Theodore Roosevelt Dam Studies: Map of Project and Investigation Areas for the Mitigation Program

The Theodore Roosevelt dam studies impact mitigation program consisted of three data recovery studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The research was necessary to mitigate any adverse effects related to modifying and raising the height of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam in the Tonto Basin. A planning team composed of archaeologists from the Bureau of Reclamation, Tonto National Forest, and the State Historic Preservation Office developed a program of multiple, parallel projects to complete the impact mitigation studies for the Roosevelt Dam modifications. The goal established by the planning team was to treat the prehistoric sites as part of regional systems. Most of the research effort was directed at sites that lay within the limits of the expanded reservoir, but sites beyond the reservoir were also included. Each of the three projects examined one or more clusters of sites at different locations around the reservoir. "The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study" focused on sites of the Salado period, especially on platform mounds and the residential compounds clustered around the mounds. The Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM) conducted the work for the platform mound study. A second project, "The Roosevelt Community Development Study", examined the developments that took place in the centuries leading up to the appearance of platform mounds. This research was conducted at a series of sites on the northern bank of the Salt River opposite the Roosevelt Platform Mound Study's Pinto Creek Complex sites. Desert Archaeology, Inc. conducted the work for the Roosevelt Community Development study. The third project, "The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study", examined small sites located away from the larger prehistoric villages for the purpose of determining the importance of nonriverine settings in the adaptive strategies of the people of the Tonto Basin. It involved work at six different locations around the perimeter of Roosevelt Lake. Statistical Research, Inc. completed the research for the third study. The map shows each study's project and investigation areas. The studies are labeled by the cultural resource management firm that conducted that study. This black and white map was published in many of the report volumes that were published to report the results of the three studies.西奥多·罗斯福大坝影响缓解项目由三项数据恢复研究组成，该项目由美国垦务局（Bureau of Reclamation）资助，旨在调查西奥多·罗斯福大坝周边汤托盆地（Tonto Basin）的史前史。开展此项研究是为了缓解因改造并加高汤托盆地内的西奥多·罗斯福大坝可能带来的各类不利影响。 由美国垦务局、汤托国家森林（Tonto National Forest）及州历史保护办公室（State Historic Preservation Office）的考古学家组成的规划团队，制定了多项并行研究计划，以完成罗斯福大坝改造工程的影响缓解研究。规划团队确立的研究目标是将史前遗址纳入区域系统的一部分进行研究。大部分研究工作聚焦于扩建后的水库库区范围内的遗址，但也涵盖了库区之外的遗址。 三项研究各针对水库周边不同位置的一处或多处遗址群展开。“罗斯福平台丘研究”聚焦萨拉多时期（Salado period）的遗址，尤其是平台丘及环绕丘体分布的居住建筑群。亚利桑那州立大学文化资源管理办公室（Office of Cultural Resource Management, OCRM）负责该平台丘研究的实施。第二项研究为“罗斯福社区发展研究”，旨在考察平台丘出现之前数百年间的社会发展进程。该项研究的田野工作开展于盐河北岸的一系列遗址，与“罗斯福平台丘研究”的平托溪综合体（Pinto Creek Complex）遗址隔河相望。沙漠考古公司（Desert Archaeology, Inc.）承接了该社区发展研究的工作。第三项研究为“罗斯福乡村遗址研究”，通过对远离大型史前村落的小型遗址展开调研，以明确非河岸环境在汤托盆地先民适应策略中的重要性。该研究覆盖罗斯福湖（Roosevelt Lake）周边6处不同点位，由统计研究公司（Statistical Research, Inc.）完成全部研究工作。 本地图标注了各项研究的项目范围与调查区域，以承担研究工作的文化资源管理公司名称为标识。这张黑白地图曾被收录于报告三项研究成果的多卷研究报告中。