El Rio Bonito: An Ethnoecological Study of the Bonita Creek Watershed, Southeastern Arizona

Author(s): Diana Hadley; Richard V.N. Ahlstrom; Scott Mills

Year: 1993

Summary

The Bureau of Land Management is aware of the evidence for long-term human habitation along Bonita Creek. It has been said that, at times during the last century, Bonita Creek was home to perhaps dozens of families. Details of this period of occupation are, however, wanting. In addition, the town of Safford has been drawing substantial quantities of water from Bonita Creek for many years.

How has this history of human use affected the environment of Bonita Creek? To answer this question, the Bureau of Land Management instituted the Bonita Creek Watershed Ethnoecology Study.The goals of this study were set out in the Bureau's solicitation of proposals.

This report addresses the ecological condition of the Bonita Creek Watershed since around A.D. 1800. It is concerned with two contiguous study areas. The primary study area is the lower portion of the watershed, south of the San Carlos Apache Reservation. The Bureau of Land Management has the responsibility for the present and future conditions of this area. A secondary study area is the upper watershed, that is, the part on Apache land. In the primary study area, our report deals with specific places (including archaeological sites), peoples, and events. For the secondary study area, the discussion is less site specific; it focuses instead on general patterns of land use.

Cite this Record

El Rio Bonito: An Ethnoecological Study of the Bonita Creek Watershed, Southeastern Arizona. Diana Hadley, Richard V.N. Ahlstrom, Scott Mills. 1993 ( tDAR id: 427924) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8427924

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Mimbres

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Shell

Site Name
1st Chinamen Place • AR-044-368 • AR-52 • AR-818 • BC-1 • BC-10 • BC-11 • BC-12 • BC-4 • BC-5 • BC-7 • BC-9 • Bianes-Chacon-Baker-Earven-Claridge Ranch • Bonita Creek Cabin • CC:2:1 (BLM) • CC:2:11 (BLM) • CC:2:140 (BLM) • CC:2:141 (BLM) • CC:2:142 (BLM) • CC:2:143 (BLM) • CC:2:2 (BLM) • CC:2:22 (BLM) • CC:2:3 (BLM) • CC:2:44 (BLM) • CC:2:5 (BLM) • CC:2:56 (BLM) • CC:2:57 (BLM) • CC:2:59 (BLM) • CC:2:60 (BLM) • CC:2:8 (BLM) • CC:3:14 (BLM) • CC:3:20 (BLM) • CC:3:21 (BLM) • CC:3:24 (BLM) • CC:3:31 (BLM) • CC:3:49 (BLM) • CC:3:51 (BLM) • CC:3:52 (BLM) • CC:3:56 (BLM) • CC:3:64 (BLM) • CC:3:65 (BLM) • CC:3:66 (BLM) • CC:3:67 (BLM) • Ceremonial Cave • Chinaman's Place • Christensen Place • Colored George's Cabin • Farrell Place • Honeymoon Cabin • HS-140 • Jones Ranch • Kearny Campsite • Moore Place • Old Lady Gay Place • Pueblo Devol • Ray Claridge's Place • Safford-Morenci Trail • Serna Place • Toppy Johnson Place • W:14:1 (ASM) • W:14:1 (BLM) • W:14:10 (BLM) • W:14:11 (ASM) • W:14:11 (BLM) • W:14:12 (BLM) • W:14:13 (ASM) • W:14:13 (BLM) • W:14:14 (ASM) • W:14:14 (BLM) • W:14:15 (BLM) • W:14:16 (BLM) • W:14:17 (BLM) • W:14:18 (BLM) • W:14:19 (BLM) • W:14:20 (BLM) • W:14:3 (BLM) • W:14:4 (ASM) • W:14:4 (BLM) • W:14:5 (ASM) • W:14:5 (BLM) • W:14:6 (ASM) • W:14:6 (BLM) • W:14:7 (ASM) • W:14:7 (BLM) • W:14:8 (ASM) • W:14:8 (BLM) • W:14:9 (BLM) Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Canal or Canal Feature • Cave • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Fence • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • House • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Settlements • Structure • Trail

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Collections Research • Environment Research • Ethnographic Research • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Ethnoecology

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Bonita Creek • Gila River • Graham (County) • Safford, AZ • San Carlos Apache Reservation • Southeastern Arizona Region

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.627; min lat: 32.366 ; max long: -109.188; max lat: 33.372 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

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

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Submitted To(s): Arizona State Office of the Bureau of Land Management

Record Identifiers

Cultural Resource Series No.(s): 8

Salt River Project Catalog No.(s): F817.G7H33 1993

Salt River Project Barcode No.(s): 00053137

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