Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project Coronado - Silverking Transmission Line 7.5 mi. Segment of SRP Line from Eastern Sitgreaves National Forest Boundary to APS-SRP Common Corridor, Federal Land, Navajo County, Arizona: Report for Archaeological Survey of 24 Proposed Tower Locations and Associated Access Roads Along 7.5 mi. of the Coronado-Silverking Transmission Line Within Sitgreaves National Forest
Creators: name: Marmaduke, William S.
name: Hartman, Dana
name: Howard, Donna R.
Publisher: name: Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology
Year: 1978
Subjects: Navajo (County)
Sitgreaves National Forest
Potato Wash
Mogollon Plateau
Chevelon Creek
Wildcat Canyon
Arizona (State / Territory)
Squaw Wash
Historic
P II
P III
Prehistoric
Basketmaker
Mogollon
Ancestral Puebloan
NA15,605
NA15,604
NA15,576
NA15,599
NA15,603
NA15,584
NA15,586
NA15,602
NA15,572
NA15,579
Arizona P:6:19 (MNA)
NA15,585
AZ-03-01-05-440
NA15,573
Arizona P:6:20 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-441
Arizona P:6:22 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-443
Arizona P:6:25 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-446
Arizona P:6:30 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-451
Arizona P:6:31 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-452
Arizona P:6:32 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-453
Arizona P:6:34 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-455
Arizona P:6:35 (MNA)
AZ-03-01-05-456
NA 15,601
Arizona P:6:36 (MNA)
Arizona P:6:39 (MNA)
Arizona P:6:40 (MNA)
NA15,606
Arizona P:6:41 (MNA)
NA15,568
NA15,570
NA15,598
Trash Dump
Rock Pile
Foundation
Pit House
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Jacal Structure
Settlements
Roasting Pit
Hamlet / Village
Domestic Structures
Limestone Pueblo
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Circular Depression
Limestone Wall
Village
Structure
Ceramic Scatter
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Wall
Sherd Scatter
Archaeological Feature
Corral
Artifact Scatter
Hearth
Midden
Stone Foundation
Pueblo
Depression
Check Dam
Wooden Structure
Pot Break
Masonry Pueblo
Circular Ashy Area
Juniper Branch Corral
Pit
Ashy Soil
Charcoal Area
Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
Trash Pile
Rectangular Structure
Windbreak
Rock Alignment
Camp
Lithic Scatter
Plainware
White Mound Black-on-Whiteware
Masonry
Redware
Ceramic
White Mountain Redware
Chipped Stone
Limestone
Fire Cracked Rock
Glass
Ground Stone
Building Materials
Brownware
Macrobotanical
Stone
Black-on-Whiteware
Metal
Wood
Textile
Juniper
Grayware
Jacal
Snowflake Black-on-Whiteware
Timber
Whiteware
Chert
Purple Glass
Canvas
Alma Plainware
Chert Projectile Point
Glass Bottle
Projectile Point
Corrugated Brownware
Chert Flake
Transmission Line
Coronado-Silverking
Corrugated Grayware
Corrugated Ware
Can
Pot
Wine Bottle
Bottle
Flake
Meat Can
Syrup Container
Cabin-Shape Container
Coronado Station
CGS
Baking Soda Container
Milk Can
Condiment Bottle
Coronado Project
Ceramic Pot
SRP
Food Container
Beer Can
Lithic Debris
Grinding Slab
Food Can
Salt River Project
Site Evaluation / Testing

description: At the request of The Salt River Project, archeologists from the Museum of Northern Arizona surveyed 24 tower locations and their associated access roads for the 7.5 mile segment of the Coronado-Silverking 500 kV transmission line in the Sitgreaves National Forest. The request for the survey came from Bettina Rosenberg, archeological administrator for The Salt River Project, in a letter dated January 12, 1978. The Coronado-Silverking transmission line is the main conduit to the Phoenix metropolitan area for power generated at Coronado Station. Beginning at Coronado Station northeast of St. Johns, the transmission line shares a west running corridor with a Coronado-Cholla Station 500 kV "back-up" line. Northwest of Snowflake, the lines separate and the Silverking line continues West, entering the Sitgreaves National Forest. The 7.5 mile survey segment is the portion of the 200 feet wide Silverking line corridor between the Sitgreaves National Forest boundary on the east and the joint corridor on the west. Museum archeologists initially surveyed the entire 7.5 mile long, 200 feet wide corridor in December, 1977. During the December work, 23 archeological sites were discovered and recorded. The Museum performed the original corridor survey to provide archeological data for tower placement planning by Salt River Project. The purpose of the present survey is to assess the potential impacts of tower access and construction, and of cable stringing. Defined by the Sitgreaves National Forest in their Cultural Resources Plan for Coronado Project, the impact zones of the Silverking line are a 200 feet radius around each tower hub, the access roadway plus a 50 feet buffer on either side, and the entire tensioning sites plus a 50 feet surrounding buffer. The present survey required 3 days to complete, beginning on January 28, and ending on January 30, 1978. Six additional sites were discovered, mostly within or near the initial access road impact zones. In each case, the road corridors were restricted to avoid the archeological remains. One site, found within the previously surveyed corridor, was defined during a reassessment of a previously recorded site. According to the guidelines agreed upon between the Sitgreaves National Forest and the Salt River Project, no sites found during this or the previous survey will suffer direct impact from construction of the Coronado-Silverking line. There are particular tower locations where extreme caution must be exercised, however, during construction, and the Museum recommends that earthmoving, and in a few cases tower erection, be monitored rigorously by a professional archeologist.