Archaeological Data Recovery of AZ N:4:110(ASM) at Grey Fox Ridge, Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona

Part of the Grey Fox Ridge Data Recovery project

Editor(s): Stewart Deats

Year: 2011

Summary

This document presents the results of archaeological data recovery investigations at Site AZ N:4:110(ASM) within the private development known as Grey Fox Ridge. EnviroSystems Management, Inc. conducted the work at the request of the property owner who needed to mitigate the adverse effects to the site resulting from land development. The site is approximately one-half mile northwest of downtown old Cottonwood and one-quarter mile southwest of the Verde River in Yavapai County, Arizona.

The report contains 10 chapters: (1) Introduction, (2) Research and Treatment Plan, (3) Feature Descriptions and Excavation Areas, (4) Ceramic Analysis, (5) Flaked Stone Analysis, (6) Ground Stone and Mineral Analyses, (7) Faunal Remains Analyses, (8) Botanical Analyses, (9) Osteological Analysis of Human Remains, and (10) Research Synthesis. Three appendices are also included: (A) Absolute Dating Results, (B) Obsidian Sourcing, and (C) Artifact Analysis Codes. Information regarding the specific location of reburied human remains and associated artifacts has been removed from this publicly available version of the report.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Data Recovery of AZ N:4:110(ASM) at Grey Fox Ridge, Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona. Stewart Deats. EnviroSystems Management Project and Report No. ,1204a-07. 23 East Fine Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001: EnviroSystems Management, Inc. 2011 ( tDAR id: 380525) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8BP02D3

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Late Archaic • Southern Sinagua

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AZ N:4:110(ASM) • Grey Fox Ridge

Site Type
Ancient Communal / Public Structure • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Brush Structure • Burial Pit • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Isolated Burial • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Storage Pit

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
manos, mauls, palettes, potsherds, worked sherd, unfired clay, polishing stones, bone awls, flaking debitage, hammerstones, projectile points, jewelry, pigment • Metates

Geographic Keywords
Middle Verde Valley, Arizona • Yavapai County

Temporal Keywords
Hackberry phase • Late Archaic, Cloverleaf phase, Camp Verde phase, Honanki phase, Historic

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 200 to 1200

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.052; min lat: 34.734 ; max long: -112.021; max lat: 34.763 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Stewart Deats

Contributor(s): Andrea Gregory; Janet Hagopian; Jim Hasbargen; Gregory Haynes; Richard Holloway; Daniel Newsome; M. Steven Shackley; Kimberly Spurr; Christine Markussen; Anne R. Thomas; Sarah Page; Stewart Deats

Principal Investigator(s): Lynn Neal

Project Director(s): Stewart Deats

Landowner(s): Grey Fox Ridge, LLC

Prepared By(s): EnviroSystems Management, Inc.

Submitted To(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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