Archaeological Investigations Within a Borrow Area Associated with the Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Brown, Patricia E.
Publisher: name: Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University
Year: 1976
Subjects: subject: Aguila, Arizona
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78285/aguila-arizona
subject: Big Horn Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/10569/big-horn-mountains
subject: Buckeye, Arizona
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78284/buckeye-arizona
subject: Harquahala Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/54444/harquahala-valley
subject: lower Gila River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78283/lower-gila-river
subject: Granite Reef Aqueduct Reach 5
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78299/granite-reef-aqueduct-reach-5
subject: Yuman
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/82/yuman
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Yavapai
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/71/yavapai
subject: AZ S:7:1(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9875/az-s71asu
subject: AZ S:7:2(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9876/az-s72asu
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Trail
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/300/trail
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Gila Plainware Ceramics
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/107309/gila-plainware-ceramics
subject: Lower Colorado River Buff Ware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/104944/lower-colorado-river-buff-ware
subject: Tizon Brown Ware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/64483/tizon-brown-ware
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, recently undertook the investigation of two sites located within a borrow area along Reach 5 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct. The sites were initially located and recorded during an archaeological clearance survey that OCRM archaeologists conducted in February, 1976 (Brown 1976a) (see https://core.tdar.org/document/393057). The fieldwork was completed in 1.25 worker days on June 7, 1976.

This report describes the results of the archaeological data recovery along Reach 5 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct. The ceramics recovered from the borrow area indicate that Hohokam, River Yuman, and Upland Yuman groups used the area between A.D. 1150 and the Historic period. It is probable that these sites represent the remnants of a trade route, which was likely established between the mountains and the lower Gila at a prehistoric date and was perhaps maintained by historic groups. The presence of sherds in the project area can be generally attributed to trail breakage. The recovery and interpretation of these data ultimately resulted in a determination of "no adverse effect" due to proposed disturbance within the borrow area.