GOAT CAMP EXCAVATIONS 2026 Hey, Goat Campers (and Bear Flatters)! Goat Camp We are still go for work at Goat Camp on Saturday. There is only a slight chance of any more rain this week so conditions should be good for getting back into Room 8, etc. Our focus will be on Room 8 and exposing more of the floor, finishing the floor in Feature 30 if it’s dry enough, backfilling Room 43, and continuing work on some of the other features that we started last time when it was too wet to work on Room 8. And, of course, stabilization, assuming the moisture conditions on site are OK. If this will be your first time with us, the work site is easy to find. Bring your lunch, gloves, lots of water, sunscreen, maybe a jacket, and wear sturdy footgear. We will have tools and provide OJT. Alas, the damage wreaked by Tonto Creek and Thompson Draw during the recent flooding has undone us for work at Bear Flat this Sunday. We’ll have to wait for our next scheduled work day there, December 13, and hope for better weather and a good road crew in the intervening weeks. However, this does present us with an opportunity. Since I was already planning on working Sunday, we could get some additional work done on Goat Camp instead, maybe some more clearing and wall definition of outlying rooms. So, if anyone would like to pull a double shift or just would rather work Sunday than Saturday, let me know. As always, please let me know if you are coming – and which day(s). See y'all in a few days! Cheers, Scott Goat Camp Bear Flat 11/7 & 11/8 12/12 12/13 if needed Online from April 23, 2022 drone view of 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. Ceramic Checklist First Season Report Master Development Plan Third Season Report Excavation and Stabilization Plan Fourth Season Report Goat Camp 2018 Fall Plan Fifth Season Report Goat Camp 2019 Spring Plan Sixth Season Report Goat Camp 2020 Spring Plan Seventh Season Report Goat Camp 2020 Fall Plan Rev Eighth Season progress impeded by pandemic Goat Camp 2021 Spring Plan Ninth Season Report Virus Protocol Rev Tenth Season Report
EXCAVATION
SCREENING CLEANING ARTIFACTS
SORTING AND IDENTIFYING ARTIFACTS
JIM BRITTON STABILIZING A WALL |
