Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project - Coronado Generating Station Limestone Quarry, Federal and State Lands, Apache County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Survey of Proposed Limestone Quarry, M. H. Welch Mining Claims and a 1/4 Section of State of Arizona Land

Author(s): Mark B. Sant

Year: 1976

Summary

In May 1976, at the request of the Salt River Project, an archaeological clearance investigation of 16 20-acre mining claims on Bureau of Land Management land and a quarter section of state land south of St. Johns, Arizona, was conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona. 18 archaeological sites were located and recorded. A brief description of the investigations, the project area, and the archaeological situation encountered is given.

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Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project - Coronado Generating Station Limestone Quarry, Federal and State Lands, Apache County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Survey of Proposed Limestone Quarry, M. H. Welch Mining Claims and a 1/4 Section of State of Arizona Land. Mark B. Sant. 1976 ( tDAR id: 402756) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8402756

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Keywords

Culture
Anglo • Euroamerican • Hispanic • Historic

Material
Adobe Mortar • Basalt • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chalcedony • Chert • China • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Grayware • Ground Stone • Juniper • Limestone • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mortar • Mud • Plainware • Quartzite • Tin • Wood

Site Name
Ariz. Q:11:1 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:10 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:11 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:12 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:13 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:14 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:16 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:17 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:18 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:2 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:3 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:4 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:5 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:6 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:7 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:8 (MNA) • Ariz. Q:11:9 (MNA) • Arizona Q:11:15 (MNA) • NA14,469 • NA14,470 • NA14,471 • NA14,473 • NA14,474 • NA14,475 • NA14,476 • NA14,477 • NA14,479 • NA14,480 • NA14,481 • NA14,482 • NA14,508 • NA14,510 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Campsite • Charcoal Stain • Chipping Station • Circular Rock Alignment • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Fireplace • Food Processing Locus • Foundation • Hearth • Historic Structure • Hunting / Trapping • Hunting Blind • Juniper Structure • Kiln • Lime Kiln • Limestone Fireplace • Limestone Kiln • Lithic Scatter • Lithic Workshop Area • Midden • Refuse Heap • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Alignment • Rock Shelter • Settlements • Structure • Structure Foundation • Trash Midden Show More

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Aerosol Can • Aluminum Foil • Basalt Projectile Point • Biface • Bitters Bottle • Bottle • Bucket • Can • Chalcedony Flake • Chert Flake • Chopper • Clorox • Clorox Bottle • Core • Crockery • Debitage • Dutch Cleanser Can • Flake Debitage • Glass Bottle • Log Cabin Syrup Can • Mano • Pin Hole Can • Pop Can • Projectile Point • Quartzite Chopper • Quartzite Core • Quartzite Flake • Salt River Project • Solder Top Can • SRP • Syrup Can • Tin Can • Wire Show More

Geographic Keywords
Apache (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Carrizo Wash • Colorado Plateau • Little Colorado River • St. Johns, AZ • Upper Sonoran Life Zone

Temporal Keywords
1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 20th Century • Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -109.305; min lat: 34.447 ; max long: -109.27; max lat: 34.483 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr.; Paul G. Weimann; Frank T. Darmiento

Landowner(s): Bureau of Land Management; State of Arizona

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Repository(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

Antiquities Act Permit No.(s): 75-AZ-102

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