A Report on National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing at AZ T:3:128 (ASM), AZ T:3:281 (ASM), and AZ T:3:283 (ASM), and Native American Consultation on Isolated Feature 90, White Peak Ranch, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Foster, Michael S.
name: Ryden, Ronald F.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Northern Periphery
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83716/northern-periphery
subject: Sonoran Desert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2772/sonoran-desert
subject: Lower Colorado River Subdivision
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83829/lower-colorado-river-subdivision
subject: White Peak Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84009/white-peak-ranch
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Preclassic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5604/preclassic-period
subject: Sacaton Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/214/sacaton-phase
subject: Historic Native American
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/30/historic-native-american
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: AZ T:3:128 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100532/az-t3128-asm
subject: AZ T:3:283 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100534/az-t3283-asm
subject: AZ T:3:281 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100533/az-t3281-asm
subject: Encampment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/253/encampment
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Isolated Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/345/isolated-feature
subject: Rock Art
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/361/rock-art
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Petroglyph
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/363/petroglyph
subject: Settlements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/252/settlements
subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/465/buffware
subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Rhyolite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/248/rhyolite
subject: Quartz
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/314/quartz
subject: Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/444/redware
subject: Scraper
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/93/scraper
subject: Chopper
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/128/chopper
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Red-on-Buff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2629/red-on-buff
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: metate
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/167/metate
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: Sun Belt Holdings-Vistancia LLC is planning a 3,825-acre housing development (White Peak Ranch) on private land in Maricopa County, Arizona. A cultural resources survey identified 16 archaeological sites within the proposed development. Three sites, AZ T:3:128 (ASM), AZ T:3:281 (ASM), and AZ T:3:283 (ASM), were recommended as eligible under Criterion D for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), however, the ACOE, with the concurrence of the Arizona SHPO, recommended the sites be tested to further evaluate their NRHP eligibility. Thus, a NRHP eligibility testing plan was prepared and submitted to the ACOE and subsequently, NRHP eligibility testing was completed at the three sites of concern. In addition to the NRHP eligibility testing of the three sites, Native American consultation on Isolated Feature 90, an isolated small boulder with one pictograph element on it, within the White Peak Ranch project area was undertaken. Letters seeking consultation were submitted to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Hopi Nation, and the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe. All three of these entities claim the project area as ancestral lands. The Hopi Nation deferred to the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe who deferred to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Both the Hopi Nation and Yavapai-Prescott Tribe appreciated Sun Belt Holdings' commitment to the preservation of the petroglyph. In order to assure the petroglyph would be preserved, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community requested the repatriation the petroglyph boulder.