Southern Arizona the Last 12,000 Years: A Cultural-Historic Overview for the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site

Author(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Richard Ciolek-Torello; Matthew A. Sterner

Year: 1994

Summary

This report presents an overview of the prehistoric and historic archaeological resources in the proposed Western Army National Guard Aviation Training site (WAATS) in south-central Arizona prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (COE). The purpose of this overview was to provide WAATS with a Class I Survey representing the initial step in the assessment of potential impacts to cultural resources in this large region as a result of helicopter over flights and landings between Fort Huachuca in the San Pedro Valley and the Barry M. Goldwater Range in southwestern Arizona. The overview was part of a general literature search and records check, the results of which were submitted under separate cover to the COE. The overview was also done in conjunction with a sample archaeological survey of the 80,000-acre WAATS gunnery range on the Goldwater range. Relevant sections of the overview provided the cultural and historical background for the survey.

The overview area encompasses much of south-central Arizona and embraces three major prehistoric cultural regions the San Pedro Valley, Tucson Basin, and the Papaguería. The overview presents brief descriptions of the major known archaeological resources and provides a concise evaluation of our current understanding of archaeological and historical research in each region from 12,000 B.P. to the 1940s. The report is organized by prehistoric, protohistoric, and historic periods and also by region. Previous archaeological investigations in each region are reviewed and important prehistoric and historic research domains or themes are identified. Past research is then reviewed in terms of these themes, and directions for future research are addressed.

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Southern Arizona the Last 12,000 Years: A Cultural-Historic Overview for the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site. Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-Torello, Matthew A. Sterner. Technical Series ,48. Tucson, AZ: SRI Press. 1994 ( tDAR id: 425947) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8425947

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Keywords

Culture
Apache • Archaic • Clovis • Early Archaic • Euroamerican • Folsom • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Kohatk • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • PaleoIndian • Patayan • Spanish • Tohono O'odham • Trincheras • Yuman

Material
Basketry • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Ground Stone • Shell

Site Name
Alder Wash Ruin • Arroyo Site • AZ BB:6:9 • AZ FF:9:I (ASM) • Babocomari • Bat Cave • Batki • Big Ditch • Boss Ranch • Box Canyon • Brady Wash Site • Brickyard • Buried Dune • Cake Ranch Site • Cave Creek • Cerro Prieto • Citrus site • Clanton Draw • Coffee Camp • Cortaro Fan Site • Curtis Site • Dairy Site • Dakota Wash • Double Adobe • El Arbolito • Escapule • Fastimes • Fortified Hill • Gatlin site • Gecko site • Glass Ranch • Gleeson • Gold Gulch • Gu Achi • Hardy SIte • Hawk's Nest site • Hind site • Hodges Ruin • Houghton Road site • Jackrabbit Ruin • Kuykendall • La Paloma • Lehner Site • Leikem • Lonetree Site • Los Morteros • Los Rectangulos • Los Robles Archaeological District • Marana Platform Mound Site • Matty Canyon • McClellan Wash Site • Mesa Top Site • Milagro Site • Mogollon Village • Murray Springs • Naco • Pendleton Ruin • Picacho Pass Site • Point of Pines • Punta de Agua • Rabid Ruin • Ramsey Canyon Complex • Red Rock Reservoir • Redtail Site • Reeve Ruin • Ringo site • Ripley • Rosemont • San Simon Village • Second Canyon Ruin • Shelltown • Slaughter Ranch • Snaketown • Sulphur Spring • Tanque Verde Wash Site • Tator Hills Site • Texas Canyon Site • Tres Alamos Ruin • Tularosa Cave • Valencia Road • Valshni Village • Ventana Canyon • Ventana Cave • Water World • West Branch Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Intaglio / Geoglyph • Isolated Feature • Petroglyph • Pictograph • Quarry • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Art • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research

Geographic Keywords
Casa Grande • Papaguería Region Arizona • San Pedro River • San Pedro Valley • Santa Cruz Flats • Santa Cruz River • Southern Arizona • Tucson Basin

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Historic Period • Hohokam • PaleoIndian • Protohistoric • Spanish Colonial Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.478; min lat: 31.868 ; max long: -110.171; max lat: 33.064 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): SRI Press

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Ciolek-Torello

Project Director(s): Matthew A. Sterner; Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Collaborator(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Landowner(s): Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (WAATS)

Prepared By(s): Statistical Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District

Record Identifiers

Delivery Order(s): No. 5

Contract No.(s): DACA-00-09-89-D-0013

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