Rye Creek Ruin Arizona Site Steward File

Author(s): J. S. Wood; Emil W. Haury; W. Kaemlein, Jr.; F. Olson; A. Olson

Year: 1981

Summary

This contains the Arizona Site Steward file for the Rye Creek Ruin site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a masonry pueblo or compound with room and courtyard burials, as well as trash middens and a possible watchtower.

The file consists of a cultural resources inventory form, Bureau of American Ethnology catalogue of manuscripts card, a copy of "A Report on Excavations at the Rye Creek Ruin," two hand drawn site maps, four maps of the site location, two Arizona State Museum archaeological survey cards, an archaeological site inventory form, and a University of Arizona archaeological survey card. The earliest dated document is from 1929.

Cite this Record

Rye Creek Ruin Arizona Site Steward File. J. S. Wood, Emil W. Haury, W. Kaemlein, Jr., F. Olson, A. Olson. 1981 ( tDAR id: 400867) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8G44S4S

Keywords

Culture
Hopi

Material
Black-on-Whiteware • Black-on-Yellowware • Building Materials • Ceramic • Clay • Flagstaff Black-on-Whiteware • Gila Polychrome Ware • Gila Ware • Glass • Human Remains • Jeddito Black-on-Yellowware • Jeddito Yellowware • Little Colorado Ware • Mineral • Mortar • Obsidian • Plainware • Polychrome Ware • Redware • Salado Redware • Stone • Tonto Plainware • Tonto Redware • Turquoise • Tusayan Whiteware • Walnut Black-on-Whiteware • Whiteware • Yellowware Show More

Site Name
AR-03-12-06-54 • Ariz. O:15:1 • Ariz. O:15:22 • Ariz. U:3:4 • AZ O:15:1 ASM • AZ O:15:22 ASM • Deer Creek Ruin • NA 9584 • Olson #39 • Rye Creek Ruin • The Great Ruin • Verde 15:30 GP

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Compound • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Masonry Compound • Masonry Pueblo • Midden • Pueblo • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Trash Midden • Watchtower?

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Stewardship Monitoring

General
Adult Burial • Arrow Point • Bone Artifact • Burial • Ceramic Mosaic • Chopper • Clay Platform • Clay Storage Container • Courtyard Burial • Hammerstone • Infant Burial • Mano • Metate • Mosaic • Platform • Projectile Point • Room Burial • Storage Container • Trough Metate

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Payson Region • Tonto National Forest

Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.93; min lat: 33.22 ; max long: -110.671; max lat: 34.529 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Arizona State Parks

Contributor(s): Bureau of American Ethnology; J. W. Simmons; C. C. Cummings; University of Arizona

Landowner(s): U. S. Forest Service; Arizona State Museum

Prepared By(s): Arizona State Parks

File Information

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