Salt-Gila Aqueduct (Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct) Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project

Summary

This project presents a series of publications associated with the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project (SGA). The research focused on data recovery at those sites potentially subject to impact as a consequence of Central Arizona Project construction. Salt-Gila Aqueduct Central Arizona Project construction occured along a route extending 97 km from a point south of Apache Junction, Arizona, to the Picacho Reservoir.

Significant archaeological sites identified as potentially subject to direct impacts were principally Hohokam; however, four of the sites had possible Archaic components (Stein 1979a). The SGA data collection sample included substantial habitation sites, smaller habitation sites that may have been fieldhouse locations, and a variety of specialized activity sites (including agricultural systems). The sites are located in a variety of environmental contexts, including the Gila River Valley, major intermittent drainages, and interdrainage areas.

Due to the environmental, functional, and chronological diversity of these archaeological sites in the project area, the SGA research design focused on three themes. Foremost, research addressed the effects of local environmental conditions upon the occupants of environmentally distinct areas. Secondly, it considered the economic and social relationships among groups occupying these areas. Finally, it examined diachronic changes in the relationships among groups in these areas. In addressing these research themes, the project sought to make significant contributions to our understanding of the Hohokam system's regional development.

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Salt-Gila Aqueduct (Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct) Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project. ( tDAR id: 374965) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8474C8H

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Salt-Gila (Fannin-McFarland) Aqueduct Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class III Survey Project

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Hohokam

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Pollen • Shell

Site Name
AZ AA:2:61 • AZ AA:3:20(ASM) • AZ AA:3:21(ASM) • AZ AA:3:22(ASM) • AZ AA:3:26(ASM) • AZ U:10:10(MNA) • AZ U:10:11(ASM) • AZ U:10:11(MNA) • AZ U:10:12(ASM) • AZ U:10:13(ASM) • AZ U:10:13(MNA) • AZ U:10:14(ASM) • AZ U:10:14(MNA) • AZ U:10:15(ASM) • AZ U:10:15(MNA) • AZ U:10:16(ASM) • AZ U:10:20(ASM) • AZ U:10:30(ASM) • AZ U:10:5(ASM) • AZ U:10:6(ASM) • AZ U:10:69(ASM) • AZ U:10:8(ASM) • AZ U:13:22 • AZ U:13:9 • AZ U:14:73(ASM) • AZ U:15:10(ASU) • AZ U:15:100(ASM) • AZ U:15:101 • AZ U:15:102(ASM) • AZ U:15:103(ASM) • AZ U:15:109(ASM) • AZ U:15:15 • AZ U:15:19(ASM) • AZ U:15:21 • AZ U:15:22 • AZ U:15:23 • AZ U:15:27(MNA) • AZ U:15:28(ASU) • AZ U:15:30(ASU) • AZ U:15:32 • AZ U:15:33(ASM) • AZ U:15:38(MNA) • AZ U:15:41 • AZ U:15:46(ASM) • AZ U:15:48(ASM) • AZ U:15:57(ASM) • AZ U:15:58 • AZ U:15:59(ASM) • AZ U:15:6(ASU) • AZ U:15:61(ASM) • AZ U:15:62(ASM) • AZ U:15:69(ASM) • AZ U:15:72(ASM) • AZ U:15:73(ASM) • AZ U:15:74(ASM) • AZ U:15:75(ASM) • AZ U:15:76 • AZ U:15:76(ASM) • AZ U:15:77 • AZ U:15:77(ASM) • AZ U:15:83 • AZ U:15:83(ASM) • AZ U:15:84 • AZ U:15:84(ASM) • AZ U:15:85(ASM) • AZ U:15:87(ASM) • AZ U:15:88 • AZ U:15:88(ASM) • AZ U:15:91 • AZ U:15:92 • AZ U:15:97(ASM) • AZ U:15:98(ASM) • AZ U:15:99(ASM) • Casas Pequeñas • Chiadag site • Dust Bowl site • Ellsworth site • El Polvorón • Frogtown • Gopherette site • Jones Ruin • Junkyard site • Las Fosas • Los Canales • Oidag site • Rancho Sin Vacas • Saguaro site • Siphon Draw • Smiley's Well Show More

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Artifact Scatter • Canal or Canal Feature • Compound • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Quarry • Refuse Pit • Reservoir • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Specialized Activity Sites • Storage Pit • Terrace • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

General
Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct

Geographic Keywords
04999 (Fips Code) • Apache Junction, Arizona • Arizona • Central Arizona • Coolidge, Arizona • Florence, Arizona • Gila River • Queen Creek • Salt River

Temporal Keywords
Civano Phase • Gila Butte Phase • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Hohokam Sedentary period • Polvóron Phase • Sacaton Phase • Santa Cruz Phase • Soho Phase

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 700 to 1450

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.699; min lat: 32.87 ; max long: -111.248; max lat: 33.518 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Collaborator(s): Institute for Conservation Archaeology, Peabody Museum; Harvard University

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

Repository(s): Huhugam Heritage Center

Prepared By(s): Cultural Resource Management Division, Arizona State Museum; University of Arizona

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

Record Identifiers

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 0-07-32-V0101

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