The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2A: Sites in the Roosevelt Dam Area

Author(s): James E. Ayres; A. E. Rogge; Melissa Keane; Diane L. Douglas; Cindy L. Myers; Bonnie J. Clark; Karen Turnmire; Alan Ferg

Editor(s): J. Simon Bruder

Year: 1994

Summary

In June 1986 the Bureau of Reclamation awarded Dames & Moore a contract to conduct 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 o f Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona. Volume 1 is a synthesis of the entire project. Volume 3 details laboratory methods. Volume 2 contains descriptions and interpretations of each of the sites studied at the seven localities investigated. This report, Volume 2A, contains site descriptions for sites in the Roosevelt Dam area. Chapter 1 presents a short history of the construction of the dam and a description of our field methodology. Chapter 2 describes and interprets sites in the construction zone. Chapter 3 discusses sites on Government Hill where the U.S. Reclamation Service headquarters were located. Chapter 4 describes and interprets sites in the Newtown (the relocated town of Roosevelt) area, including the Roosevelt Cemetery. The sites along the Roosevelt Power Canal are discussed in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 details our findings at camps where Apache laborers and their families lived. Chapter 7 describes remnants of three historic roads, and Chapter 8 documents five other miscellaneous sites.

Cite this Record

The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona, Volume 2A: Sites in the Roosevelt Dam Area. James E. Ayres, A. E. Rogge, Melissa Keane, Diane L. Douglas, Cindy L. Myers, Bonnie J. Clark, Karen Turnmire, Alan Ferg, J. Simon Bruder. 1994 ( tDAR id: 439881) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8439881

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Architectural Debris • Building Materials • Glass • Metal

Site Name
AZ 11:8:145 (ASM) • AZ 11:8:164 (ASM) • AZ 11:8:173 (ASM) • AZ U:8:140 (ASM) • AZ U:8:142 (ASM) • AZ U:8:144 (ASM) • AZ U:8:146 (ASM) • AZ U:8:147 (ASM) • AZ U:8:148 (ASM) • AZ U:8:158 (ASM) • AZ U:8:159 (ASM) • AZ U:8:160 (ASM) • AZ U:8:162 (ASM) Site • AZ U:8:163 (ASM) • AZ U:8:165 (ASM) • AZ U:8:166 (ASM) • AZ U:8:167 (A S M ) • AZ U:8:169 (ASM) • AZ U:8:171 (ASM) • AZ U:8:172 (ASM) • AZ U:8:174 (ASM) • AZ V:5:83 (ASM) • AZ V:5:84 (ASM) • AZ V:5:85 (ASM) • AZ V:5:86 (ASM) • Bullpen Site • Cement Mill Camp • Clay Quarry' Site • Corral Camp • Cottonwood Creek Apache Camp • Cottonwood Creek Ditch Rider’s House Site • Cottonwood Wash Foundation Site • Dam Tender’s Residence/Construction Camp • Diversion Dam Apache Camp • East Annex Site • Government Hill • Grapevine Construction Camp Site • High Road Camp • Historical Context • Newtown Trash Site • Powderhouse and Water Tank Site • Sandbox Residence • Sand Plant Site • The Cableway Site • The Cement Mill Site • The Jail Site • The Newtown Camp • The Newtown Site • The Roosevelt Cemetery Site • West Annex Site • Windy Hill Trash Site Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Bath House • Building Foundation • Cableway feature • Cemetery • Concrete water tank • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Frame House • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Historic Structure • Latrine • machinery mount • Pit • Powderhouse • Quarry • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Retaining Wall • Septic Tank • Settlements • Structure • Tent house • Trash Dump • Trash Scatter • Wickiup Show More

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Central Arizona Project • Dam Construction Camps • Salt River Project • Theodore Roosevelt Dam

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Central Arizona • Roosevelt Dam • Salt River

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.311; min lat: 33.619 ; max long: -110.908; max lat: 33.809 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Prepared By(s): Dames & Moore

Submitted To(s): U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Record Identifiers

Dames & Moore Intermountain Cultural Resource Services Research Paper No.(s): 11

Report No.(s): APO-CCRS 94-2

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

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