GOAT CAMP EXCAVATIONS 2026 Hey, Goat Campers! We just finished up two solid days of washing and sorting, but we were unable to complete processing all the bags of artifacts from this last season. So, I’ve scheduled an additional day of lab for this Saturday, June 20, from 10 AM to 3 PM. Mostly what’s left for sorting is lithics and ground stone. There’s a fair amount of it but it shouldn’t be a hard day to get through it all. Bring your lunch and whatever you want to drink, but basins and brushes and pretty much all else will be provided. I may even let you use the indoor bathroom. We'll be working in the garage and you'll be out of the sun, with the fan on, but it will be warm so dress accordingly Let me know if you plan to join us for lab and I'll see y'all Saturday! Cheers, ScottGoat Camp Ruin (GCR): June 20 lab 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
EXCAVATION
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 
