Archaeological Investigations Along the McCullough-Davis Transmission Line, a Feature of the Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project

Summary

Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of the McCullough-Davis 230 kV Transmission Line. The McCullough-Davis 230 kV Transmission Line stretches 61 miles from the McCullough Substation in the Eldorado Valley to Davis Dam on the Colorado River.

OCRM archaeologists identified and documented 3 field loci and 10 isolated artifacts during the McCullough-Davis 230 kV Transmission Line survey. Based on relative density of cultural material dispersion, field loci were grouped into two sites: AZ F:5:1 (ASU) and AZ F:5:2 (ASU).

Mitigation was completed at two sites in the December of 1979 and January of 1980. A surface collection of an 11 percent random sample was completed at AZ F:5:1 (ASU). Surface collection of a 3/5 percent random sample and excavation of 3 tests pits was completed at AZ F:5:2: (ASU).

The investigations identified a pattern of secondary resource zone exploitation in the desert areas between the river valleys. Researchers defined and described a secondary resource zone as an area which did not support a permanent population, but was utilized intermittently, probably on a seasonal basis, in the exploitation of wild plant and animal food resources by people whose primary subsistence was derived from a different zone.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Granite Reef (Hayden-Rhodes) Aqueduct and Transmission System Resurvey and Mitigation

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Contact(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Field Director(s): Ed Dobbins

Principal Investigator(s): Glen Rice

Project Director(s): Patricia E. Brown

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Repository(s): Huhugam Heritage Center

Prepared By(s): Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

Granite Reef Aqueduct Task No.(s): 34

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 8-07-32-V0039

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