The Navajo Project: Archaeological Investigations, Page to Phoenix 500 kV Southern Transmission Line

Author(s): Donald C. Fiero; Robert W. Munson; Martha T. McClain; Suzanne M. Wilson; Anne H. Zier

Year: 1980

Summary

In the spring of 1970, the Museum of Northern Arizona contracted with Arizona Public Service Company to provide archaeological investigations for the Navajo Project 500kV Southern Transmission Lines from Page to Phoenix, Arizona. The right-of-way, 330 feet wide and approximately 256 miles long, crossed four major environmental zones - plateau, mountain, transition, and desert - and portions of five prehistoric culture areas. Eighty-eight sites were recorded along the line, 20 of which were excavated. The excavated sites included two Kayenta Anasazi sites located in the northern portion of the transect, four Cohonina sites in the Williams-Flagstaff vicinity, two others of Cohonina affiliation near Prescott, nine atop Perry Mesa in the central part of the state, and three of Hohokam-like appearance below Perry Mesa toward Phoenix.

The research in all five geographical culture areas was directed toward defining the ecological relationships between prehistoric peoples and their environments. Of particular interest were the investigations in the Cohonina and Perry Mesa areas, and a vessel function study which aided in inferring site organization and economy in all the culture areas. As all the sites excavated were small, the vessel study substantially supplemented the conclusions regarding site function derived from other analyses.

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The Navajo Project: Archaeological Investigations, Page to Phoenix 500 kV Southern Transmission Line. Donald C. Fiero, Robert W. Munson, Martha T. McClain, Suzanne M. Wilson, Anne H. Zier. 1980 ( tDAR id: 435717) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8435717

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Keywords

Culture
Cohonina • Hohokam • Kayenta Anasazi • Perry Mesa Tradition

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Mineral • Pendants • Pigment • Pollen • Rings • Shell

Site Name
NA10,957 • NA10,963 • NA10,971 • NA11,237 • NA11,238 • NA11,353 • NA11,354 • NA11,435 • NA11,437 • NA11,442 • NA11,443 • NA11,447 • NA11,469 • NA11,534 • NA11,535 • NA11,589 • NA11,602 • NA11,645 • NA11,664 • NA5150

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Bin • Burial Pit • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • Kiva / Great Kiva • Non-Domestic Structures • Petroglyph • Pit • Rock Art • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Shade Structure / Ramada • Trash Area

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
500 kV Transmission Line • Archaeological Investigation • Navajo Project

Geographic Keywords
Flagstaff, AZ • Page, AZ • Perry Mesa • Phoenix, AZ • Williams, AZ

Temporal Keywords
Pueblo I • Pueblo II-Pueblo III

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1100 to 1300 (Dating for sites NA11,534, NA11,535 and NA11,589 based on ceramic analysis)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.566; min lat: 33.615 ; max long: -111.083; max lat: 36.967 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Salt River Project; Tucson Gas and Electric; City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Nevada Power Company

Sponsor(s): Arizona Public Service Company

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00030594

MNA Research Paper(s): 11

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