An Archaeological Survey of the San Juan-Vail 345 KV Power Transmission Line: Clifton-Vail Section

Description

Author: Doyel, David E.

Publisher: Arizona State Museum

Pub Date: 1972

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Fair. Ex-corporate library.  Stapled binding tight.  No folds.  Upper front cover corner at spine head has an approx. 1/2″ x 1/2″ square tear.  Library tag taped to bottom front cover corner at spine foot.  Previous owner’s stamp (first? second?) on upper front cover corner and on upper corner title page.  Errata slip laid in.  Foxing to rear cover at spine edge.  Edge and corner wear.

Notes:  One section of a proposed new power line, beginning at the San Juan Generating Station in northern New Mexico, down to Clifton, Arizona, then through some pretty rugged southeastern Arizona geography to Vail, Arizona, just south of Tucson.  Much of the area had been previously surveyed.  “Most of the survey area was abandoned by A.D. 1400.  Spanish explorers did report Sobaipuri Indians living along the Rio San Pedro, but these Indians did not survive in the area beyond A.D. 1750…many prehistoric and several historic sites are located in close proximity to the transect line.  Eight sites suggestive of Cochise occupation and forty-four sites indicating late agricultural manifestations are know to exist in the near vicinity of the transmission line right-of-way.  Six petroglyph stations representative of local prehistoric rock art have been reported as well.” (Page 23)  Some of the survey area is so rugged the survey had to be conducted by helicopter.