Archaeological Investigations: Arizona Nuclear Power Project, Salt River Project, Bureau of Land Management, State, and Private Lands, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System: An Intensive Survey of the Transmission Line and Access Roads

Author(s): Pat H. Stein; Stanley Granger; Cynthia L. Freeman

Year: 1977

Summary

Seven archaeological sites and 26 isolated finds were recorded during a recent survey of the right-of-way and access roads for the proposed Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission Line. The sites ranged from Hohokam camps and special-purpose, limited activity sites to Anglo homesteads of the early 20th century. Other archaeological loci usually consisted of isolated sherds or a pot-drop, though one flaked tool and several pieces of ground stone were also found. The three prehistoric sites were located in the drainage of the Agua Fria River. The Hassayampa, Luke Wash and Centennial Wash drainages lacked prehistoric sites, but contained abundant isolated finds of prehistoric and historic origin. The following report evaluates these remains in relation to the regional archaeological resource base, and recommends measures for mitigating the adverse effects of construction on these remains.

Revised Report dated August 1977.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Investigations: Arizona Nuclear Power Project, Salt River Project, Bureau of Land Management, State, and Private Lands, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System: An Intensive Survey of the Transmission Line and Access Roads. Pat H. Stein, Stanley Granger, Cynthia L. Freeman. Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology. 1977 ( tDAR id: 405653) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8405653

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Hohokam • Yuman

Material
Basalt • Black-on-Grayware • Buffware • Ceramic • China • Chipped Stone • Deadman's Black-on-Grayware • Fire Cracked Rock • Gila Plainware • Gila Plainware, Gila Variety • Gila Plainware, Salt Variety • Granite • Grayware • Ground Stone • Lower Colorado Buffware • Metal • Porcelain • Red-on-Buffware • Redware • Rhyolite • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware • Tin • Wingfield Plainware • Wood

Site Name
Ariz. T:10:15 (MNA) • Ariz. T:6:2 (MNA) • Ariz. T:6:3 (MNA) • Ariz. T:6:4 (MNA) • Ariz. T:7:7 (MNA) • Ariz. T:7:8 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:65 (MNA) • NA15,137 • NA15,138 • NA15,139 • NA15,140 • NA15,141 • NA15,142 • NA15,143

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Camp • Campsite • Canal • Canal or Canal Feature • Cattleman's Camp • Chicken Coop • Depression • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Dump Area • Encampment • Granite Rock Ring • Homestead • Homesteader's Camp • House • Isolated Artifact • Isolated Feature • Lithic Scatter • Midden • Oval Depression • Pit • Platform • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Alignment • Rock Ring • Root Cellar • Settlements • Sherd Scatter • Tent Platform • Water Control Feature • Well • Wood Chip Scatter Show More

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
ANPP • Arizona Nuclear Power Project • Automobile Part • Baking Powder Tin • Basalt Core • Basalt Debitage • Basalt Flake • Basalt Mano • Bottle • Can • Canning Jar • Car Seat Spring • Chicken Wire • Core • Debitage • Flake • Granite Mano • Homer Laughlin • Jar • KC • Mano • McMicken Dam • Metate • One-Hand Mano • Palo Verde • Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station • Pope Gosser • PVNGS • Rhyolite Flake • Salt River Project • Spring • SRP • Stove • Tin • Tin Can • Tin Stove • Trellis Show More

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria River • Arizona (State / Territory) • Beardsley Canal • Gila River • Hassayampa Plain • Hassayampa River • Hassayampa Valley • Lower Agua Fria Basin • Lower Colorado Valley • Maricopa (County) • Palo Verde Hills • Trilby Wash • White Tank Mountains • Wintersburg, AZ

Temporal Keywords
1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 20th Century • Classic Period • Colonial Period • Early Classic Period • Late Colonial Period • Prehistoric • Sedentary Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.874; min lat: 33.302 ; max long: -112.305; max lat: 33.704 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr.; Bruce Nellans; Bettina Rosenberg

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

Salt River Project Library Barcode No.(s): 00030508

Special Field Work Permit No.(s): PD-11, PDD-13

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

Report No.(s): A-76-79, A-77-38

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