Mapping, Surface Collection, and Soil Coring Investigations at AZ T:4:150(ASM), A Multicomponent Rockshelter Site at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona
Creators: name: Pinter, Teresa L.
name: Jensen, Jessica A.
name: Aguila, Lourdes
name: Stuart, Glenn S. L.
Publisher: name: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Agua Fria River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/224/agua-fria-river
subject: Tule Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/55252/tule-creek
subject: Lake Pleasant Regional Park
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77914/lake-pleasant-regional-park
subject: Historic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/29/historic-period
subject: Hohokam Colonial period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/142/hohokam-colonial-period
subject: Hohokam Early Classic period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/145/hohokam-early-classic-period
subject: Protohistoric Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/161/protohistoric-period
subject: Gila Butte Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/212/gila-butte-phase
subject: Historic Native American
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/30/historic-native-american
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: AZ T:4:150(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/7105/az-t4150asm
subject: Rock Shelter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/265/rock-shelter
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation–Phoenix Area Office, ACS conducted surface collection, mapping, and soil coring at AZ T:4:150(ASM), a multicomponent rockshelter site in Lake Pleasant Regional Park. The site is being impacted by increased visitation and Reclamation is seeking to mitigate those impacts. The investigations identified four features; these included a thermal pit (Feature 1), a rock ring (Feature 2), the rockshelter (Feature 3), and a previously unrecorded rockpile (Feature 4) on the outcrop above the rockshelter. Ten soil core and auger probes were placed along two transects in and adjacent to the rockshelter boundaries, providing two roughly perpendicular profiles. The soil coring revealed that intact subsurface cultural deposits are present inside and adjacent to the rockshelter; a possible looter’s pit was also identified in the central portion of the rockshelter. These investigations confirmed that the site has the potential to yield important information about the Prehistoric, Protohistoric, and Historic period occupations of the Lake Pleasant area. The work at AZ T:4:150(ASM) was conducted in phases, and the current report documents on the results of mapping, surface collection, and soil coring at the site, with recommendations for data recovery based on the outcome of these tasks. Photos from this project can be found at tDAR IDs: 391290 and 391292. The photologs can be found at tDAR IDs: 391291 and 391293.