The Carlota Copper Mine Testing Project: Prehistoric Occupation in the Globe Uplands, Gila and Pinal Counties, Arizona

Author(s): Douglas R. Mitchell; M. Zyniecki

Year: 1994

Summary

The Carlota Prehistoric Testing Program, conducted for the Carlota Copper Company near Miami, Arizona, because of proposed mining operations, sought to determine which sites in a previously surveyed area contained data classes that would allow specific Historic Contexts to be addressed. The survey identified 87 sites, 55 of them prehistoric, in thé 2600-acre study area. After study area boundary reductions, 51 prehistoric sites were examined during the testing project. The Apache Tribe identified one site as a possible Traditional Cultural Property and was given only cursory examination.

Five Historic Contexts were identified: pre-Classic socio-political-ideological systems; Classic period socio-political-ideological systems; prehistoric subsistence; Classic period exchange-trade-commerce; and demography. Chronology was also an important issue to be considered. The 50 investigated prehistoric sites were classified into three property types: residential/habitation sites (n=9), temporary residential sites (n=14), and resource processing/procurement sites (n=27). Temporally, the project area had been occupied during the Archaic period; during the pre-Classic periods, possibly by the Hohokam culture; and during the Classic period by the Salado culture. The artifacts collected during the testing project—ceramics, flaked and ground stone, and faunal remains—were subjected to descriptive analyses. Flotation and pollen samples were also examined from selected sites.

It is recommended that 20 prehistoric sites are eligible for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places and warrant data recovery as the most effective mitigation strategy. Twenty-five sites are ineligible, and five sites are eligible but will not yield any additional data; no further work is recommended for these sites.

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The Carlota Copper Mine Testing Project: Prehistoric Occupation in the Globe Uplands, Gila and Pinal Counties, Arizona. Douglas R. Mitchell, M. Zyniecki. 1994 ( tDAR id: 425920) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8425920

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Salado

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AR-03-12-02-1091 • AR-03-12-02-1093 • AR-03-12-02-1094 • AR-03-12-02-1096 • AR-03-12-02-1097 • AR-03-12-02-1098 • AR-03-12-02-1099 • AR-03-12-02-1101 • AR-03-12-02-1102 • AR-03-12-02-1103 • AR-03-12-02-1104 • AR-03-12-02-1105 • AR-03-12-02-1106 • AR-03-12-02-1108 • AR-03-12-02-1109 • AR-03-12-02-1111 • AR-03-12-02-1114 • AR-03-12-02-1116 • AR-03-12-02-1117 • AR-03-12-02-1118 • AR-03-12-02-1119 • AR-03-12-02-1120 • AR-03-12-02-1121 • AR-03-12-02-1122 • AR-03-12-02-1124 • AR-03-12-02-1132 • AR-03-12-02-1133 • AR-03-12-02-1136 • AR-03-12-02-1138 • AR-03-12-02-1139 • AR-03-12-02-1141 • AR-03-12-02-1142 • AR-03-12-02-1144 • AR-03-12-02-1145 • AR-03-12-02-1147 • AR-03-12-02-1148 • AR-03-12-02-1149 • AR-03-12-02-1150 • AR-03-12-02-1151 • AR-03-12-02-1154 • AR-03-12-02-1155 • AR-03-12-02-1162 • AR-03-12-02-1163 • AR-03-12-02-1164 • AR-03-12-02-1166 • AR-03-12-02-1169 • AR-03-12-02-1170 • AR-03-12-02-425 • AR-03-12-02-432 • AR-03-12-02-433 • AR-03-12-02-436 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Cairn • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Historic Structure • Midden • Mine • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Rock Shelter • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Structure

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Arizona • Claypool • Gila County • Globe • Globe Uplands • Inspiration • Miami • Pinal County

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.991; min lat: 33.227 ; max long: -110.733; max lat: 33.391 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): R. Scott Anderson; Jean H. Ballagh; Caryn M. Berg; Gary Duncan; Dawn M. Greenwald; Gary Huckleberry; Jonathan Mabry; Elizabeth Miksa; Jo Ann Miller; Kevin Miller; Ellen Ruble; M. Steven Shackley; Mary-Ellen Walsh-Anduze; Chris Wenker

Repository(s): Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Submitted To(s): Carlota Copper Company; Faverty Associates

Record Identifiers

Salt River Project Library Call No.(s): TD888.C64M58 1994

SWCA Archaeological Report No.(s): 94-30

Salt River Project Barcode No.(s): 00090856

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