Phase 1 Archaeological Data Recovery Report and Phase 2 Data Recovery Proposal For the Slate Creek Section, ADOT State Route 188 Project, Tonto Basin, Arizona

Author(s): Bruce B. Huckell; James M. Vint

Year: 1994

Summary

This report presents the results of Phase 1 data recovery of nine archaeological sites along the proposed right-of-way for the Slate Creek Section of State Route 188. The Slate Creek Section is one part of a multiyear Arizona Department of Transportation project to realign and improve a 29-km long portion of SR 188, the principal road passing through the Tonto Basin, Gila County, Arizona. The entire project corridor extends north from Sycamore Creek to the junction of SR 188 with SR 87. The project is funded by the Federal Highway Administration and occurs on Arizona Department of Transportation right-of-way across Tonto National Forest and private land.

The nine investigated sites include an Archaic site (AZ U:3:286 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1352); an early Preclassic site (AZ U:3:224 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-2064); five Classic period sites (AZ U:3:222 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1347; AZ U:3:284 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1348; AZ U:3:285 [ASM]/AR- 03-12-06-1350; AZ U:3:287 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1353; and AZ U:3:288 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1354); and an historic irrigation canal (AZ U:3:223 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-2062). The ninth site, AZ U:3:31 (ARS)/AR-03-12-06-1357, was described as a lithic artifact scatter but was found to be a nonsite artifact scatter.

The report presents the general environmental setting of the project area, and briefly describes the history of archaeological research in the vicinity of the Slate Creek Section. The individual sites are considered separately; the field methods employed at each particular site are presented, the features and deposits discovered are considered, and the artifact assemblage is described. These initial results are evaluated, and recommendations for further work are presented for six sites: AZ U:3:286 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1352; AZ U:3:224 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-2064; AZ U:3:285 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1350; AZ U:3:223 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-2062; AZ U:3:287 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06- 1353, and AZ U:3:288 [ASM]/AR-03-12-06-1354. A research design is presented to guide the Phase 2 data recovery investigations at these sites, along with a plan of work.

Cite this Record

Phase 1 Archaeological Data Recovery Report and Phase 2 Data Recovery Proposal For the Slate Creek Section, ADOT State Route 188 Project, Tonto Basin, Arizona, 4. Bruce B. Huckell, James M. Vint. 1994 ( tDAR id: 448457) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448457

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Hohokam • Huhugam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Medicine stone • Metal • Pollen • Shell

Site Name
AR-03-12-06-1347 • AR-03-12-06-1348 • AR-03-12-06-1350 • AR-03-12-06-1352 • AR-03-12-06-1353 • AR-03-12-06-1354 • AR-03-12-06-1357 • AR-03-12-06-2062 • AR-03-12-06-2064 • AZ U:3:222 (ASM) • AZ U:3:223 (ASM) • AZ U:3:224 (ASM) • AZ U:3:284 (ASM) • AZ U:3:285 (ASM) • AZ U:3:286 (ASM) • AZ U:3:287 (ASM) • AZ U:3:288 (ASM) • AZ U:3:31 (ARS)

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Canal or Canal Feature • Domestic Structures • Field House • Hearth • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Shade Structure / Ramada • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Flotation Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Gila (County) • Tonto Basin

Temporal Keywords
Classic Period • Colonial Period • Preclassic • Sedentary Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.335; min lat: 33.824 ; max long: -111.29; max lat: 33.934 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.

Contributor(s): James M. Heidke; Elizabeth Miksa; Lisa W. Huckell

Prepared By(s): Center for Desert Archaeology

Submitted To(s): Arizona Department of Transportation

Record Identifiers

State of Arizona Project-Specific Anitquities Permit (s): 93-10

Tonto National Special-Use Permit(s): 4349-03

Contract No.(s): 93-05

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