Papago Park EcoPlan Appendix C: Inventory and Assessment of Cultural Resources

Author(s): Jill Heilman; Helana Ruter; Daniel H. Sorrell; J. Simon Bruder

Year: 2009

Summary

At the request of Olsson Associates, Inc. (Olsson), EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) cultural resource specialists relocated and assessed where possible National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility for known cultural resources within both the Phoenix- and Tempe-owned portions of Papago Park, Maricopa County, Arizona. This research was done in support of a new regional master plan for the park.

The master plan is being developed cooperatively by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) and the Cities of Tempe (COT), Phoenix (COP), and Scottsdale (COS). The planning process is designed to address both current and future needs of the park and to help guide decisions for future management.

Cultural resources within the park are varied, ranging from prehistoric archaeological sites to historic buildings, structures, and objects. The master plan will help better define the sensitive archaeological areas where protection and preservation are warranted as well as highlight the park's many cultural resources that can be focal points of celebration such as the Eisendrath House, Tempe's largest and best preserved Pueblo Revival style house, or Governor Hunt's unique pyramidal tomb.

Currently, the park is home to the Phoenix Zoo, Desert Botanical Garden, Papago Sports Complex, Rolling Hills Golf Course, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, the National Guard, the Papago Golf Course, and the Hall of Flame and Arizona Historical Society Museums. Active and passive recreation opportunities exist throughout the park, including bicycle and pedestrian trails, an archery range, picnic areas with historic ramadas, fishing lakes, and athletic facilities.

We did not physically access Reclamation-owned property for this study. Archaeological site relocation on COP and COT owned land was conducted under the terms and conditions of an Arizona Antiquities Act (AAA) blanket permit (no. 2009-005bl), issued to EcoPlan by the Arizona State Museum (ASM). This type of permit is required for cultural resource investigations that occur on any municipal, county, or state lands. Notification of intent to conduct field work was submitted 13 March 2009 and ASM issued EcoPlan accession number 2009-0232 on 23 March 2009.

Cite this Record

Papago Park EcoPlan Appendix C: Inventory and Assessment of Cultural Resources. Jill Heilman, Helana Ruter, Daniel H. Sorrell, J. Simon Bruder. 2009 ( tDAR id: 448786) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448786

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Piman

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Hammer Stone • Metal • Mineral

Site Name
AZ FF:9:17 (ASM) • AZ U:9:10 (ASM) • AZ U:9:11 (ASM) • AZ U:9:12 (ASM) • AZ U:9:125 (ASM) • AZ U:9:154 (ASM) • AZ U:9:155 (ASM) • AZ U:9:156 (ASM) • AZ U:9:157 (ASM) • AZ U:9:158 (ASM) • AZ U:9:159 (ASM) • AZ U:9:160 (ASM) • AZ U:9:161 (ASM) • AZ U:9:162 (ASM) • AZ U:9:163 (ASM) • AZ U:9:164 (ASM) • AZ U:9:181 (ASM) • AZ U:9:182 (ASM) • AZ U:9:204 (ASM) • AZ U:9:25 (ASM) • AZ U:9:26 (ASM) • AZ U:9:27 (ASM) • AZ U:9:79 (ASM) • Barnes Butte Monument • Blackledge Site • Desert Ramblers' Picnic Table • Eisendrath House • Garden Butte Site • Hole-in-the-Rock • Hunt's Tomb • Hunt Bass Hatchery • Insulator Site • Insulator Site II • Loma Del Rio • Mesa 1:10 (GP) • Mesa 1:11 (GP) • Mesa 1:17 (GP) • Mesa 1:18 (GP) • Mesa 1:8 (GP) • Midvale's Mesa • Mini Muni Site • POW Camp Foundations, Guard Tower Foundations • Sandra Day O'Connor House • Straitor Site • US Highway 80 • Webster Auditorium • Zoo Ventana Site Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Amphitheatre • Ancient Structure • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Bedrock Grinding Feature • Bedrock Mortar • Bungalow Style House • Canal or Canal Feature • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Concrete Picnic Table • Cupule • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Encampment • Factory / Workshop • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Historic Structure • House • Indoor Beehive Fireplaces • Masonry Structure • Midden • Milling Feature • Modified Geodesic Dome • Non-Domestic Structures • Petroglyph • Pima Shrine • Pit • Plaza • Power Operations Center • Prehistoric Agave Terraces • Pueblo Revival Style House • Pyramid • Quarry • Raised Planters • Ramada • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Rock Shelter • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Shade Structure / Ramada • Spanish Colonial Revival Style Adobe Building • Stairway • Stone Benches • Stone Tables • Structure • Tomb • Trash Midden • Underground Bomb Shelter • Water Control Feature • Wood Lintel Windows • WWII POW Camp Show More

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stewardship Monitoring

General
Papago Park Regional Master Plan

Geographic Keywords
Desert Botanical Garden • Lower Colorado River Valley Subdivision • Papago Military Reservation • Papago Park • Phoenix Basin • Salt River Valley

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.107; min lat: 33.337 ; max long: -111.758; max lat: 33.619 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office

Prepared By(s): EcoPlan Associates, Inc.; Olsson Associates

Submitted To(s): City of Phoenix

Record Identifiers

EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) Number(s): 08-162

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