A National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing Program and for AZ T:3:128 (ASM), AZ T:3:281 (ASM), and AZ T:3:283 (ASM), and Native American Consultation Plan for Isolated Find 90, White Peak Ranch, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Foster, Michael S.
name: North, Chris
name: Hasbargen, Jim
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Hieroglyphic Mountains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77937/hieroglyphic-mountains
subject: Sonoran Desert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2772/sonoran-desert
subject: Baldy Mountain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/43748/baldy-mountain
subject: Gila and Salt River Baseline and Meridian
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82341/gila-and-salt-river-baseline-and-meridian
subject: Lower Colorado River Subdivision
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83829/lower-colorado-river-subdivision
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
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: 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: Cobble Alignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1597/cobble-alignment
subject: Rock Ring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/738/rock-ring
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Cairn
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/341/cairn
subject: Rock Alignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/360/rock-alignment
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: Petroglyph
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/363/petroglyph
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: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: This document presents a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing and Native American Consultation plan for the proposed White Peak Ranch development in northwest Maricopa County, Arizona. Vistancia, L.L.C. is planning a 3825-acre housing development in the White Peak Ranch parcel. A cultural resources survey identified 16 archaeological sites within the proposed development (Hasbargen 2003). Although the project is located on private land, the proposed development will impact jurisdictional waters claimed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Consequently, Vistancia, L.L.C. is required to comply with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Three prehistoric 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 NRHP. At the request of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), this NRHP eligibility testing plan was prepared. The testing will adhere to the guidelines established by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) (Bilsbarrow 2003). Test units will be excavated at the sites to determine the presence of subsurface cultural materials and whether the sites hold important and new scientific data (criterion D) that would warrant their listing in the NRHP. Additionally, a plan for consultation with interested Native American communities regarding Isolated Find (IF) 90, a small boulder with an anthropomorphic petroglyph, is presented.