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GOAT CAMP EXCAVATIONS SPRING 2024

Hey Goat Campers!

We might finally be out from under the weather for a while - it's supposed to be dry and sunny all week with nearly ideal digging temperatures on Saturday the 11th, so let's get back to work! As always, we'll meet at the trailhead at 0900 and work until 1500, with our typical break for lunch at noon. Bring your gloves, your water and lunch. High should be mid 70s-ish, cooler in the morning so dress accordingly. If you have your own tools, that's fine, but if not we have plenty. As always, please let me know if you are planning to join us.

Cheers,

Scott

Here is a schedule for Spring 2024:

Field

May11, 25

June 1

Field and Lab

June 8, 9, ?

Cheers and stay safe,

Scott

Scott Wood, retired Tonto archaeologist and Rim Country Adviser, leads the excavations at Goat Camp.

Online from April 10, 2022 “Goat Camp Virtual Field Trip” with archaeologist J. Scott Wood sponsored by Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS), Tucson

Online from June 17, 2021 “The Goat Camp Ruin Project Volunteer Archaeology in Central Arizona” with J. Scott Wood for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center

AAS Goat Camp Tour Sept. 17, 2022

Goat Camp Ruin is located in Payson and was occupied from about 750 to 1280 AD. The site was originally a Hohokam colony that continued to be occupied through the Classic Period. The Classic Period occupation is called "Payson Tradition" or "Northern Salado". After several changes in ownership and extensive pot-hunting, the city of Payson took over ownership of the site. The Rim Country Chapter, with Scott Wood’s assistance, proposed creating an archaeological interpretive site as well as a hiking trail for this 6-acre parcel of land, similar to that of nearby Shoofly Ruin. Scott has led groups of volunteers each spring and fall for the past few years excavating and interpreting areas within the overall complex. The goal is not rebuilding or total excavation, but knowledge and public education through an interpretive package. Shoofly excavation reports are at the bottom of the Rim Chapter webpage.