The History and Archaeology of Nine Historic Sites on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation: An Overview
Creators: name: Stein, Pat H.
Publisher: name: Archaeological Research Services, Inc.
Year: 1985
Subjects: subject: Verde Valley
subject: Fort McDowell Indian Reservation
subject: Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community
subject: Phoenix, AZ
subject: Government Canal
subject: McDowell Indian Reservation
subject: 1940s
subject: 19th Century
subject: Historic
subject: 20th Century
subject: 1920s
subject: 1890s
subject: 1950s
subject: 1900s
subject: 1930s
subject: Historic Native American
subject: Anglo-American
subject: Anglo
subject: Chimney
subject: Yavapai
subject: Euroamerican
subject: AZ U:6:15 (ARS)
subject: AZ U:6:9 (ARS)
subject: AZ U:6:8 (ARS)
subject: AZ U:6:18 (ARS)
subject: AZ U:6:85 (ASM)
subject: AZ U:6:19 (ARS)
subject: ARS U:6:14 (ARS)
subject: AZ U:6:1 (ARS)
subject: Government Ditch
subject: AZ U:6:2 (ARS)
subject: Jones Ditch
subject: Overflow
subject: Brick Fireplace
subject: Brick Chimney
subject: Culvert
subject: Wooden Floor
subject: Gravel Floor
subject: Toy Concentration
subject: Shoe Concentration
subject: Bottle Concentration
subject: siphon
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
subject: Adobe Building
subject: Domestic Structures
subject: Brush Structure
subject: House
subject: Fireplace
subject: Brick House
subject: Well
subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
subject: Agricultural or Herding
subject: Canal or Canal Feature
subject: Archaeological Feature
subject: Building
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Corral
subject: Artifact Scatter
subject: Water Control Feature
subject: Hearth
subject: Midden
subject: Sheet Midden
subject: Pit
subject: Post
subject: Floor
subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
subject: Trash Scatter
subject: Trash Concentration
subject: Wood Frame House
subject: Wickiup
subject: Lateral
subject: Wood
subject: Brick
subject: Glass
subject: Adobe
subject: Building Materials
subject: Red Brick
subject: Adobe Brick
subject: Metal
subject: Iron
subject: Wood Burning Stove
subject: Window Glass
subject: Stove
subject: Cup
subject: Nail
subject: Bottle
subject: Bucket
subject: Mortuary Practice
subject: Toy
subject: Shoe
subject: M. A. Watkins
subject: Ramon Pillanes
subject: McDowell Tract
subject: Frank Watkins
subject: R. A. Harer
subject: Fort McDowell
subject: Manual Gallardo
subject: Nellie Quail
subject: Gilbert Davis
subject: Poker
subject: Iron Poker
subject: Washtub
subject: Cooking Utensil
subject: Lee Ross
subject: Irrigation Betterment Project
subject: J. D. Adams
subject: Richard Dickens
subject: Archaeological Overview
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey

description: The Fort McDowell Indian Reservation is rich in historic and prehistoric archaeological resources. Systematic surface searches have located and recorded over 100 archaeological sites within the 40 square mile reservation. Such sites show that many groups have used the area, including the prehistoric Hohokam, the Yavapai, Anglo-Americans, and Mexican-Americans. Prior to 1984, however, only four sites at Fort McDowell had been excavated or tested. Two of the sites were prehistoric, consisting of Hohokam habitation sites, and two were historic, consisting of a beer bottle sidewalk at the old military fort and a 1900s trash scatter with a 1950s adobe-making facility. In 1984, plans by the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community to develop Phase I of an irrigation betterment project afforded an opportunity to undertake the most detailed study, to date, of archaeological remains on the reservation. Because federal funds would be necessary to carry out the project, federal law required that sites potentially important enough to be added to the National Register of Historic Places be identified, and that plans be made to lessen the damage to them from the proposed construction. To lessen the damage archaeological and historical information about the sites had to be collected. Knowledgeable informants who knew the history of these sites also had to be contacted. The project area contained 20 historically important sites, 11 of which could be avoided by construction. The Indian Community contracted with Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) to collect information at the nine sites which could not be avoided by the project. Please note that page 4 of this report is missing.