Treatment Plan for Archaeological Resources and Historic Structures and Buildings at Williams Air Force Base, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): David H. Greenwald; Douglas R. Mitchell; Mary-Ellen Walsh-Anduze

Year: 1995

Summary

Archaeological investigations at Williams Air Force Base (WAFB), located in southeast Maricopa County, Arizona, were initiated in response to the 1991 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission’s (the Closure Commission) recommendation to close WAFB following the passage of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (the Closure Act) (Public Law 101-510, Title XXIX).

SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, conducted a cultural resource inventory on approximately 2000 acres of all portions of WAFB that had not been inventoried previously or were not occupied by existing facilities; inventory documents from previous investigations were examined as well. Three cultural properties (sites) were known from previous archaeological investigations at WAFB and on parcels adjacent to the base. The Midvale Site, AZ U:10:24(ASU), which lies under much of the administrative and residential area of the base, had already been surveyed and listed on the NRHP. The other two cultural properties (AZ U:10:20[ASU] and AZ U:10:25[ASU]) were re-examined and included in the evaluation process; the Midvale Site received no additional study.

The cultural resource inventory for the 2000-acre portion of the base not previously inventoried resulted in the discovery and recording of nine additional sites (AZ U:10:60[ASM] through AZ U:10:68[ASM]). In order to define site boundaries and determine NRHP eligibility, a subsurface testing phase subsequently was implemented at eleven sites. Determination of boundaries during this phase was primarily for planning purposes and was not meant to be definitive. Following testing, 13 sites were defined within the base, including one site (a canal) that had not been identified during the cultural resource inventory. One of these sites is listed on the NRHP, four sites are not considered eligible for the NRHP, and eight sites are considered eligible for the NRHP.

Revised treatment plan in accordance with the May 18, 1995 Programmatic Agreement.

Cite this Record

Treatment Plan for Archaeological Resources and Historic Structures and Buildings at Williams Air Force Base, Maricopa County, Arizona, 70. David H. Greenwald, Douglas R. Mitchell, Mary-Ellen Walsh-Anduze. 1995 ( tDAR id: 413692) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8413692

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Classic Period Hohokam • Colonial Hohokam • Euroamerican • Historic • Hohokam • Late Classic Piman • Middle Archaic • Protohistoric Piman • Sedentary Hohokam

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AZ U:10:20(ASU) • AZ U:10:24(ASU) • AZ U:10:25(ASU) • AZ U:10:60(ASM) • AZ U:10:61(ASM) • AZ U:10:65(ASM) • AZ U:10:66(ASM) • AZ U:10:68(ASM) • AZ U:10:77(ASM)

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Burial Pit • Canal or Canal Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Fence • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • House • Midden • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Reservoir • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Treatment Plan

Geographic Keywords
Maricopa (County) • Mesa, AZ • Williams Airforce Base

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.694; min lat: 33.295 ; max long: -111.662; max lat: 33.322 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Richard Anduze; Todd Howell; Don W. Ryden

Repository(s): Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants; Ryden Architects

Submitted To(s): HALLIBURTON, NUS; Williams Air Force Base, AZ

Record Identifiers

SWCA Archaeological Report No.(s): 95-70

SRP Library Call No.(s): E78.W555M58 1995

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00090903

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