The Elder Gulch Project: Archaeological Test Excavations at Ten Sites Near Kelvin, Pinal County, Arizona
Creators: name: Seymour, Gregory R.
name: R. Thomas Euler
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Elder Gulch
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subject: Kelvin, AZ
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subject: Pinal (County)
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subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Interstitial Zone E
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83755/interstitial-zone-e
subject: Sedentary Period
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subject: Santa Cruz Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/213/santa-cruz-phase
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: AZ V:13:85 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101262/az-v1385-asm
subject: AZ V:13:84 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101261/az-v1384-asm
subject: AZ V:13:94 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101264/az-v1394-asm
subject: AZ V:13:93 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101263/az-v1393-asm
subject: AZ V:13:97 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101266/az-v1397-asm
subject: AZ V:13:96 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101265/az-v1396-asm
subject: AZ V:13:98 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101267/az-v1398-asm
subject: AZ V:13:66 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101260/az-v1366-asm
subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Pit
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subject: Artifact Scatter
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Rock Alignment
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subject: Rock Shelter
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Handstone
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subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: Mortar
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/177/mortar
subject: Grayware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/466/grayware
subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Quartzite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/217/quartzite
subject: Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/444/redware
subject: Hammerstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/94/hammerstone
subject: Gila Polychrome
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2654/gila-polychrome
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Black-on-white
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Red-on-Buff
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subject: Fecal Material
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2790/fecal-material
subject: Ground Stone
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subject: metate
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subject: Core
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subject: Macrobotanical
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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
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: This report has been prepared in conjunction with the continuing archaeological evaluation and investigation plan for Bureau of Land Management (BLM), State of Arizona, and privately held lands near Kelvin, Pinal County, Arizona. Specifically, this report provides site evaluations and the results of a testing program conducted at ten sites located near Elder Gulch in the Middle Gila Basin of central Arizona. This testing program was conducted from April 24 through May 16, 1990 by SWCA Environmental Consultants, Inc. at the request of Mr. Neil A. Gambell, Technical Services Administrator for ASARCO Incorporated-Ray Unit, in Hayden, Arizona. ASARCO proposes to utilize portions of the property as a mine-tailings impoundment facility. The purpose of this program was to determine if significant subsurface cultural deposits are present as they relate to criteria of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The testing program conducted at these ten sites has determined that four of the ten sites [AZ V:13:69 (ASM), AZ V:13:94 (ASM), AZ V:13:95 (ASM), and AZ V:13:96 (ASM)] contain subsurface cultural deposits which may make them eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. These four sites will require additional data recovery studies to adequately document the remains if they are to be impacted. Sites AZ V:13:66 (ASM), AZ V:13:84 (ASM), AZ V:13:85 (ASM), AZ V:13:93 (ASM), AZ V:13:97 (ASM) and AZ V:13:98 (ASM), were all found to contain no significant subsurface deposits. It is thought that the information potential of these sites has been exhausted as a result of this testing program. Therefore, SWCA recommends that a "no effect" determination be made for these sites.