The Trico Ironwood Forest National Monument Pole Replacement Project: Cultural Resources Mitigation at Site AZ AA:11:80 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona
Author(s): India S. Hesse
Year: 2004
Summary
SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted limited archaeological data recovery at site AZ AA:11:80 (ASM) within the Ironwood Forest National Monument between March 15 and March 18, 2004. The purpose of the work was to mitigate potential adverse effects to the site prior to proposed power line improvements in the area by Trico Electric Cooperative (Trico). Specifically, Trico proposes to replace 39 existing power poles and install 2 new power poles along the existing overhead power line. Although no new or replacement power poles will be located within the boundaries of this site or any other site, the dirt access road that will be used by Trico to access other pole locations within the Monument bisects the site. As a result, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recommended limited archaeological data recovery within the power line corridor prior to any modifications of the power line.
Archaeological investigations at AZ AA:11:80(ASM) consisted of site mapping and limited artifact collection and analysis. The data collected indicate that the site contains a significant Archaic period component and a more recent Formative period Hohokam component. Temporally diagnostic artifacts identified included 3 Early Archaic, 11 Middle Archaic, 11 Late Archaic to Early Ceramic, and 2 Hohokam projectile points, as well as a wide-spread, low-density scatter of Hohokam plain ware and red- on-buff ware ceramic sherds. Sixteen features were identified, including 8 fire-cracked rock clusters, 7 rock clusters without obvious thermal characteristics, and 1 possible check dam.
Based on the types of artifacts and features identified, as well as current observations of the local vegetation and geomorphological setting, the site likely functioned as an upper bajada resource procurement and processing campsite that was occupied repeatedly at different times in the prehistoric past.
Cite this Record
The Trico Ironwood Forest National Monument Pole Replacement Project: Cultural Resources Mitigation at Site AZ AA:11:80 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona, 442. India S. Hesse. 2004 ( tDAR id: 445564) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8445564
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Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Early Archaic
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Hohokam
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Huhugam
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Late Archaic
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Middle Archaic
Material
Andesite
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Basalt
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Ceramic
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Chopper
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Dacite
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Grinding Slab
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Ground Stone
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Hammerstone
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Handstone
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Mano
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Netherstone
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Plainware
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Projectile Point
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Quartzite
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Red-on-Buff
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Rhyolite
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Scraper
Site Name
AZ AA:11:80 (ASM)
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Artifact Scatter
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Pit
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Historic Background Research
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Arizona Upland Subdivision
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Pima (County)
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Trico Ironwood Forest National Monument
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Cortaro Phase
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Early Agricultural period
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Early Archaic Period
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Formative Period
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Late Archaic Period
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Middle Archaic Period
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.602; min lat: 32.345 ; max long: -111.311; max lat: 32.533 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants
Contributor(s): Alexa M. Smith
Field Director(s): India S. Hesse
Project Director(s): India S. Hesse
Landowner(s): Bureau of Land Management, Tucson Field Office
Submitted To(s): Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Record Identifiers
Trico Work Order No. (s): 8002201
SWCA Project No.(s): 3740-0049
Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Use Permit No.(s): AZ-000267
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