Research Design for the Investigation of Cultural Resources Along the Granite Reef Aqueduct and Transmission Lines, Central Arizona Project

Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed a general research design for completion of archaeological survey and mitigation of cultural resources that would be impacted by the construction of the Granite Reef Aqueduct for the Central Arizona Project.
Because it was not possible to specify the extent of the work to be completed at the initiation of the project, general guidelines were set up for the scheduling of individual cultural resource study tasks which corresponded to specific construction units or reaches. Each task was a self contained subunit of the overall project, initiated by the approval of a budget and scheduling proposal and summarized in an interim report. The subdivided structure of the "on-call" cultural resource study facilitated a multistage approach to the investigation.
The investigations culminated in the identification of a pattern of secondary resource zone exploitation in the desert areas between the river valleys. Researchers defined and described a secondary resource zone as an area which did not support a permanent population, but was utilized intermittently, probably on a seasonal basis, in the exploitation of wild plant and animal food resources by people whose primary subsistence was derived from a different zone.

受美国垦务局（Bureau of Reclamation）委托，亚利桑那州立大学人类学系文化资源管理办公室（Office of Cultural Resource Management, OCRM）完成了一项通用研究设计，用于开展考古调查并缓解中央亚利桑那工程（Central Arizona Project）花岗岩礁渡槽（Granite Reef Aqueduct）建设可能波及的文化资源损毁风险。由于项目启动阶段无法明确待完成工作的覆盖范围，研究团队针对匹配具体施工单元或区段的单项文化资源研究任务的排期制定了通用执行准则。每项任务均为整体项目的独立子单元，需经预算与排期提案获批后方可启动，并以中期报告形式汇总阶段性成果。这种“按需待命”（on-call）式文化资源研究的细分架构，为调查工作采用多阶段推进模式提供了支撑。本次调查最终揭示了河谷间荒漠区域内次级资源区的开发利用模式。研究人员将次级资源区定义为：无永久定居人口，但会被以其他区域为主要生计来源的人群间歇性（大概率按季节周期）利用，以采集野生动植物食物资源的区域。