The Trico Ironwood Forest National Monument Pole Replacement Project: Cultural Resources Mitigation at Site AZ AA:11:80 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona
Creators: name: Hesse, India S.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Arizona Upland Subdivision
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subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Tucson Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2758/tucson-basin
subject: Trico Ironwood Forest National Monument
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subject: Pima (County)
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subject: Formative Period
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subject: Early Agricultural period
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subject: Cortaro Phase
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subject: Late Archaic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7330/late-archaic-period
subject: Early Archaic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7763/early-archaic-period
subject: Middle Archaic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6134/middle-archaic-period
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Early Archaic
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subject: Middle Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/10/middle-archaic
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: AZ AA:11:80 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100773/az-aa1180-asm
subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Pit
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subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Handstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2637/handstone
subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Rhyolite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/248/rhyolite
subject: Quartzite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/217/quartzite
subject: Netherstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2651/netherstone
subject: Scraper
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/93/scraper
subject: Hammerstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/94/hammerstone
subject: Chopper
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/128/chopper
subject: Grinding Slab
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1440/grinding-slab
subject: Ceramic
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subject: Mano
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/131/mano
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Dacite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/453/dacite
subject: Red-on-Buff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2629/red-on-buff
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Projectile Point
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/71/projectile-point
subject: Andesite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/524/andesite
subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: 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.