From the Desert to the Mountains: Archaeology of the Transition Zone, The State Route 87–Sycamore Creek Project, Volume 1: Prehistoric Sites

Summary

This document is the first of three volumes presenting the results of a two-phase data recovery program conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), at 29 prehistoric sites and segments of 2 historical-period roads—Reno Road and the old Bush Highway—along a 25-mile-long segment of State Route 87 (SR 87, or the Beeline Highway), between Saguaro Lake Road and the Gila County Line. A fourth volume presents the findings of a study of the historical-period roads within the project area performed by Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS). The investigations were undertaken under contract with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) because of anticipated impacts to cultural resources located within the right-of-way of the proposed realignment and widening of the highway segment.

Located in northeastern Maricopa County, within the administrative boundaries of the Tonto National Forest (TNF), the project area includes a parcel of private land near Sunflower. The project corridor runs roughly parallel to Sycamore Creek and transects the Transition Zone from the low desert, northeast of the Phoenix Basin, to the Mazatzal Mountains, along upper Tonto Basin and Payson Basin. As such, Sycamore Creek presents a microcosm of the rich environmental diversity of the Transition Zone.

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From the Desert to the Mountains: Archaeology of the Transition Zone, The State Route 87–Sycamore Creek Project, Volume 1: Prehistoric Sites. Richard Ciolek-Torello, Rein Vanderpot, Eric Klucas, Jeffrey Altschul, Dale Brenneman. Statistical Research Technical Series ,73. Tucson, AZ: SRI Press. 1999 ( tDAR id: 441973) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8441973

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Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.698; min lat: 33.587 ; max long: -111.146; max lat: 34.357 ;

Record Identifiers

Project No.(s): 053-1-949

Special-Use Permit No.(s): 4029-05

TRACS No.(s): H0563-01L

Contract No.(s): 95-26

Notes

General Note: Volume 2 can be found in tDAR at: https://core.tdar.org/document/441974/from-the-desert-to-the-mountains-archaeology-of-the-transition-zone-the-state-route-87sycamore-creek-project-volume-2-analysis-of-prehistoric-remains

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