The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2C: Sites at Other Dams Along the Salt and Verde Rivers

Author(s): Diane L. Douglas; A. E. Rogge; Karen Turnmire; Melissa Keane; James E. Ayres

Editor(s): J. Simon Bruder

Year: 1994

Summary

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) contains technical site reports for the seven locales studied. This volume, Volume 2C, contains technical site reports for the sites along the Salt and Verde rivers associated with the construction of all major dams on these rivers other than Roosevelt Dam. The prologue provides an ovetview of the project and discusses the study goals and methods. Chapter 1 describes and interprets the Mormon Flat Dam construction camp site. Chapter 2 describes and interprets the Horse Mesa Dam construction camp site. Chapter 3 discusses three sites in the Stewart Mountain Dam area. Chapter 4 describes and interprets two sites that are the remnants of the Bartlett Dam construction camp. Chapter 5 focuses on the Horseshoe Dam construction camp, but also briefly documents the remnants of a house on a nearby historic homestead. The epilogue summarizes the nature of the archaeological and historical records regarding the studied construction camps, and briefly compares and contrasts these 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s temporary construction communities.

Cite this Record

The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2C: Sites at Other Dams Along the Salt and Verde Rivers. Diane L. Douglas, A. E. Rogge, Karen Turnmire, Melissa Keane, James E. Ayres, J. Simon Bruder. Dames & Moore Intermountain Cultural Resource Services Research Paper No. 13. Phoenix, Arizona: Dames & Moore. 1994 ( tDAR id: 378151) ; doi:10.6067/XCV81N81ZN

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American

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

Site Name
AZ U:2:39(ASM) • AZ U:2:40(ASM) • AZ U:2:41(ASM) • AZ U:2:42(ASM) • AZ U:6:194(ASM) • AZ U:6:195(ASM) • AZ U:6:26(ASM) • AZ U:7:4(ASM) • AZ U:7:5(ASM) • Bartlett Dam Lower Construction Camp • Bartlett Dam Upper Construction Camp • Construction Camp and Dude Ranch Trash Dump • Dam Tender's Trash • Horse Mesa Dam Construction Camp • Horseshoe Dam Construction Camp • Lopez Homestead • Mormon Flat Dam Construction Camp • Stewart Mountain Dam Construction Camp

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Communal / Public Structure • Dam construction camps • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Hearth • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Historic Structure • Homestead sites • House • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements • Trash Midden

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): Everett J. Bassett

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

Project Director(s): A. E. Rogge

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

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

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

Prepared By(s): Dames & Moore

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

Record Identifiers

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

Report No.(s): DI-BR-APO-CCRS 94-4

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