Archaeological Investigations: Arizona Nuclear Power Project, Salt River Project, Bureau of Land Management and Private Lands, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Investigations at NA15,137 and NA15,142: Two Sites Along the Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System

Author(s): Ronald K. Yablon

Year: 1979

Summary

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted archaeological investigations at two sites along the Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System, northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. NA15,137 is an extensive Hohokam sherd and lithic scatter dating to the late Colonial and Sedentary Periods. The remains indicate a seasonal occupation with an agricultural subsistence base. NA15,142 is the remains of a late 1920s to early 1930s homestead. Recovered material and archival research confirm these dates. Apparently the homestead was only briefly occupied. There were no permanent structures and only a limited amount of artifactual material.

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Archaeological Investigations: Arizona Nuclear Power Project, Salt River Project, Bureau of Land Management and Private Lands, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Investigations at NA15,137 and NA15,142: Two Sites Along the Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System. Ronald K. Yablon. Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology. 1979 ( tDAR id: 405594) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8405594

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • China • Chipped Stone • Gila Plainware • Gila Plainware, Gila Variety • Gila Plainware, Salt Variety • Glass • Ground Stone • Ironware • Metal • Painted Ware • Plainware • Red-on-Buffware • Tin • Transferware • Wingfield Plainware • Wood

Site Name
NA15,137 • NA15,142

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Campsite • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Encampment • Homestead • Lithic Scatter • Rock Alignment • Rock Ring • Settlements • Sherd Scatter

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Allstate • Allstate Balloon Tire • Baking Powder Can • Bed Spring • Boot • Boot Upper • Bottle • Bottle Cap • Bowl • Box • Burnt Wood Chip • Can • Can Lid • Canning Jar • Canteen • Cartridge Casing • China Serving Dish • Clasp • Coffee Can • Condensed Milk Can • Core • Crown Cap • Cup • Elbow Joint • Erry A. Mothershed • Fastener • Flake • Food Container • Footgear • Footwear Heel • Footwear Sole • Furniture Roller • Gallon Jug • Glass Bottle • Glass Food Container • Hammerstone • Handle • Heel • Illinois China Company • Ironware Bowl • Ironware Cup • Ironware Plate • Ironware Saucer • Jar • Jug • Kerosene Lamp Wick Holder • Lard Pail • Mano • Mason • Mason Jar • Medicine Bottle • Mentholatum • Mentholatum Jar • Metal Food Container • Metate • Nail • Oil Drum Spout • Oval Bottle • Pail • Pail Handle • Paint Can • Pipe • Pivot Clasp • Press-on Lid • Roller • Round Bottle • Salt River Project • Saucer • Scraper • Screw-on Lid • Serving Dish • Shatter • Shoe • Shoe Upper • Sole • Spice Box • Spout • Spring • Square Bottle • SRP • Tack • Talcum Bottle • Tin Can • Tire Rim • Tire Tread • Tobacco Can • Traveling Trunk • Trough Metate • Tudor Rose • Ventilating Elbow Joint • Wick Holder • Winchester Repeating Arms • Winchester Repeating Arms Company .300 Savage • Wire Pipe • Wood Chip Show More

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria River • Arizona (State / Territory) • Beardsley Canal • Buckeye, AZ • Hassayampa River • Heiroglyphic Mountains • Maricopa (County) • McMicken Dam • Phoenix, AZ • White Tank Mountains

Temporal Keywords
1920s • 1930s • 20th Century • Colonial Period • Late Colonial Period • Sacaton Phase • Santa Cruz Phase • Sedentary Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 700 to 1100 (Approximate dates of NA15,137 based on ceramic analysis.)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.7; min lat: 33.489 ; max long: -112.372; max lat: 33.701 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Donald E. Weaver, Jr.; Thomas Caldwell; Cheryl Taylor; Sara Stebbins

Field Director(s): Ronald K. Yablon

Project Director(s): Bettina H. Rosenberg; Donald E. Weaver, Jr.

Landowner(s): Bureau of Land Management; Private Owner

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Permitting Agency(s): Bureau of Land Management; Department of Interior

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

BLM Permit No.(s): PD-11 and PDD-13

Department of Interior Permit No.(s): 79-AZ-0009

Salt River Project Library Barcode No.(s): 00030515

Report No.(s): A-78-29

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