GOAT CAMP EXCAVATIONS 2026 Hey, Goat Campers! Alright, Summer is over (officially, anyway) and it’s time to get back to work at Goat Camp! We will start off the Fall season this Saturday, September 26. I know, we’re in the end phase of major excavation, but we still have a lot of work to do! And, aside from a chance of rain on Wednesday, the weather looks like it will cooperate and give us a great day for digging - dry, sunny, cool in the morning and low 80s by cleanup. Same time (0900-1500), same place. Our focus will be on Room 8 and exposing more of the floor, finishing the floor in Feature 30, backfilling Room 43, and starting work on some of the other features – wall definition, test units, etc. And, of course, stabilization, since the weather should be perfect. If this will be your first time with us, the work site is easy to find. In Payson, from the junction of the Beeline (SR87) and SR260, go north on 87. There will be two lights followed by two roundabouts. At the second roundabout turn right/east onto Tyler Parkway. The site is on top of a tall whitish and now somewhat brushy road cut and the trail up to it is on the north side of the road, east side of the road cut, 0.8 mi from the roundabout. Park on either side of the road. There will be a silver Xterra parked at the trailhead on the north side of the road where you will check in and be laden with equipment to schlep up the hill. Bring your lunch, gloves, water, sunscreen, maybe a jacket, and wear sturdy footgear. We will have tools and provide OJT. As always, please let me know if you are coming. See y'all in a few days! Cheers, ScottGoat Camp Bear Flat 9/26 10/11 10/10 11/8 11/7 12/13 if needed 12/12 That's all for now. I'll see y'all soon! Cheers, Scott 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 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
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SCREENING CLEANING ARTIFACTS
SORTING AND IDENTIFYING ARTIFACTS
JIM BRITTON STABILIZING A WALL |
public education through an interpretive package. Shoofly excavation reports are at the bottom of the 
