Final Report For Phased Data Recovery At AZ U:15:1(REC) on SCIDD Property and Trenching for Additional Canal (AZ U:15:8[REC]) Exposures on Federal Land Near Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam, Pinal County, Arizona: Pollen Data

Creator(s): Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.

Year: 2012

Summary

As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos and Irrigation Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. The initial focus of the SCIDD Rehabilitation Project is the rehabilitation of the Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam and its associated headworks, which diverts water from the Gila River for SCIP; the armoring of a segment of the south bank of the Gila River, and the construction of a sediment removal pond and storage area downstream of Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam. Following consultation with project stakeholders on the results of Phase 1 data testing at AZ U:15:1(REC) (later AZ U:15:676[ASM]), a prehistoric site, and additional recording of historic features at two other sites, AZ U:16:303(ASM), the Dam Tender’s Complex, and AZ AA:3:215(ASM), the Florence-Casa Grande Canal, Reclamation directed Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) to conduct Phase 2 data recovery at AZ U:15:1(REC) to excavate the known features and expose the prehistoric canal.

ACS excavated 13 features and subfeatures at AZ U:15:1(REC) and two additional exposures of the canal were located northeast of AZ U:15:1(REC). The excavation and subsequent artifact analysis reveal that AZ U:15:1(REC) was a Late Sedentary (Sacaton phase) short-term, seasonal farmstead. The additional canal (AZ U:15:8[REC]) exposures to the northeast of AZ U:15:1(REC) reflect a depositional environment that suggests they were very near the canal’s intake point along the river. Samples processed from the canal produced a weak ostracode result, but succeeded in providing a good radiocarbon date of A.D. 990 to 1150, which overlaps with the dates from AZ U:15:1(REC). The size of the canal, and the lack of laterals or parallel canals, strongly suggests that this was the uppermost extent of the Grewe-Casa Grande Canal system.

The project provides important new data for understanding Hohokam movement into the upper portion of the Middle Gila River Valley, its timing, and the resources that they focused on, wild and domesticated. Based on the results of the Phase 2 data recovery, Reclamation determined that these efforts had mitigated the adverse effects to both AZ U:15:1(REC) and AZ U:15:8(REC) that would result from the proposed project.

This is the pollen data.

The final report can be found at tDAR ID: 377904.

Redacted pages can be requested at tDAR ID:377905.

Photos taken during Phase 2 data recovery can be found at tDAR ID: 378156.

The photo log can be found at tDAR ID: 378175.

Ceramic data can be found at tDAR ID: 377912.

Lithic data can be found at tDAR ID: 377913.

Shell data can be found at tDAR ID: 377921.

Flotation data can be found at tDAR ID: 377922.

Cite this Record

Final Report For Phased Data Recovery At AZ U:15:1(REC) on SCIDD Property and Trenching for Additional Canal (AZ U:15:8[REC]) Exposures on Federal Land Near Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam, Pinal County, Arizona: Pollen Data. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.. 2012 ( tDAR id: 377914) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8251K0B

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Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: pollen-count-values-from-az-u15_1-rec-and-az-u15_8-rec

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
Stratum VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Stratum none none true
Cultural Context VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Context none none true
No. of taxa BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Count none none true
Site No. VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Site none none true
Sample no. VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Lot none none true
Feature No. DOUBLE  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Feature ID/Number none none true
Feature Type VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Provenience and Context : Feature Type none none true
Pollen sum BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Count none none true
Pollen Concentration (grains/gram) VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Pollen : Count none none true
Tracer (Lycopodium) BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Other none none true
Tree BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Acacia sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Celtis sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Juniperus sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Morus microphylla BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Picea sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Onagraceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Onagraceae (30 mu) BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Sphaeralcea sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Tidestromia sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Tidestromia sp. Aggregate VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Domesticates BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Zea mays BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Native Cultivars BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Agave sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Cylindropuntia sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Opuntia sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Spores BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Unknown spore BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Sphagnum BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
NID BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Count none none true
Pinus sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Prosopis sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Riparian BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Alnus sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Populus sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Salix sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Cyperaceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Typha sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Cacti and Succulents BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Cereus-type BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Shrubs and Herbs BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Poaceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Poaceae 40μ<x<60μ BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Ambrosia sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Apiaceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
High-spine Asteraceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Low-spine Asteraceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Brassicaceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Cheno-Am BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Cheno-Am Aggregate VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Ephedra sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Equisetum sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Eriogonum sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
cf. Fabaceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Humulus/Cannabis type BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Larrea tridentata BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Larrea tridentata Aggregate VARCHAR  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Liguliflorae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Myrtaceae (unknown season) BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Plantago sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Polygonaceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Portulaca sp. (unknown season) BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Ribes sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Sarcobatus vermiculatus BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Solanaceae BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Solanum sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Urtica sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Cultivation and Disturbance Weeds BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Boerhavia sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true
Kallstroemia sp. BIGINT  Uncoded Value Pollen : Taxon none none true

Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Shell

Site Name
AZ U:15:1(REC) • AZ U:15:676(ASM) • AZ U:15:8(REC)

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Agricultural Site • Hohokam Canal • Prehistoric Hohokam

Geographic Keywords
Central Arizona • Middle Gila River Valley • Pinal County, AZ

Temporal Keywords
Preclassic Hohokam period • Sacaton Phase

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 950 to 1150 (Site occupation date range)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.022; min lat: 32.686 ; max long: -110.731; max lat: 33.441 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Principal Investigator(s): Robert Stokes

Project Director(s): E. Melanie Ryan

Landowner(s): San Carlos Irrigation Project; San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Permitting Agency(s): Bureau of Indian Affairs

Prepared By(s): Archaeological Consulting Sevices, Ltd.

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

BIA ARPA Permit No. (s): 2011/SCIP/ACS/WRO/001a

Pinal County Dust Permit No.(s): 10805

ASM Burial Agreement Case No.(s): 2010-038

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): R10PB32083

Arizona Blue Stake Case No.(s): 2012-011100817

Notes

General Note: AZ U:15:1(REC) (later AZ U:15:676[ASM]) is a late Sacaton phase Hohokam farmstead, and AZ U:15:8(REC) is a Hohokam canal that passes through the site. Both are the same age.

Redaction Note: Maps and other specific site locational information have been redacted from the publicly available documents. The redacted information is available as a restricted document; please contact the Bureau of Reclamation for permission to access it.

Source Collections

During this archaeological investigation, artifacts collected from private land within the boundaries of AZ U:15:1(REC) were donated to the Bureau of Reclamation by the landowner. These artifacts are curated in Accession No. PXAO.2022.0002 at the Reclamation repository at the Lower Colorado Basin Regional Office, Date Street Campus, Building 1400, Room 230.

Related Comparative Collections

AZ U:15:1(REC) was later assigned site number AZ U:15:676(ASM). Artifacts collected from AZ U:15:676(ASM) on BIA and private land during later archaeological investigations were not donated to the Bureau of Reclamation. The artifacts collected during these subsequent investigations are curated in Accession 2016.007 at the Arizona State University Repository, in the Alameda Building.

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