Trip Report: Archaeological Survey and Assessment of Effect for New RV Sites at Kartchner Caverns, AZSP, 2010
Creators: name: Moss, Jeremy
Publisher: name: National Park Service
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: San Pedro Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78866/san-pedro-valley
subject: Kartchner Caverns State Park
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/79462/kartchner-caverns-state-park
subject: Guindani Wash
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83756/guindani-wash
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/32/late-archaic
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: AZ EE:3:28 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/99743/az-ee328-asm
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Rock Concentration
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1291/rock-concentration
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Trip Report
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subject: Archaeological Assessment
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
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subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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subject: Systematic Survey
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description: The goal of the survey was determine if the proposed RV sites would adversely affect the cultural resources present or have the potential to affect any previously unknown cultural resources. After looking over the information from previous archaeological surveys (Madsen and Bayman 1989, Whalen 1971) it was determined that the proposed RV sites lie within a large lithic artifact scatter w/ roasting pits, identified as Late Archaic first by Whalen in 1971, and again by Madsen and Bayman (1989) when the park was created. Whalen (1971) identified the site as two separate sites numbered 37 and 38, which were then lumped into one site by Madsen and Bayman (1989) and given an ASM number of AZ:EE:3:28. The author, and Mike Cox (AZSP employee) surveyed the area, in 5m transects, marked by stakes extending ~80 feet north of the present campground road and 150 feet west. Within this area we confirmed the existence of a large Late Archaic site, previously identified as AZ:EE:3:28. We located two projectile points, a scraper, rock concentrations, and a possible eroded roasting pit. The site is a dense lithic scatter, and many of the flakes appear to be from the production of projectile points and bifaces. Whalen (1971) suggests that the site is one of the few Late Archaic base camp sites in the park. Base camps are locations that are occupied for longer periods of time and are identified archaeologically as locations with a high diversity of tools and heating features. Madsen and Bayman (1989) state that “it is likely that this site contains buried hearths and domestic structures”.