San Rafael State Natural Area Reports and Documentation

Part of: Arizona State Parks Reports and Documentation

This collection contains reports pertinent to San Rafael State Natural Area. Document types may include site stabilization reports, site evaluation or survey reports, expert consultations, ground disturbance monitoring, excavation reports, architectural documentation or survey, heritage management plans and evaluations, historic background research, and inventory and records searches.


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  • Cultural Resources Survey of Three Parcels within the San Rafael State Park, Santa Cruz County, Arizona (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

    This report presents the results of a cultural resources survey of three small parcels of land located within the San Rafael State Park in Santa Cruz County. The work was requested HDR Engineering, Inc. to determine whether road improvements and the construction of a new parking lot will have any effect on significant archaeological or historical remains that may be present. William H. Doelle, Ph.D., of Desert Archaeology, Inc., is the Principal Investigator for the project. Homer Thiel of...

  • The San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant River Corridor Survey, Volume I (2001)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text A.C. MacWilliams.

    The foremost goal of this project was recording all archaeological and paleontological finds in the riparian corridor the Santa Cruz River, on the San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant. Results of this full-coverage survey are intended to be useful for determining land management in the corridor. Observations about site boundaries, disturbance and potential for in-place buried deposits contribute to meeting these objectives. At the same time, these results are intended to provide information from a...

  • The San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant River Corridor Survey, Volume II: Site Maps (2001)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text A.C. MacWilliams.

    The foremost goal of this project was recording all archaeological and paleontological finds in the riparian corridor the Santa Cruz River, on the San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant. Results of this full-coverage survey are intended to be useful for determining land management in the corridor. Observations about site boundaries, disturbance and potential for in-place buried deposits contribute to meeting these objectives. At the same time, these results are intended to provide information from a...

  • Structural Investigation: San Rafael Ranch State Park, Lochiel, Arizona (2002)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text KPFF Consulting Engineers.

    The report contains findings from a structural engineering investigation of the San Rafael Ranch State Park, Lochiel, AZ. The review is prepared for Arizona State Parks in order to assess the structural condition of the Ranch House, especially the porch, cursory review of the other dilapidated buildings on site, and recommend any further analysis and/or investigations required.

  • Vertebrate and Invertebrate Paleontological Remains: San Rafael Ranch State Park, Arizona State Parks (2001)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jim I. Mead. Harold D. Dyer.

    Arizona State Parks (ASP) required the assessment of bones found exposed along the arroyo cut of the San Pedro River in San Rafael Valley, Santa Cruz County, southeastern Arizona. These remains held potential of being: 1) modern cattle (Bos) remains; 2) Spanish-age cattle (Bos); 3) Holocene-age Bison; or 4) Rancholabrean-age (> 11,000 B.P.) Bison or other large ungulate remains. This was the initial reason to enter lands held by San Rafael Ranch State Park (SRRSP). Cathy Johnson (ASP) contacted...