A Cultural Resource Survey of Reach 1 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project
Creators: name: Dobbins, Edward A.
Publisher: name: Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University
Year: 1979
Subjects: subject: Buckskin Mountains Tunnel
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78306/buckskin-mountains-tunnel
subject: Bouse Hills Pumping Plant
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78305/bouse-hills-pumping-plant
subject: Cactus Plain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77940/cactus-plain
subject: Granite Reef Aqueduct Reach 1
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78324/granite-reef-aqueduct-reach-1
subject: Bouse Hills
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77926/bouse-hills
subject: Buckskin Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77929/buckskin-mountains
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Yuman
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/82/yuman
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Patayan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/23/patayan
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: AZ M:13:2(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9885/az-m132asu
subject: AZ S:1:4(NAU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9879/az-s14nau
subject: AZ S:1:6(NAU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9882/az-s16nau
subject: AZ S:1:8(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9884/az-s18asu
subject: Encampment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/253/encampment
subject: Sleeping Circle
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/739/sleeping-circle
subject: Cairn
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/341/cairn
subject: Intaglio / Geoglyph
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/362/intaglio-geoglyph
subject: Trail
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/300/trail
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Fossil
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/209/fossil
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: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed archaeological survey of Reach 1 and several adjacent roads that would be added or modified for its construction. Reach 1 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends about 18 miles from the Buckskin Mountain Tunnel, east to the Bouse Hills Pumping Plant. This report describes the results of the archaeological surveys conducted along Reach 1 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct. Results suggest that project area sites were part of a secondary resource zone, an area which apparently did not support a permanent population, but was utilized intermittently, probably on a seasonal basis. Most of the aqueduct realignment traverses the sand dunes of the Cactus Plain located between the Buckskin Mountains and the Bouse Hills. During the course of the surveys, OCRM archaeologists identified and documented 16 field loci, 31 isolated artifacts, and 7 instances of fossilized tortoise remains. Six of the field loci were combined into one site, AZ S:1:8 (ASU) and another field locus was designated AZ M:13:2 (ASU). Two other field loci were believed to be within the boundaries of previously recorded sites AZ S:1:6 (NAU) and AZ S:1:4 (NAU). The sites are of indeterminate age, although many likely are associated with the Patayan archaeological culture.