Theodore Roosevelt Dam Archaeological Project

Part of: Center for Archaeology & Society , Digital Archive of Huhugam Archaeology (DAHA)

The Center for Archaeology and Society (CAS) and the Center for Digital Antiquity (DA) at Arizona State University have created and are making available via tDAR, a collection of digital documents, data sets, and other information. This digital collection comprises many of the results of the detailed and intensive archaeological investigations undertaken for the Theodore Roosevelt Dam project in the Tonto Basin of central Arizona.

The collection is organized into general three sub-collections: the Roosevelt Platform Mound studies, the Roosevelt Rural Sites study, and the Roosevelt Community Development study. The general locations of components and site areas investigated by these studies is illustrated by the map image also included in this collection.

The reports describing the investigations and results have been available since the late 1990s in paper format. The data also have been available, if one knew where to look for it or who to contact for a copy, but not easily accessible or usable. The documents and data now are more broadly discoverable, accessible, and useful for additional current and future educational, scholarly, and scientific uses. The CAS and DA plan to enhance this tDAR collection, with additional documents, data, and other related information as it is developed and becomes available.

Between 1989 and 1993, the Bureau of Reclamation funded four substantial field archaeological projects in Tonto Basin of central Arizona, all associated with the modification of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam that would raise the lake level. Earlier archaeological surveys in the area around Roosevelt Lake had identified hundreds of sites that likely would be affected as a result of the dam modification (Fuller et al. 1976; Jewett 1986; Rice and Bostwick 1986). It was known or suspected that many of the sites likely to affected would be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Therefore, to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the Bureau of Reclamation, the lead agency for the undertaking, determined to mitigate the adverse effect to the archaeological resources by a large-scale data recovery effort. The reports, other documents, and data described and made available in this tDAR collection are the results of this effort.

The data recovery program was divided into four projects, each of which had different research objectives and were conducted by separate research teams which also coordinated their activities (Pedrick 1992:2-3; Rice and Lincoln 1998:1-3).

"The Roosevelt Bajada Survey was a sampling survey by SWCA Inc. of portions of the bajada and foothills surrounding Tonto Basin (Ahlstrom et al. 1991). The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study conducted by Statistical Research focused on small agricultural and habitation sites in the rural areas away from the large settlements in the basin (Ciolek-Torrello et al. 1990). Desert Archaeology Inc. of Tucson was responsible for the Roosevelt Community Development Study, and their aim was to provide a longitudinal record of the history of occupation of Tonto Basin (Doelle et al. 1992). The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, conducted by the Office of Cultural Resource Management at Arizona State University, studied the organization of Classic period platform mound complexes (Rice 1990). As the study progressed, Reclamation modified the Platform Mound Study to include the investigation of a series of 44 sites on the bajada that had been identified in the survey conducted by SWCA (Rice and Lincoln 1998:1)."

Ahlstrom, Richard V. N., Mark L. Chenault, and Kirk C. Anderson (1991) The Roosevelt Bajada Survey, Tonto Basin, Gila County, Arizona. SWCA Archaeological Report No. 91-24. SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants, Tucson. Accessed 18 July 2016, tDAR # 402032, https://core.tdar.org/document/402032/the-roosevelt-bajada-survey-tonto-basin-gila-county-central-arizona.

Ciolek-Torrello, Richard S., Steven D. Shelley, Jeffrey H. Altschul and John Welch (1990) Research Design. Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Vol. 1. Technical Series No. 28. Statistical Research, Tucson. Accessed 18 July 2016, tDAR # 378209, https://core.tdar.org/document/378209/the-roosevelt-rural-sites-study-volume-1-research-design.

Doelle, William H., Henry D. Wallace, Mark D. Elson, and Douglas B. Craig (1992) Research Design for the Roosevelt Community Development Study. Anthropological Papers No. 12. Center for Desert Archaeology, Tucson. Accessed 18 July 2016, tDAR # 378203, https://core.tdar.org/document/378203/research-design-for-the-roosevelt-community-development-study.

Pedrick, Kathryn E. (1992) Introduction. In Developing Perspectives on Tonto Basin Prehistory, edited by Charles 1. Redman, Glen E. Rice, and Kathryn E. Pedrick, pp. 1-4. Roosevelt Monograph Series 2, Anthropological Field Studies 26. Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe. tDAR # 406896, https://core.tdar.org/document/406896/developing-perspectives-on-tonto-basin-prehistory.

Rice, Glen E. [editor] (1990) A Design for Salado Research. Roosevelt Monograph Series 1, Anthropological Field Studies 22. Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe. Accessed 18 July 2016, tDAR record 394282, https://core.tdar.org/document/394282/a-design-for-salado-research.

Rice, Glen E. and Thomas R. Lincoln (1998) The Bureau of Reclamation Archaeology Projects in the Tonto Basin. In A Synthesis of Tonto Basin Prehistory: The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998, edited by Glen E. Rice, pp. 1-10. Roosevelt Monograph Series 12/Anthropological Field Studies 41, Office of Cultural Resources Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe. Accessed 6 May 2015, tDAR #394298, https://core.tdar.org/document/394298/a-synthesis-of-tonto-basin-prehistory-the-roosevelt-archaeology-studies-1989-to-1998.

Site Name Keywords
AZ U:4:7(ASM) • AZ U:4:9(ASM) • AZ U:4:10(ASM) • AZ U:4:75(ASM) • AZ U:3:128(ASM) • AZ U:4:11(ASM) • AZ U:3:121(ASM) • AZ U:4:12(ASM) • AZ U:4:77(ASM) • AZ U:4:32(ASM)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Non-Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Plaza • Archaeological Feature • Midden • Mound / Earthwork • Settlements • Artifact Scatter

Other Keywords
Tonto Basin Prehistory • Projectile Point • Rural Settlement • Agriculture • Core • Metate • Mano • Corrugated Ware • Bowl • Palette

Culture Keywords
Hohokam • Salado • Archaic • Late Archaic • Ancestral Puebloan • Mogollon • Historic

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Architectural Documentation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Site Evaluation / Testing • Environment Research • Systematic Survey • Archaeological Overview • Bioarchaeological Research • Collections Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Shell • Ground Stone • Fauna • Macrobotanical • Human Remains • Pollen • Dating Sample • Mineral

Temporal Keywords
Roosevelt Phase • Gila Phase • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Miami Phase • Ash Creek Phase • Historic • Pre-Roosevelt Phase • Classic Period • Hohokam Sedentary period

Geographic Keywords
Gila County (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • Tonto Basin • Theodore Roosevelt Lake • Pinto Creek Complex • Tonto Creek • Tonto National Forest

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 201-241 of 241)

Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report and Data Sets on the Uplands Complex
  • Uplands Complex Data: Groundstone from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex table Groundstone from All Contexts presents a summary of the groundstone artifacts recovered from all investigated contexts (both screened and...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Groundstone from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex table Groundstone from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the groundstone artifacts recovered from excavated, screened contexts at Uplands...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Lithic Artifacts from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex table Lithics from All Contexts presents a summary of the lithic artifacts recovered from all investigated contexts (both screened and...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Lithic Artifacts from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex table Lithics from All Contexts presents a summary of the lithic artifacts recovered from screened, excavated contexts at Uplands Complex...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Lithic Material Types from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex Data table Lithic Material Types from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the lithic (source) material type of the lithic artifacts...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Lithic Material Types from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex Data table Lithic Material Types from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the lithic (source) material type of the lithic artifacts...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Lithic Size Class Data from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex table Lithic Size Class from All Contexts presents a summary of the size grades of the lithic artifacts recovered from all investigated contexts...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Lithic Size Class Data from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex table Lithic Size Class from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the size grades of the lithic artifacts recovered from excavated, screened...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Plain Ware Ceramics from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex Data table Plain Ware Ceramics from All Contexts presents a summary of the plain ware ceramic vessels recovered from all investigated contexts...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Plain Ware Ceramics from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex Data table Plain Ware Ceramics from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the plain ware ceramic vessels recovered from excavated, screened...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Shell Artifacts from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex Data table Shell Artifacts from All Contexts presents a summary of the shell artifacts recovered from all investigated contexts (both screened...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Shell Artifacts from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex Data table Shell Artifacts from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the shell artifacts recovered from excavated, screened contexts at...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Shell Taxa from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex Data table Shell Taxa from All Contexts presents a summary of the shell taxa of the shell artifacts recovered from all investigated contexts...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Shell Taxa from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin.The Uplands Complex Data table Shell Taxa from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the shell taxa of the shell artifacts recovered from all excavated, screened...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Special Artifacts from All Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex table Special Artifacts from All Contexts presents a summary of fine, elaborate, rare, and/or otherwise special goods recovered from all...

  • Uplands Complex Data: Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts (1997)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Uplands Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) research at 52 sites located in four study areas in the bajadas and foothill-transition zone that surround and define the Tonto Basin. The Uplands Complex table Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts presents a summary of fine, elaborate, rare, and/or otherwise special goods recovered from...

Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Rock Island Complex
  • Rock Island Complex Data, AZ U:8:400(ASM): Strata (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The strata represent major natural or cultural depositional events such as erosional fill, roof fall, floor contexts, and sterile substrate. Strata are depicted as horizontal rows of interconnected boxes on a Harris Matrix. Within a feature, each stratum is designated by the feature number (e.g., 10, 11, 12, etc.) and a letter that designates a particular stratum (e.g., A, B, C). The letters are assigned in descending order. Mixed levels and artifacts collected out of context are designated by a...

  • Rock Island Complex Data, Bass Point Mound: Strata (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The strata represent major natural or cultural depositional events such as erosional fill, roof fall, floor contexts, and sterile substrate. Strata are depicted as horizontal rows of interconnected boxes on a Harris Matrix. Within a feature, each stratum is designated by the feature number (e.g., 10, 11, 12, etc.) and a letter that designates a particular stratum (e.g., A, B, C). The letters are assigned in descending order. Mixed levels and artifacts collected out of context are designated by a...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Decorated Ceramics from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)).The Rock Island Complex table Decorated Ceramics from Screened Contexts presents a summary of decorated ceramic vessels recovered from...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Groundstone from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex table Groundstone from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the groundstone artifacts recovered from...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Lithic Artifacts from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex table Lithics from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the lithic artifacts recovered from excavated,...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Lithic Material Types from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex Data table Lithic Material Types from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the lithic...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Lithic Size Class Data from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex table Lithic Size Class from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the size grades of the lithic artifacts...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Plain Ware Ceramics from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex Data table Plain Ware Ceramics from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the plain ware ceramic vessels...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Shell Artifacts from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex Data table Shell Artifacts from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the shell artifacts recovered from...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Shell Taxa from All Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex Data table Shell Taxa from All Contexts presents a summary of the shell taxa of the shell artifacts recovered...

  • Rock Island Complex Data: Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex Data table Special Artifacts from Screened Contexts presents a summary of fine, elaborate, rare, and/or...

  • Rock Island Complex: Ceramic Bowl and Jar Data from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex table Ceramic Bowls and Jars from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the basic ceramic vessel forms -...

  • Rock Island Complex: Shell Taxa from Screened Contexts (1995)
    DATASET Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University.

    The Rock Island Complex Data tables provide a summary of the artifacts recovered during Arizona State University (ASU), Office of Cultural Resource Management's (OCRM) Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) excavations at sites in the Rock Island Complex, primarily Bass Point Mound (AZ U:8:23(ASM), AR-03-12-06-177(USFS)) and AZ U:8:400(ASM)(AR-03-12-06-863(USFS)). The Rock Island Complex Data table Shell Taxa from Screened Contexts presents a summary of the shell taxa of the shell artifacts...

  • Where the Rivers Converge, Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Report on the Rock Island Complex (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Owen Lindauer.

    This report is the second site description volume for the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study. This volume describes the four sites investigated in the Rock Island Complex by the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study. It also presents some of the analyses and integrated conclusions that address the project's research objectives established by the Bureau of Reclamation and Tonto National Forest archaeologists and outlined in our research design. This volume primarily describes a single large site,...

Roosevelt Platform Mound Study: Summary and Synthesis Reports
  • Archaeology in America: Cline Terrace Platform Mound and Tonto National Monument (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Glen E. Rice. Arleyn W. Simon. David Jacobs.

    The Cline Terrace site (AD 1280 to 1400) was a Hohokam style platform mound in the Tonto basin of central Arizona. Cline Terrace is one of the most thoroughly documented platform mounds in the Southwest. A modern excavation project, the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study, generated a large data set from the platform mound, as well as from three villages and two hamlet sites surrounding the mound. These data enabled detailed comparisons between a platform mound and the associated communities where...

  • Archaeology in America: Hohokam Platform Mounds (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Glen E. Rice. Arleyn W. Simon. Owen Lindauer.

    The prehistoric Hohokam people of central Arizona constructed platform mounds at more than 100 sites between AD 1250 and 1450. These were stage-like platforms 2–2.5 meters high on which the Hohokam built rooms to place them in higher and more prominent locations in comparison to other rooms in the surrounding community. Sometimes additional rooms were constructed around the base of the platform mound, and a wall was built at ground level to surround the platform mound and rooms inside a...

  • Archaeology in America: Schoolhouse Point Mesa Sites (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Owen Lindauer.

    On the southern end of the Tonto basin, along the waters of the Salt River, is a peninsula of land known as Schoolhouse Point Mesa, for the small school that once was located there. The structure and arrangement of the community on Schoolhouse Point Mesa reflect the characteristics of five other, nearby communities in the basin that also overlook the Salt River. Like the other four villages nearby, the Schoolhouse Point community grew quickly starting around AD 1250, called the Roosevelt phase...

  • Environment and Subsistence in the Classic Period Tonto Basin, The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine Spielmann. Marc Baker. Judi Cameron. J. Philip Dering. Suzanne K. Fish. Michael Waters.

    This volume serves two purposes. It summarizes the subsistence data from the RPMS project and explores what we have learned from the subsistence-related data from the RMPS investigations, as well as the related Roosevelt Rural Sites Study and the Community Development Study. The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RMPS) research design was particularly concerned with Classic period sociopolitical organization. Because platform mounds similar to those of the Hohokam were built across the basin...

  • Platform Mounds of the Arizona Desert: An Experiment in Organizational Complexity (1993)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Glen E. Rice. Charles Redman.

    Platform mounds were built by the prehistoric Salado and Hohokam people of southern Arizona from the 13th through the 15th century A.O., the Classic period. They are basically artificial, flat-topped hills on which the ruling families of the day built their homes. Additional residences and storage rooms were built around the base of a mound, and the whole was enclosed within a compound wall. Each mound was the administrative, ceremonial, and economic center for a small-scale political system,...

  • Salado Ceramics and Social Organization: Prehistoric Interactions in Tonto Basin, The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Claudine Gravel-Miguel

    This report is the second synthesis volume of the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS), a multi-year archaeological research project in Tonto Basin of central Arizona that began in April of 1989. This report examines ceramic types as a means of investigation community and social relationships among and between the ceramic producers and users. Stylistic, mineralogical, and chemical analyses are used to investigate these topics. The RPMS was funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department...

  • A Synthesis of Tonto Basin Prehistory: The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Claudine Gravel-Miguel

    Between 1989 and 1993, the Bureau of Reclamation funded four archaeological projects in Tonto Basin of central Arizona, all associated with the modification of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The projects were assigned different research objectives and were conducted by separate research teams. The Roosevelt Bajada Survey (RBS) was a sampling survey by SWCA Inc. of portions of the bajada and foothills surrounding Tonto Basin. The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRSS) conducted by Statistical Research...

The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study
  • The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 1: Research Design (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Ciolek-Torello. Steven D. Shelley. Jeffrey Altschul. John R. Welch.

    The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative 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 Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...

  • The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 1 (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Keith Kintigh

    The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative 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 Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...

  • The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 2: Prehistoric Rural Settlements in the Tonto Basin, Part 2 (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Keith Kintigh

    The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative 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 Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...

  • The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study, Volume 3: Changing Land Use in the Tonto Basin (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Keith Kintigh

    The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRS) was one of three data recovery mitigative 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 Statistical Research, Inc. to conduct this study. The RRS was...