Homesteading in the Depression: A Study of Two Short-Lived Homesteads in the Harquahala Valley, Arizona

Author(s): Pat H. Stein

Year: 1988

Summary

As a subcontractor to Northland Research, Inc., Archaeological Research Services, Inc. conducted a data recovery program at two historic sites which were affected by the construction of the Upper West Side Canal and Centennial Levee of the Central Arizona Project. Both sites are located in the Harquahala Valley of western Maricopa County, Arizona. Site AZ S:7:29(ASM) was the Enlarged (Dry Farm) Homestead of Hugh T. Stubblefield. It was occupied from 1930 or 1931 to mid 1933. Site AZ S:7:32(ASM) was the Enlarged (Dry Farm) Homestead of Lyman C. Mason and was occupied from 1929 to early- or mid-1930.

Data recovery at the Stubblefield and Mason homesteads had several goals. The first was to document, in a systematic and intensive manner, the architecture and material culture of the sites, because both would be destroyed by the Central Arizona Project features. The second was to derive culture histories for the sites using archival, interview, and archaeological data sets. Beyond these immediate goals, data recovery focused on the collection of data relevant to four areas of research interest. Three of these dealt with the sensitivity of archaeological data to the behavioral systems which generated them. The fourth examined the relationship of ideal behavior, as structured by national homestead laws, to actual behavior, as seen in the interpretation and application of such laws at the local level.

Cite this Record

Homesteading in the Depression: A Study of Two Short-Lived Homesteads in the Harquahala Valley, Arizona. Pat H. Stein. 1988 ( tDAR id: 53592) ; doi:10.6067/XCV853592

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Catridges • Ceramic • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AZ S:7:29 (ASM) • AZ S:7:32 (ASM) • HVID 13 • HVID 4 • Mason Homestead • Stubblefield Homestead

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Concrete House Pad • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House • Outhouse • Pit • Trash Dump • Well

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnographic Research • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Bureau of Reclamation • Central Arizona Project • History

Geographic Keywords
04999 (Fips Code) • All Counties (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Harquahala Valley • Maricopa (County) • North America (Continent) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
1920s -1930s • 1930's • Mid 20th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1930 to 1933 (Occupation for the size of AZ S:7:29 (ASM))

Spatial Coverage

min long: -113.283; min lat: 33.493 ; max long: -113.249; max lat: 33.537 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Principal Investigator(s): Lyle M. Stone

Project Director(s): James E. Ayres

Sponsor(s): U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Prepared By(s): Northland Research, Inc.; Archaeological Research Services, Inc.

Record Identifiers

Task No.(s): 12

Contract(s): 3-PA-30-00470

NADB document id number(s): 2203925

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00030580

NADB citation id number(s): 000000168027

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