The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona
Site Name Keywords
Camp Dyer •
Camp Pleasant •
Cement Mill •
Sand Plant •
East Annex •
West Annex •
Roosevelt Cemetery •
High Road Camp •
Deadman Canyon Trash •
AZ U:8:139(ASM)
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Settlements •
Encampment •
Domestic Structures •
House •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Ball Court •
Communal / Public Structure •
Historic Communal / Public Structure
Other Keywords
Historic Dam And Reservoir •
Dam Construction Camps •
Central Arizona Historic Sites
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
Apache •
Salado
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Ethnohistoric Research •
Historic Background Research •
Collections Research •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Heritage Management •
Systematic Survey •
Architectural Documentation
Material Types
Glass •
Metal •
Ceramic •
Building Materials •
Fauna •
Wood •
Textile •
Chipped Stone •
Macrobotanical •
Ground Stone
Temporal Keywords
Historic Period
Geographic Keywords
Salt River •
Verde River •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
Humbug Creek •
Central Arizona •
Roosevelt Dam •
New Waddell Dam •
Agua Fria River
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The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona
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In June 1986, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded a three-year contract for historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Central Arizona Project's Regulatory Storage Division, designated as Plan 6. These studies involved investigations at approximately 50 archaeological sites in 7 localities. The sites were destroyed, damaged, or altered as a result of constructing Plan 6, which created a regulatory reservoir for the CAP as well as repaired or replaced other dams...
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Historical Archaeological Investigations at Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona: First Annual Report (1987)
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In June 1986, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded a three-year contract for historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Central Arizona Project's Regulatory Storage Division, designated as Plan 6. This study focuses on reconstructing the social history of the workers and their families who lived in several temporary dam construction camps dating from the 1890s to 1940s. The first chapter discusses experience in managing the study during the first year of the...
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Historical Archaeological Investigations at Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona: Second Annual Report (1988)
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In June 1986, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded a three year contract for historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Central Arizona Project's Regulatory Storage Division, designated as Plan 6. This study focuses on reconstructing the social history of the workers and their families who lived in several temporary dam construction camps dating from the 1890s to 1940s. The first chapter discusses experience in managing the study during the second year of the...
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The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 1: Synthesis (1994)
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In June 1986, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract for historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Central Arizona Project's Regulatory Storage Division, designated as Plan 6. This study focused on reconstructing the social history of the workers and their families who lived in several temporary dam construction camps dating from the 1890s through the 1940s. This document, the first in a series of three volumes that constitute the final...
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The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2A: Sites in the Roosevelt Dam Area (1994)
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In June 1986 the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract to conduct historical archaeology studies as part of the mitigation program for the Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) of the Central Arizona Project. Final reports on these studies are being issued in three volumes under the title The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona. Volume 1 is a synthesis of the entire project. Volume 3 details laboratory methods. Volume 2 contains descriptions and...
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The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2B: Sites in the New Waddell Dam Area (1994)
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In June 1986 the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract to conduct historical archaeology studies as part of the mitigation program for the Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) of the Central Arizona Project. Final reports of these studies are being issued in three volumes. Volume I is a synthesis of the entire project. Volume 3 details laboratory methods. Volume 2 contains descriptions and interpretations of each of the sites studied at the seven localities investigated. This...
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The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2C: Sites at Other Dams Along the Salt and Verde Rivers (1994)
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In June 1986 the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract for historical archaeology studies as part of the mitigation program for the Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) of the Central Arizona Project. Final reports on these studies are being issued in three volumes under the title, The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona. Volume 1: Synthesis (1994) summarizes the entire project, Volume 3 (1986) details laboratory methods, and Volume 2 (1994)...
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The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 3: Laboratory Methods and Data Computerization (1989)
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In June 1986 the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract for historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) of the Central Arizona Project. This study focused on reconstructing the social history of the workers and their families who lived in several temporary dam construction camps dating from the 1890s to the 1940s. This is the third (of three) volumes of the final technical report. This volume summarizes the...
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Humbug! The Historical Archaeology of Placer Mining on Humbug Creek in Central Arizona (1922)
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In June 1986 the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract for historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) of the Central Arizona Project. While investigating dam construction camps along the Agua Fria River near Lake Pleasant, we discovered remnants of a late nineteenth century hydraulic mining complex along Humbug Creek. The southern portion of this complex is within the flood pool of the New Waddell Dam. This...
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A Plan for Archaeological Investigations at Historic Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona (1987)
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In June 1986, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded a three-year contract to Dames & Moore to undertake historical archaeological studies as part of the mitigation program for the Regulatory Storage Division (Plan 6) of the Central Arizona Project. This report presents a plan for guiding this research which will investigate about 45 archaeological sites. The proposed primary goal is to produce a social history of life in temporary construction camps at seven major water storage dams built in central...