An Archaeological Survey of a Rail Loading Site and Conveyor and Communications Line by Black Mesa, Preliminary Report

Author(s): Peter J. Pilles, Jr.

Year: 1969

Summary

The Museum of Northern Arizona investigated a proposed rail loading site and conveyor and communication line right-of-way to provide archaeological clearance for the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District. The reconnaissance was performed by Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr., Curator of Anthropology, and Peter J. Pilles, Jr., Salvage Archaeologist, on December 18 and 19, 1969.

The rail loading site is located in the Klethla Valley adjacent to the Four Corners Pipeline, 0.8 miles west of the road to Navajo National Monument along U.S. Route 164. It encompasses 100 acres and measures 2,087 feet to a side. The conveyor and communication line right-of-way starts at the southeast, corner of the rail loading site, goes up the side and bench of Black Mesa, and ends on top of Black Mesa at the west line of lands leased from the Navajo Tribe by the Peabody Coal Company, 3.5 miles from the rail loading site.

A total of seventeen sites were located inside or quite close to these proposed facilities. Ten are in the rail loading yard and seven are along the conveyor and communication line right-of-way. All were marked with red, white, and blue flagging tape with,the temporary site field number written on the white flagging tape.

Cite this Record

An Archaeological Survey of a Rail Loading Site and Conveyor and Communications Line by Black Mesa, Preliminary Report. Peter J. Pilles, Jr.. 1969 ( tDAR id: 436455) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8436455

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Kayenta Anasazi • Navajo

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone

Site Name
AZ D:6:10 (MNA) • AZ D:6:11 (MNA) • AZ D:6:12 (MNA) • AZ D:6:13 (MNA) • AZ D:6:14 (MNA) • AZ D:6:15 (MNA) • AZ D:6:16 (MNA) • AZ D:6:17 (MNA) • AZ D:6:18 (MNA) • AZ D:6:6 (MNA) • AZ D:6:7 (MNA) • AZ D:6:8 (MNA) • AZ D:6:9 (MNA) • AZ D:7:11 (MNA) • AZ D:7:31 (MNA) • AZ D:7:32 (MNA) • AZ D:7:33 (MNA) • AZ D:7:34 (MNA) • NA10,092 • NA10,727 • NA10,728 • NA10,729 • NA10,730 • NA10,731 • NA10,732 • NA10,733 • NA10,734 • NA10,735 • NA10,736 • NA10,737 • NA10,738 • NA10,739 • NA10,740 • NA10,741 • NA10,742 • NA10,743 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Cist • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Fire-Cracked Rock Concentration • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Hogan • Masonry Unit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Concentration • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Storage Structure • Sweat House / Sweat Lodge • Trash Area • Wattle & Daub (Jacal) Structure

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Salt River Project • SRP

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Black Mesa, AZ • Black Mesa Railroad Corridor • Klethla Valley • U.S. Route 160 • U.S. Route 164

Temporal Keywords
Early Pueblo • Late Pueblo I • Pueblo III Period • Pueblo II Period • Pueblo I Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.748; min lat: 36.415 ; max long: -110.036; max lat: 36.838 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr.; Peter J. Pilles, Jr.

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

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1969_Pilles_ArchaeologicalSurveyBlackMesa_OCR_PDFA.pdf 3.38mb Dec 22, 1969 Jun 21, 2017 1:30:31 PM Confidential
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Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager