZ BB:9:148 (ASM) was a Hohokam seasonal or temporary habitation and resource procurement and processing locale located in the northwestern Tucson Basin in the southern half of Neighborhood 12 of the Rancho Vistoso Property within the limits of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona. Between August 25 and September 22, 1999, SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted excavations at the site as a combined testing and data-recovery effort. Eighty-one features were identified during the project,...
Newspaper Articles (1993)
Newspaper articles related to Elsinore project. This is information for the general public and contains pictures and very basic comments on what was being learned at the time of the article.
Nonriverine Hohokam Adaptation, Preliminary Results from the Tucson Aqueduct Project (1984)
The Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) has been conducting archaeological investigations in the Picacho Mountains area of south central Arizona since late 1983. Under contract to the Bureau of Reclamation, MNA archaeologists have surveyed and partially or completely surface collected, tested and excavated more than 30 Hohokam sites scattered along a 1 mi wide and 42 mile long aqueduct right-of-way (Figure 1).It is important to note that the sample of sites under investigation suffers from all of...
OCHOA PHASE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MESCALERO PLAIN (2021)
This report presents a summary of the results of the Blanket Purchase Authority (BPA) 10 project sponsored by the Carlsbad Field Office (CFO) of the Bureau of Land Management and funded under the Permian Basin Programmatic Agreement. The BPA 10 project included six cultural resource projects, including survey inventories, site evaluations, and excavations.
One Hundred Years of Archaeology at La Ciudad de Los Hornos (1990)
When the Salt River Project (SRP) decided to build the Lassen Substation (LSS) along the Western Canal just east of Priest Drive in Tempe, they determined to recover the significant archaeological resources that would otherwise be impacted. Thus a 2-ac parcel of the Hohokam village site known as La Ciudad de Los Hornos was excavated in 1988 by Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS); 195 cultural features were recorded. SRP also contracted with the present authors to write an overview of...
Outpost Estates II: Archaeological Testing Results and Data Recovery Plan for AZ BB:10:59 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona (2005)
SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA), under contract with Outpost Development, conducted archaeological testing at site AZ BB:10:59 (ASM) in unincorporated Pima County, near Tucson, Arizona. Site AZ BB:10:59 (ASM) lies partially within the site of a proposed residential development located on privately held land. Site AZ BB:10:59 (ASM) was originally recorded by Professional Archaeological Services of Tucson (P.A.S.T.) as an extensive, light-to-moderate prehistoric Native American lithic and...
Oxbow Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (1954)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Oxbow Ruin site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of two loci, connected by artifact scatter. The Hardt/Miami Phase locus contains trash middens, hornos, jacales, and stone foundations. The Roosevelt Phase locus contains a masonry caserón, a pit house, and a cemetery. An old wagon road is also found within the site boundaries. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, hand drawn site map, and three cultural...
Papago Park EcoPlan Appendix C: Inventory and Assessment of Cultural Resources (2009)
At the request of Olsson Associates, Inc. (Olsson), EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) cultural resource specialists relocated and assessed where possible National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility for known cultural resources within both the Phoenix- and Tempe-owned portions of Papago Park, Maricopa County, Arizona. This research was done in support of a new regional master plan for the park. The master plan is being developed cooperatively by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian...
Passive Accumulations: Archaeological Investigations in Support of Reconstruction and Extension of Runway 12L-30R at Williams Gateway Airport, Mesa, Arizona (2000)
Kimley-Hom and Associates are under contract with the Williams Gateway Airport Authority (WGAA) to provide services for design of the reconstruction and extension of Runway 12L-30R. A number of archaeological sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) extend within the construction zone. Therefore, WGAA was required to take into account the potential for its undertakings to affect those archaeological sites under the terms of its lease agreement with the Air...
Payson/Star Valley Archaeology, CE800-1250
Archaeological and cultural assumptions based upon analysis of sites below the Mogollon Rim but within the Pine, Payson, Star Valley, Round Valley areas.
Phase 1 Archaeological Data Recovery Report and Phase 2 Data Recovery Proposal for the Punkin Center Section, ADOT State Route 188 Project, Tonto Basin, Arizona (1994)
This report presents the results of Phase 1 data recovery at 13 archaeological sites along the proposed right-of-way for the Punkin Center Section of State Route 188. The Punkin Center Section is one part of a multi-year Arizona Department of Transportation project to realign and improve a 29-km long portion of SR 188, the principal road passing through the Tonto Basin, Gila County, Arizona. The project is funded by the Federal Highway Administration and occurs on Arizona Department of...
Phase 1 Archaeological Data Recovery Report and Phase 2 Data Recovery Proposal For the Slate Creek Section, ADOT State Route 188 Project, Tonto Basin, Arizona (1994)
This report presents the results of Phase 1 data recovery of nine archaeological sites along the proposed right-of-way for the Slate Creek Section of State Route 188. The Slate Creek Section is one part of a multiyear Arizona Department of Transportation project to realign and improve a 29-km long portion of SR 188, the principal road passing through the Tonto Basin, Gila County, Arizona. The entire project corridor extends north from Sycamore Creek to the junction of SR 188 with SR 87. The...
Phase I Data Recovery at the Villages of Tortolita, Town of Maraña, Pima County, Arizona (2007)
In April 2007, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) completed archaeological testing of seven sites on 1,896 acres of privately owned land for the proposed Villages of Tortolita development. The proposed development area is located north of the Town of Marana in Pima and Pinal counties. This testing was conducted that followed a treatment plan developed at the request of Mr. Shane Graser of TMR Investors, LLC. The total proposed Villages of Tortolita development area has been previously...
Phase II Artifact Inventory, Sites 18ST754 and 18ST659, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2006)
Phase II Artifact Inventory for Sites 18ST754 and 18ST659 that was conducted at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
Phase II Data Recovery at AZ EE:1:145 (ASM), AZ EE:1:146 (ASM), and AZ EE:1:149 (ASM), Arizona School Facilities Board Property, Town of Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona (2006)
Between July 18 and August 15, 2005, SWCA Environmental Consultants conducted Phase II archaeological data recovery at AZ EE:1:145 (ASM), AZ EE:1:146 (ASM), and AZ EE:1:149 (ASM), on the Arizona School Facilities Board (ASFB) property in Rancho Sahuarita, Town of Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona. The project was conducted through a contractual agreement with ASFB and AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., and the Phase II data recovery work plan and subsequent analysis and reportage subject to review...