Evaluation of Previously Recorded Archaeological Sites and Geomorphology at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado, Arizona: Report

Author(s): Shirley Powell; Bruce Phillips; Paige Barlow

Year: 2002

Summary

The Superintendent of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (HUTR) requested that the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) reidentify and reassess historic and prehistoric cultural remains that had been identified during previous surveys of the 160-acre historic site. The Superintendent also requested that a small sample survey be undertaken to help evaluate the accuracy of the previous surveys. On behalf of HUTR and the National Park Service (NPS), Reclamation contracted with Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) of Tempe, Arizona, to conduct the resurvey.

ACS’s initial survey efforts in December 2001 and May 2002 documented the extremely active and complex geomorphological processes forming the landscape visible today. HUTR is situated on the geologic floodplain of Pueblo Colorado Wash in an area of active dune formation and colluvial slopewash. All three processes have the potential to erode, deflate, and/or bury archaeological sites, and prior research indicates that all three processes have obscured and confused the archaeological evidence. Cultural remains might be buried, and thus invisible, and/or cultural remains might be in the process of being destroyed through erosion. Accordingly, discussions with the Park Superintendent and Reclamation resulted in a secondary contract between HUTR and ACS to document the geomorphology affecting the historic site and to reconstruct the processes that created the landscape visible today.

This is the report.

The photos taken during the assessment can be found at tDAR ID: 393993.

The photo log is available at tDAR ID: 393992.

Cite this Record

Evaluation of Previously Recorded Archaeological Sites and Geomorphology at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado, Arizona: Report. Shirley Powell, Bruce Phillips, Paige Barlow. Tempe, Arizona: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. 2002 ( tDAR id: 393991) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8959JNX

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Navajo • Pueblo I - III

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Shell

Site Name
1(HUTR) • 10(HUTR) • 11(HUTR) • 12a(HUTR) • 12b(HUTR) • 13(HUTR) • 14(HUTR) • 15(HUTR) • 16(HUTR) • 17(HUTR) • 2(HUTR) • 3(HUTR) • 4(HUTR) • 5(HUTR) • 6(HUTR) • 7(HUTR) • 8(HUTR) • 9(HUTR) • AZ K:6:11 • AZ K:6:7 • AZ K:6:9 • Lok’aahnteel Ruin • NA10544 • NA10546 • NA2365 • The Red Point Site • The Sand Dune Site • Wide Reed Ruin Show More

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Kiva / Great Kiva • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Plaza • Rock Alignment • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stewardship Monitoring

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -109.581; min lat: 35.69 ; max long: -109.541; max lat: 35.729 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

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

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

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

Record Identifiers

Bureau of Reclamation Delivery Order No.(s): 01C0832–02810

ACS Project No.(s): 01-377a; 01-377

Cultural Resources Report No.(s): 130

NPS Purchase Order(s): P7420020003

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 1425–6-SP-32–02810

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