Mogollon Region Small Sites project 1997-2002
(Arizona State University & Universitat de València)
During my sabbatical in 1996, my colleagues and I decided that it would be useful to apply survey and analysis methods developed and refined in Spain on North American landscapes with similar ecological settings. With the support of the US Forest Service, we began several years of survey and excavation in the middle reaches of Chevelon Creek, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Arizona. Among other outcomes, a number of Spanish colleagues learned about conducting survey under the very different conditions of the American West, I first experimented with systematic coring of archaeological sites, and this work inspired one of my first agent-based models. The key publication from this work is:
Peeples, M., Barton, C. M., & Schmich, S. (2006). Resilience lost: intersecting landuse and landscape dynamics in the upland southwest. Ecology and Society, 12(22).
1997 CARP site relocation survey
1998 coring at Chevelon Crossing and Gramma Draw sites
1999 test excavations at Chevelon Crossing site
2002 survey in Chevelon Creek, Gramma Draw, and Willow Creek watersheds
Image Captions and Locations
| Image# | Caption | Coordinates | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | MRSS project location | ||
| 02 | View from the Mogollon Rim | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 03 | Field camp at Chevelon Ranger Station | 34.541982˚ N, 110.91398˚ W | Wiggins Crossing Rd, Wiggins Crossing Rd, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 04 | 106.034 | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 05 | Chevelon Creek | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 06 | 1997 site relocation survey | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 07 | Survey 1997 = Rockshelter with pictographs at Mormon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 08 | Survey 1997 = Rockshelter with pictographs at Mormon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 09 | 1997 site relocation survey | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 10 | 1997 site relocation survey | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 11 | 1998 patch-based survey | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 12 | 1998 auger-testing at Chevelon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 13 | 1998 auger-testing at Chevelon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 14 | 1998 auger-testing at Chevelon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 15 | 1998 auger-testing at Gramma Draw | ||
| 16 | 1999 excavations at Chevelon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 17 | 1999 excavations at Chevelon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 18 | 1999 excavations at Chevelon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 19 | 1999 excavations at Chevelon Crossing | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 20 | 1999 Chevelon Steps petroglyphs in lower Chevelon Creek Canyon | ||
| 21 | 1999 Chevelon Steps petroglyphs in lower Chevelon Creek Canyon | ||
| 22 | 1999 Chevelon Steps petroglyphs in lower Chevelon Creek Canyon | ||
| 23 | 1999 Chevelon Steps petroglyphs in lower Chevelon Creek Canyon | ||
| 24 | 2002 survey | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 25 | 2002 survey. Masonry room block: D1-13B RB1 (2002) | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 26 | 2002 survey. Pollen sampling locale: D1-13B RB2 fill near E. wall (facing S.) | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 27 | 2002 survey. Checkdam: W1 (2002) | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 28 | 2002 survey. Old burn: D1-34 (2002) | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 29 | 2002 survey. Rodeo fire from N. border of forest | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 30 | 2002 survey. PJ woodland: C6, E. of powerline | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 31 | MRSS ceramic densities | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 32 | MRSS lithic/ceramic ratio | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |
| 33 | MRSS structures | 34.585278˚ N, 110.78778˚ W | Forest Service Road 504, Forest Service Road 504, Sedona, Coconino, Arizona, United States< |