The Bartlett Dam Project: Archaeological Test Excavations at Fourteen Sites in the Lower Verde Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Gregory R. Seymour; Mark Slaughter; WIlliam L. Deaver; Richard V. N. Ahlstrom

Year: 1991

Summary

This report documents the results of a testing program completed by SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants in August of 1990 in anticipation of the modification of Bartlett Dam. Modifications to the dam were planned as part of the Central Arizona Project's Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) and the Safety of Dams Project.

During the month of April, 1990, archaeologists from Northland Research, Inc. conducted an archaeological survey of approximately 929 acres located on the Lower Verde River in the Tonto National Forest, immediately south and west of Bartlett Dam. In consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Bureau of Reclamation determined that 14 of the 17 sites identified required archaeological testing to determine eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation, SWCA conducted an archaeological testing program at these sites from August 8-September 8, 1990. The purpose of this testing program was to determine the presence or absence of significant subsurface deposits as they relate to the National Register criteria. This report documents the nature and results of the archaeological testing conducted at these 14 sites, one of which includes two distinct loci.

The testing program conducted at the 14 sites has determined that eight of them--AZ U:2:106/ 01-316, AZ U:2:107 / 01-318, AZ U:2:108/ 01-702, AZ U:2:95/ 01-1134, AZ U:2:98/ 01-1136, AZ U:2:101 / 01 - 1156, AZ U:2:102/ 01 1140, and AZ U:2:103/ 01-1141--contain significant subsurface cultural deposits that make them eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. These eight sites will require additional data-recovery studies to adequately document the remains, if the sites are to be impacted.

Six sites--AZ U:2:142/ 01-317, Loci 39 and 40, AZ U:2:99/ 01-1137, AZ U:2: 100/ 01-1138, AZ U:2:104/ 01-1142, AZ U:2:96/ 01-1135, and AZ U:2:105 / 01-1143 --were all found to contain no significant subsurface deposits. These sites are not eligible for National Register listing and their information potential is thought to have been exhausted as a result of this testing program. Therefore, SWCA recommends that archaeological clearance be granted for these sites.

Cite this Record

The Bartlett Dam Project: Archaeological Test Excavations at Fourteen Sites in the Lower Verde Valley, Maricopa County, Arizona, 6. Gregory R. Seymour, Mark Slaughter, WIlliam L. Deaver, Richard V. N. Ahlstrom. SWCA Archaeological Report ,91. Tucson, AZ: SWCA Environmental Consultants. 1991 ( tDAR id: 77221) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8GM896N

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Ancestral Puebloan • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Mogollon • Sinagua • Yavapai

Material
Agave • Aluminum • Andesite • Arboreal Legume • Argilite • Astragalus sp. • Basalt • Black-on-Whiteware • Black Plastic • Blue Glass • Blue Plastic • Bone • Brownware • Buffware • Building Materials • Carnegia sp. • Ceramic • cf. Olneya sp. • cf. Prosopis sp. • Chalcedony • Chert • Chipped Stone • Cibola Whiteware • Coarse-Grained Basalt • Cobble • Concrete • Copper • Deer • Earth • Elden Brownware • Erodium sp. • Fauna • Felsite • Fire Cracked Rock • Forestdale Brownware • Gila Butte Red-on-Buffware • Gila Plainware • Gila Plainware, Gila Variety • Gila Plainware, Salt Variety • Gila Redware • Glass • Glycymeris sp. • Gramineae • Granite • Graphite • Ground Stone • Haliotis sp. • Hide • Holbrook Black-on-Whiteware • Human Remains • Igneous Rock • Jackrabbit • Laevicardium elatum • Large Mammal • Leather • Lepus sp. • Limestone • Little Colorado Whiteware • Macrobotanical • Mammal • Marine Bivalve • Masonry • Medium Mammal • Metal • Micaceous Schist • Microcrystalline Igneous Rock • Mineral • Monocot • Obsidian • Odocoileus sp. • Opal • Pecten vogdesi • Phyllite • Plainware • Plaster • Plastic • Populus sp. • Porcelain • Quartz • Quartzite • Red-on-Buffware • Red Plastic • Redware • Rhyolite • Rubber • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Sacaton Redware • Salix sp. • Sand • Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware • Schismus sp. • Schist • Sedimentary Rock • Shell • Silicified Siltstone • Siltstone • Snaketown Buffware • Snaketown Red-on-Buffware • Sweetwater Buffware • Tonto Plainware • Tusayan Whiteware • Vahki Redware • Vesicular Basalt • White Glass • Whiteware • Wingfield Plainware • Wingfield Redware • Winona Brownware • Wire • Wood Show More

Site Name
01-1134 • 01-1135 • 01-1136 • 01-1137 • 01-1138 • 01-1140 • 01-1141 • 01-1142 • 01-1143 • 01-1156 • 01-316 • 01-317 • 01-318 • 01-702 • ACS-3 • AZ U;2:2 (ARS) • AZ U:2:1 (ARS) • AZ U:2:100(ASM) • AZ U:2:101(ASM) • AZ U:2:102(ASM) • AZ U:2:103(ASM) • AZ U:2:104(ASM) • AZ U:2:105(ASM) • AZ U:2:106(ASM) • AZ U:2:107(ASM) • AZ U:2:108(ASM) • AZ U:2:142(ASM) • AZ U:2:3 (ARS) • AZ U:2:95(ASM) • AZ U:2:96(ASM) • AZ U:2:98(ASM) • AZ U:2:99(ASM) • NRI-14 • NRI-16 • NRI-25 • NRI-46 • NRI-54 • NRI-65 • NRI-76 • NRI-78 • NRI-81 • NRI-85 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Ancient Structure • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Building • Cobble Alignment • Cobble Foundation • Cobble Pile • Cobble Structure • Cobble Wall • Communal / Public Structure • Corral • Cremation • Dam • Depression • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Earthen Dam • Encampment • Field • Field House • Foundation • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Gridded Field • Habitation Site • Hearth • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Historic Structure • Lithic Scatter • Masonry Building • Masonry Field House • Mess Hall • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Resource Processing Site • Roasting Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Rock Pile • Settlements • Sherd Scatter • Structure • Subsurface Feature • Tent Foundation • Terrace • Trash Midden • Wall • Water Control Feature Show More

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Agave Fiber • Aluminum Bottle Cap Lining • Anvil Stone • Arboreal Legume Charcoal • Astragalus Seed • Auto Engine • Automobile Gasket • Backhoe Teeth • Barrel Strap • Bartlett Lake Project • Basalt Core • Basalt Mano • Basalt Metate • Basalt Scraper • Basin Metate • Battery • Biface • Bobby Pin • Bolt • Bone (Deer) • Bone (Human) • Bone (Jackrabbit) • Bone (Large Mammal) • Bone (Lepus sp.) • Bone (Mammal) • Bone (Medium Mammal) • Bone (Odocoileus sp.) • Bottle • Bottle Cap • Bottle Cap Lining • Bowl • Box • Bracelet • Bracket • Brick • Buckle • Buggy Wheel • Bullet • Burned wood • Button • Can • Can Key • Can Lid • Cap • Carnegiea Charcoal • Ceramic Bowl • Ceramic Toy • Ceramic Vessel • Charcoal • Charred Agave • Chert Flake • China • Chisel • Chopper • Clothespin • Coca-Cola • Coca-Cola Bottle • Coke • Coke bottle • Copper Pipe • Core • Corrugated Brownware • Corrugated Ware • Crushing Tool • Cup • Cutting Tool • Debitage • Digging Tool • Disc • Elbow Pipe • Electrical Conduit Bracket • Electricians' Tape • Engine • Erodium Seed • Feces • File • Flake • Flat Wire • Flotation Sample • Gas Pipe • Glycymeris Bracelet • Glycymeris Ring • Grain • Gramineae Grain • Granite Metate • Graphite Stick • Grooving Tool • Hammerstone • Handle • Hanger • Hinge • Jar lid • Junction Box Cover • Knife • Latch • Leather Shoe • Levi's • Levi's Button • Lightbulb • Lithic Debitage • Mano • Manzogranite Carefree Formation • Marble • Meat Can • Metal Box • Metal Button • Metal Can • Metal Can Key • Metal Cap • Metal Disc • Metal Handle • Metal Latch • Metal Nozzle • Metal Nut • Metal Patch • Metal Plate • Metal ring • Metal Staple • Metal Strap • Metal Toy • Metal Washer • Metate • Monocot Stem • Mortar • Nail • Nozzle • Nut • Olneya Charcoal • One-Hand Mano • Outlet Fixture • Paint Can • Paper Clip • Patch • Pecking Stone • Pen Nib • Percolator • Perforator • Pestle • Pipe • Plant Fiber • Plastic Cup • Plastic Lid • Plate • Populus Charcoal • Porcelain Outlet Fixture • Porcelain Plate • Projectile Point • Prosopis Charcoal • Punch • Purse Clasp • Razor • Razor Blade • Ring • Rivet • Round Fiber • Safety Pin • Salix Charcoal • Scissors • Scraper • Screen • Screw • Seed • Sewer Pipe • Shatter • Shell Bracelet • Shell Casing • Shell Ring • Shoe • Shoe Heel • Shoe Heel Guard • Slab Metate • Spark Plug • Spokeshave • Staple • Steering Column • Stove • Strap • Tabular Knife • Tape • Tax Coin • Tea Cup • Termite Feces • Tire Patch Kit • Tobacco Can • Toy • Toy Cowboy • Toy Dog • Transverse Scraper • Tricycle Steering Column • Trough Fiber • Trough Metate • Two-Handed Mano • Verde Bridge Project • Vesicular Basalt Mano • Vesicular Basalt Metate • Vessel • Washer • Wedge • Wheel • Wire Cable • Worked Shell Show More

Geographic Keywords
04013 (Fips Code) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Bartlett Dam • Bartlett Reservoir • Cave Creek, AZ • lower Verde River • Lower Verde River Valley • Maricopa (County) • Tonto National Forest • Verde River

Temporal Keywords
Colonial Period • Historic • Pioneer Period • Prehistoric • Sedentary Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.665; min lat: 33.8 ; max long: -111.631; max lat: 33.828 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Contributor(s): Jennifer Strand; Arthur W. Vokes; Jo Ann Miller; Lee Yazzie Black; Dave Purcell; Eric Chambers; David Doak; Charles Sternberg; Faryl Parson; John C. Davis

Field Director(s): Mark Slaughter

Principal Investigator(s): Richard V. N. Ahlstrom

Project Director(s): R. Thomas Euler

Landowner(s): U. S. Forest Service

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Submitted To(s): Bureau of Reclamation

Record Identifiers

NADB Citation ID No.(s): 000000167965

BOR Contract No.(s): 9-CS-32-00600, Task 10

NADB Document ID No.(s): 2203863

Notes

General Note: The copy of this document from which the NADB citation was made is located at the Bureau of Reclamation, Box 25007, Denver CO 80255.

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