Theodore Roosevelt Dam: Roosevelt Platform Mound Study
Part of: Theodore Roosevelt Dam Studies
The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM) to complete the research for this investigation.
The RPMS was an eight year archaeological research project that began in April 1989. It focused on sites of the Salado period, especially on platform mounds and the residential compounds clustered around the mounds. At its inception in the spring of 1989, the research was to be conducted at 77 sites grouped in three clusters in the basin. Shortly afterward, Reclamation also funded a separate sampling survey of locations on the upper bajadas that surround the basin. The Roosevelt Bajada Survey, performed by SWCA Environmental Consultants, Inc. of Flagstaff (Ahlstrom et aI. 1991), identified dense clusters of residential sites in these upland locations.
In 1992, Reclamation asked ASU OCRM to investigate four clusters of sites identified by the Roosevelt Bajada Survey and one additional site in the Pinto Creek Complex. The agency effectively expanded the scope of the RPMS to 130 sites. The scheduled level of field effort at some of the original 77 sites was reduced and transferred to the investigation of sites in the upland locations.
The results of the RPMS are presented in the ASU OCRM Roosevelt Monograph Series, which consists of 12 report volumes.
Site Name Keywords
Schoolhouse Point Mound •
AZ U:8:24(ASM) •
AZ U:8:159(ASM) •
Cline Terrace Mound •
Bass Point Mound •
AR-03-12-06-132(USFS) •
AZ U:4:33(ASM) •
AZ U:8:458(ASM) •
AZ U:8:385(ASM) •
AZ U:8:152(ASM)
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Domestic Structures •
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo •
Platform Mound •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Archaeological Feature •
Artifact Scatter •
Midden •
Settlements •
Hamlet / Village
Other Keywords
Pinto Creek Complex •
Schoolhouse Management Group •
Social Complexity •
Power •
Subsistence •
Awl •
Knife •
Irrigation •
Bone Awl •
Worked Shell
Culture Keywords
Hohokam •
Salado •
Ancestral Puebloan
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Archaeological Overview •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Environment Research •
Bioarchaeological Research •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Architectural Documentation •
Historic Background Research •
Heritage Management
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Fauna •
Ground Stone •
Pollen •
Shell •
Human Remains •
Macrobotanical •
Dating Sample •
Wood
Temporal Keywords
Gila Phase •
Roosevelt Phase •
Miami Phase •
Hohokam Classic period •
Hohokam pre-Classic period •
Prehistoric •
Classic Period •
Hohokam Late Classic period •
Ash Creek Phase
Geographic Keywords
Tonto Basin •
Gila County (County) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
Salt River •
Roosevelt Lake •
Theodore Roosevelt Dam •
Pinto Creek •
Sierra Ancha
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Roosevelt Platform Mound Study
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The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...
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The Archaeology of Schoolhouse Point Mesa, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Schoolhouse Point Mesa Sites, Schoolhouse Management Group, Pinto Creek Complex (1997)
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The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...
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A Design for Salado Research (1990)
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The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...
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Developing Perspectives on Tonto Basin Prehistory (1992)
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This monograph is a collection of papers presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans. These papers present preliminary results after two years of work on the eight year mitigation program investigating Salado Platform Mound Villages in the Tonto Basin, Arizona. Each paper constitutes an individual chapter. They include: 1. Introduction 2. Pursuing Southwestern Social Complexity in the 1990s 3. Modeling the Development of Complexity in the...
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The Place of the Storehouses: Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, Part 1 (1996)
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The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...
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The Place of the Storehouses: Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, Part 2 (1996)
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The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...
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Where the Rivers Converge: Report on the Rock Island Complex (1995)
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The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...
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A Salado Platform Mound on Tonto Creek, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Cline Terrace Mound, Cline Terrace Complex (1997)
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This report is the fifth site description volume for the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study and describes archaeological investigations at Cline Terrace Mound. Cline Terrace Mound is part of the Cline Terrace Complex, which is located at the northwestern end of the Tonto Basin, along the eastern bank of Tonto Creek. Cline Terrace Mound is the largest site in the complex and is located in its middle, with many other sites in the areas to the northwest and southeast along Tonto Creek. The smaller...