Tonto National Monument, Arizona

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WACC documents associated with archaeological work at the park.

Site Name Keywords
AZ U:8:48 (ASM) • Tonto National Monument • Upper Ruin • Lower Ruin • Upper Cliff Dwelling

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Non-Domestic Structures • Archaeological Feature

Culture Keywords
Salado • Archaic • Hohokam • Historic • Yavapai • Apache

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Stabilization • Systematic Survey • Archaeological Overview • Site Evaluation / Testing

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Shell • Fire Cracked Rock • Building Materials • Human Remains

Geographic Keywords
Arizona • Tonto Basin • Gila County (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • US (ISO Country Code) • USA (Country)

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  • Archeological Investigation of Rooms 15 and 16 at the Upper Cliff Dwelling (AZ U:8:48 [ASM]), Tonto National Monument (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory L. Fox.

    Fox, Gregory L., Western Archeological and Conservation Center, 1415 North Sixth Avenue. Tucson, AZ 85705. ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF ROOMS 15 AND 16 AT THE UPPER CLIFF DWELLING (AZ U:8:48 [ASM]), TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT The Upper Cliff Dwelling (AZ U:8:48 lASM)) at Tonto National Monument is a Gila phase site (ca. A.D. 1350-1450) that is a contributing property to the Tonto National Monument National Register District. Continuing water and rodent disturbances to archeological deposits...

  • Archeological Investigations at the Upper Ruin, Tonto National Monument Part 1 Salvage Excavations at the Upper Ruin, AZ U:8:48 (ASM) - 1995 (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory L. Fox. Elaine A. Guthrie.

    Fox, Gregory L, Western Archeological and Conservation Center, 1415 North Sixth Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705. SALVAGE EXCAVATIONS AT THE UPPER RUIN (AZ U:8:48)-1995, TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT Continuing water damage to adobe and masonry structures in the Upper Ruin (AZ U:8:48), Tonto National Monument, required archeological excavations to mitigate the adverse effects of stabilization efforts in this Gila-phase cliff dwelling. The data-recovery project was required under Section 106 ofthe National...

  • A Research Design for the Upper and Lower Ruins, Tonto National Monument (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark D. Elson.

    Tonto National Monument, in the Tonto Basin of central Arizona, contains two well-known cliff dwelling sites: the Upper Ruin (AZ U:8:49 [ASM]) and the Lower Ruin and South and North Annex (AZ U:8:47 [ASM]). The integrity of both of these sites, but particularly the Upper Ruin, is threatened by natural deterioration and continued ground disturbance from rodent and water action. Mitigating these disturbances may entail subsurface archaeological excavation in future years. The research design...

  • Tonto National Monumemnt: An Archaeological Survey: Archaeological Investigations in the Tonto Basin, Central Arizona (1985)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Martyn D. Tagg.

    This report represents an inventory of the cultural resources within Tonto National Monument in central Arizona. It describes the results of the 100-percent survey of the monument, presents a discussion of previous work done in the Tonto Basin and of the cultural history and natural setting of the regIon. This is followed by site descriptions, artifact analyses and results, interpretations of the subsistence patterns and external relationships of the inhabitants of the sites, and chronology of...

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