A Cultural Resource Survey of Reach 11 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project
Creators: name: Brown, Patricia Eyring
Publisher: name: Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Union Hills
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77952/union-hills
subject: McDowell Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77951/mcdowell-mountains
subject: Phoenix Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77953/phoenix-mountains
subject: Cave Creek Road
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82102/cave-creek-road
subject: Granite Reef Aqueduct Reach 11
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78309/granite-reef-aqueduct-reach-11
subject: Paradise Valley
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/23319/paradise-valley
subject: Taliesin West
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82103/taliesin-west
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Yuman Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/7286/yuman-complex
subject: Patayan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/23/patayan
subject: AZ U:5:69(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/7919/az-u569asu
subject: AZ U:5:67(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/7924/az-u567asu
subject: AZ U:5:68(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/7899/az-u568asu
subject: AZ T:8:53(ASU)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/7868/az-t853asu
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Water Control Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/279/water-control-feature
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: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
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 an archaeological survey of undisturbed portions of Reach 11 and its associated recreation areas. Reach 11 was previously surveyed in 1969 (Dittert et al. 1969) and 1972 (Kemrer et al. 1972), and one site (AZ U:5:13) was mitigated prior to construction (Reynolds 1974). The majority of Reach 11 had already been constructed when this project was undertaken in 1978. Reach 11 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends about 13 miles from Cave Creek Road east to the Taliesin West access road. This report describes the results of the archaeological survey conducted along Reach 11 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct. Results suggest that the project area was 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. The aqueduct lies within Paradise Valley, bounded by the McDowell Mountains on the east and the Union Hills and Phoenix Mountains on the west. Six field loci and 24 isolated artifacts were recorded during the Reach 11 survey. Based on relative density of cultural material dispersion, the field loci were grouped into four sites: AZ T:8:53 (ASU); AZ U:5:67 (ASU); and AZ U:5:68 (ASU), and AZ U:5:69 (ASU). Most of the sites are of indeterminate age, although they are likely associated with the Hohokam, Patayan, or Yuman traditions.