Their Own Road: Archaeological Investigations along State Route 260 Payson to Heber - Little Green Valley Section
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Publisher: name: Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Gila (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3907/gila-county
subject: Interstitial Zone F
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84325/interstitial-zone-f
subject: Show Low, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76632/show-low-az
subject: Payson, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/79465/payson-az
subject: Early Agricultural
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7693/early-agricultural
subject: Protohistoric Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/161/protohistoric-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: Junco Springs
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105070/junco-springs
subject: AR-03-12-04-1438 (TNF)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105069/ar-03-12-04-1438-tnf
subject: Ponderosa Campground
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/89328/ponderosa-campground
subject: Elks End
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105072/elks-end
subject: AR-03-12-04-1437 (TNF)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105071/ar-03-12-04-1437-tnf
subject: Bonobos Vista
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/89330/bonobos-vista
subject: Thompson Draw
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105074/thompson-draw
subject: AR-03-12-04-1162 (TNF)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105073/ar-03-12-04-1162-tnf
subject: AR-03-12-04-1386 (TNF)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105076/ar-03-12-04-1386-tnf
subject: AZ O:12:19 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105940/az-o1219-asm
subject: AR-03-12-04-1490 (TNF)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105075/ar-03-12-04-1490-tnf
subject: AZ O:12:90 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105942/az-o1290-asm
subject: AZ O:12:89 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105941/az-o1289-asm
subject: AZ O:12:92 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105944/az-o1292-asm
subject: AZ O:12:88 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/89335/az-o1288-asm
subject: AZ O:12:91 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105943/az-o1291-asm
subject: AZ O:12:93 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105945/az-o1293-asm
subject: AR-03-12-04-1159 (TNF)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/90078/ar-03-12-04-1159-tnf
subject: AZ O:12: 87 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105058/az-o12-87-asm
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Burial Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/307/burial-pit
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
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: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
subject: Osteological and Dental Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160933/osteological-and-dental-analysis
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
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: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking

description: This report describes testing and data recovery excavations conducted in advance of the realignment of the Little Green Valley section, of State Route 260 between Payson and Heber. The work was sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation; the lead federal agency and landowner was the Tonto National Forest. Seven sites were investigated in the Little Green V alley section: Ponderosa Campground, AZ O :12:19/AR-03-12-04-1159 (ASM /TNF); Junco Springs, AZ O:12:87/AR-03-12-04-1437 (ASM/ TNF); Bonobos Vista, AZ O:12:88/AR-03-12-04-1438 (ASM/TNF); Plymouth Landing, AZ O:12:89/AR03-12-04-1411 (ASM/TNF); Elks End, AZ O:12:92/ AR-03-12-04-1162 (ASM/TNF); AZ O:12:90/AR-03- 12-04-1490 (ASM/TNF); AZ O:12:91/AR-03-12-04- 1386 (ASM/TNF). Additionally, a small survey related to the project identified AZ O:12:93/ AR-03-12-04-1507 (ASM/TNF). Site components date from the Early Agricultural period (circa 400 B.C.-A.D. 500) to the modern period of the original highway construction. The height of occupation at the largest site in the project area, Ponderosa Campground, was between the tenth and twelfth centuries A.D. The results of fieldwork, archival analysis, the analysis of artifacts and samples, and the discussion of human remains are described in this report. In this fourth section of the larger State Route 260 project, our results include: (1) a refinement of the chronologies built during the previous phases, particularly information about the Early Agricultural period; (2) the identification of a lithic quarry and intensive flaked stone production industry at Ponderosa Campground; and (3) insights from two single-component sites and the large multicomponent sites into the nature of settlement and the larger economic and social network of the sub-Mogollon Rim region.