Dead Horse Ranch State Park: An Archeological Overview

Author(s): Timothy J. Price

Year: 1988

Summary

On February 27, 1974, the Arizona State Parks Board adopted a Master Plan for Dead Horse State Ranch. The park covers some 320 acres. Though the proposed development plan has been altered on several occasions, it has included the construction of three man-made lakes for public fishing, the preservation of natural wildlife habitats and archaeological sites with appropriate interpretive programs, as well as the creation of hiking trails to afford recreational opportunities. Camping areas with drinking water, electrical hookups, and rest room facilities, together with picnic ramadas containing tables and fire pits,were also designed. In addition, a small tree nursery and a central visitor center were planned.

The planned park was located on land which had been cultivated historically and, therefore, necessitated extensive development before it could be utilized as a public park. Unfortunately, development often means destruction of archaeological remains. The interest in the area's cultural resources was of major concern to the Parks Board, which approved archeological reconnaissance followed by some mitigation. The work was conducted by several individuals, but their individual findings were not combined as a single report. Recognizing the benefit of a single document, the Parks Board recently recommended that all notes, preliminary reports, and maps be compiled together.

Cite this Record

Dead Horse Ranch State Park: An Archeological Overview. Timothy J. Price. Dragoon, AZ: The Amerind Foundation. 1988 ( tDAR id: 399340) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8SQ926C

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Ancestral Puebloan • Anglo • Apache • Cohonina • Euroamerican • Historic • Hohokam • Sinagua • Western Apache • Yavapai

Material
Amethyst Glass • Artiodactylia • Aves • Basalt • Bird • Black Mesa Black-on-Whiteware • Black-on-Grayware • Black-on-Redware • Black-on-Whiteware • Black-on-Yellowware • Blue-Green Glass • Bone • Brownware • Buffware • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chert • China • Cibola Black-on-Whiteware • Corn • Cottontail • Cottonwood • Deer • Even-Toed Ungulate • Fauna • Fish • Floyd Black-on-Grayware • Glass • Grayware • Hare • Holbrook Black-on-Whiteware • Human Remains • Jeddito Black-on-Yewlloware • Kayenta Black-on-Whiteware • Leporidae • Lepus sp. • Limestone • Macrobotanical • Mammal • Mammalia • Metal • Neotoma sp. • Odocoileus sp. • Orangeware • Pelecypoda • Peromyscus sp. • Pisces • Plainware • Pocket Gopher • Pollen • Prescott Grayware • Purple Glass • Red-on-Buffware • Redware • Reed Grass • Rodent • Rodentia • Sandstone • San Francisco Grayware? • San Francisco Mountain Grayware • Sosi Black-on-Whiteware • Sunset Plainware • Sylvilagus sp. • Thomomys sp. • Tizon Ware? • Tsegi Orangeware • Tusayan Black-on-Redware • Tusayan Whiteware • Tuzigoot Brownware • Tuzigoot Plainware • Tuzigoot Redware • Ungulate • Verde Brownware • Verde Grayware • White-Footed Mouse • White Mountain Redware? • Whiteware • Wingfield Plainware • Woodrat • Yellowware Show More

Site Name
AR-03-04-06-145 • AR-03-04-06-146 • AR-03-04-06-147 • AR-03-04-06-148 • AZ N:4:18 • DHR-1 • DHR-10 • DHR-13 • DHR-14 • DHR-19 • DHR-2 • DHR-20 • DHR-21 • DHR-3 • DHR-4 • DHR-5 • DHR-6 • DHR-8 • DHR-9 • Hall Site • Kish Site • S-1 • S-10 • S-11 • S-12 • S-14 • S-15 • S-16 • S-17 • S-18 • S-19 • S-2 • S-20 • S-21 • S-22 • S-23 • S-3 • S-4 • S-5 • S-6 • S-7 • S-8 • S-9 • The Hall Site Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ash Concentration • Ash Layer • Cave • Ceramic Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Foundation • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • Limestone Rock Circle • Limestone Room Block • Limestone Structure • Limestone Wall Outline • Lithic Scatter • Masonry Room Block • Masonry Structure • Midden • Milling Feature • Pit House • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Rock Circle • Rock Shelter • Room Block • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Stone Foundation • Stone Structure • Structure • Structure? • Tent Outline? • Wall Outline Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
.45-70 Case • Adult Burial • Bead • Button • Chert Drill • Corrugated Ware • Drill • Female Burial • Glass Bead • Slab Grinding Stone • Tusayan Corrugated Ware

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Cottonwood (County) • Dead Horse Ranch • Dead Horse Ranch State Park • Verde River • Verde Valley

Temporal Keywords
Camp Verde Phase • Historic • Honanki Phase • Prehistoric • Tuzigoot Phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.04; min lat: 34.732 ; max long: -111.997; max lat: 34.77 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Arizona State Parks

Prepared By(s): The Amerind Foundation, Inc.

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Text and figures on pages 9-10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 27-28, 30, and 32-33 have been redacted in this file.

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