The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2A: Sites in the Roosevelt Dam Area

Author(s): James E. Ayres; A. E. Rogge; Melissa Keane; Diane L. Douglas; Everett J. Bassett; Diane L. Fenicle; Cindy L. Myers; Bonnie J. Clark; Karen Turnmire

Year: 1994

Summary

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 interpretations of each of the sites studied at the seven localities investigated. This report, Volume 2A, contains site descriptions for sites in the Roosevelt Dam area. Chapter 1 presents a short history of the construction of the dam and a description of our field methodology. Chapter 2 describes and interprets sites in the construction zone. Chapter 3 discusses sites on Government Hill where the U.S. Reclamation Service headquarters were located. Chapter 4 describes and interprets sites in the Newtown (the relocated town of Roosevelt) area, including the Roosevelt Cemetery. The sites along the Roosevelt Power Canal are discussed in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 details our findings at camps where Apache laborers and their families lived. Chapter 7 describes remnants of three historic roads, and Chapter 8 documents five other miscellaneous sites.

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The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2A: Sites in the Roosevelt Dam Area. James E. Ayres, A. E. Rogge, Melissa Keane, Diane L. Douglas, Everett J. Bassett, Diane L. Fenicle, Cindy L. Myers, Bonnie J. Clark, Karen Turnmire. Dames & Moore Intermountain Cultural Resource Services Research Paper No. 11. Phoenix, Arizona: Dames & Moore. 1994 ( tDAR id: 378149) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8959JD9

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Textile • Wood

Site Name
AZ U:4:26(ASM) • AZ U:8:139(ASM) • AZ U:8:140(ASM) • AZ U:8:141(ASM) • AZ U:8:142(ASM) • AZ U:8:143(ASM) • AZ U:8:144(ASM) • AZ U:8:145(ASM) • AZ U:8:146(ASM) • AZ U:8:147(ASM) • AZ U:8:148(ASM) • AZ U:8:158(ASM) • AZ U:8:159(ASM) • AZ U:8:160(ASM) • AZ U:8:161(ASM) • AZ U:8:162(ASM) • AZ U:8:163(ASM) • AZ U:8:164(ASM) • AZ U:8:165(ASM) • AZ U:8:166(ASM) • AZ U:8:167(ASM) • AZ U:8:168(ASM) • AZ U:8:169(ASM) • AZ U:8:170(ASM) • AZ U:8:171(ASM) • AZ U:8:172(ASM) • AZ U:8:173(ASM) • AZ U:8:174(ASM) • AZ U:8:60(ASM) • AZ V:5:83(ASM) • AZ V:5:84(ASM) • AZ V:5:85(ASM) • AZ V:5:86(ASM) • Bullpen • Cableway • Cement Mill • Cement Mill Camp • Clay Quarry Camp • Corral Camp • Cottonwood Creek Apache Camp • Cottonwood Creek Ditch Rider's House • Cottonwood Wash Foundation Site • Dam Tender's Residence/Construction Camp • Deadman Canyon Trash • Diversion Dam Indian Camp • East Annex • Government Hill • Grapevine Construction Camp • Grapevine Residences • High Road Camp • Jail • Lee-Cooper Ranch • Newtown • Newtown Camp • Newtown Trash • Old Globe High Line Road • Old State Route 188 • Powderhouse & Water Tank • Rock Creek Trash • Roosevelt Cemetery • Sandbox Residence • Sand Plant • Tonto Creek Road • Vineyard Canyon Trash • West Annex • Windy Hill Trash Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Encampment • Frame House • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Historic Structure • House • Midden • Reservoir • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Settlements • Structure • Trash Midden • Wikiup

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnohistoric Research • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Central Arizona Historic Sites • Dam Construction Camps • Historic Dam And Reservoir

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria River • Central Arizona • Humbug Creek • New Waddell Dam • Roosevelt Dam • Salt River • Verde River

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1890 to 1940

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.692; min lat: 33.372 ; max long: -111.088; max lat: 34.579 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Field Director(s): Cindy L. Myers

Principal Investigator(s): Cindy L. Myers; A. E. Rogge

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Permitting Agency(s): Arizona State Museum; US Forest Service

Repository(s): Western Archeological and Conservation Center; National Park Service

Prepared By(s): Dames & Moore

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

Report No.(s): DI-BR-APO-CCRS 94-2

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 6-CS-30-04360

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