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100 AZ Arch Sites to Visit Archaeological Site Site Area Closest City Culture Site Type Land Manager Website Agua Fria National Bureau of Land https://foursquare.com/v/agua-fria-national-monument-1891-school- 1 1891 School House Monument Cordes Lakes Territorial Historic ranching Management house/4f26dda3e4b04d36e04be1f3 Roy P. Drachman, Agua Archaic, Pima County Natural Fria Caliente Regional Hohokam, Prehistoric; historic Resources, Parks 2 Agua Caliente Ranch Park Tucson Territorial ranching and Recreation http://www.pima.gov/nrpr/parks/agua_caliente/ 3 American Flag Mine Oracle-American Flag Oracle Territorial Historic mining City of Oracle http://oracletown.com/history.html Arivaca Pima, Protohistoric, 4 Arivaca Townsite Arivaca Townsite Territorial Historic mining City of Arivaca http://www.arivaca.net/ Agua Fria National Black Canyon Perry Mesa Prehistoric Bureau of Land 5 Badger Springs Monument City Complex petroglyphs Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/recreation/hiking/badger-springs.html Besh-Ba-Gowah 6 Besh-ba-gowah Archaeological Park Globe Salado Prehistoric pueblo City of Globe http://www.jqjacobs.net/southwest/besh_ba_gowah.html Tohono O'odham; Native American Mexican and Mexican colonial; settlement; historic ??? Santa Cruz 7 Calabasas Rio Rico Ranch Nogales territorial ranching County http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/calabasas.html Native Kingman Arizona Historic American; Prehistoric and 8 Camp Beale Springs Distric Kingman territorial historic springs City of Kingman http://www.mohavemuseum.org/beale.htm Spanish and Canoa Ranch Mexican 9 Canoa Ranch Conservation Park Tucson colonial Historic ranching Pima County http://www.pima.gov/cultural/Canoa/index_Canoa.html Canyon de Chelly- White House; Antelope House; Canyon de Chelly National Ancestral Prehistoric cliff www.nps.gov/cach/ 10 Spider Rock Monument Navajo Nation Pueblo dwellings National Park Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_de_Chelly_National_Monument Casa Grande Great Casa Grande Ruins 11 House National Monument Casa Grande Hohokam Prehistoric National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/cagr/index.htm Casa Malpais Springerville- 12 Casa Malpais Archaeological Park Eager Mogollon Prehistoric City of Springerville http://www.casamalpais.org/ Mexican Colonial; 13 Cerro Colorado Cerro Colorado Arivaca territorial Historic mining Pima County http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Colorado,_Arizona Sierra Vista Charleston-Millville Charleston-Millville and Bureau of Land 14 Historic Townsite Historic Townsite Tombstone Territorial Historic mining Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/millville.html http://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/what-we- National Forest do/information/exhibits/visiting-places-of-the-past/northern- 15 Clover Ruin Kaibab National Forest Williams Cohonina Prehistoric Service arizona/clover-ruin/ Paleo-Indian- Clovis; Dankworth Ponds State Cochise; Bureau of Land 16 Dankworth Village Park Safford Mogollon Prehistoric Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/dankworth.html 17 Dos Cabezas Dos Cabezas Townsite Willcox Territorial Historic mining ???Cochise County http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/doscabezas.html National Forest http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/learning/history- 18 Elden Pueblo Coconino National Forest Flagstaff Sinagua Prehistoric pueblo Service culture/?cid=stelprdb5274444 Las Cienegas National Tucson- Bureau of Land http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/empire.html 19 Empire Ranch Conservation Area Sonoita Territorial Historic ranching Management http://www.empireranchfoundation.org/RanchInfo.htm San Pedro Riparian Mexican Fairbank Historic Town National Conservation Colonial; Bureau of Land 20 Site Area Tucson Territorial Historic ranching Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/fairbank.html Florence Territorial McFarland State Historic 21 Courthouse Park Florence Territorial Historic 1863-1912 Arizona State Parks http://azstateparks.com/parks/MCFA/index.html Page 1 of 6 100 AZ Arch Sites to Visit Archaeological Site Site Area Closest City Culture Site Type Land Manager Website Fort Bowie National 22 Fort Bowie Historic Site Bowie Territorial Historic military National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm 23 Fort Defiance Fort Defiance Navajo Nation Territorial Historic military Navajo Nation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Defiance,_Arizona 24 Fort Huachuca Fort Huachuca Sierra Vista Territorial Historic military City of Sierra Vista http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amsw/sw3.HTM Coconino County 25 Fort Tuthill Fort Tuthill County Park Flagstaff Territorial Historic military Park System http://www.coconino.az.gov/parks.aspx?id=410 Prehistoric Fort Lowell-Hardy Site- Hohokam; settlement; historic 26 Rio Nuevo Site Historic Fort Lowell Park Tucson territorial military Pima County http://www.pima.gov/cultural/FtLowell/index.html Fort Verde State Historic 27 Fort Verde Park Camp Verde Territorial Historic military Arizona State Parks http://azstateparks.com/parks/fove/index.html http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=96&ResourceType=Sit 28 Gatlin Site Gatlin Site Gila Bend Hohokam Prehistoric mound City of Gila Bend e Bureau of Land 29 Gold King Mansion Gold King Mansion Kingman 1929 Historic building Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/kfo_cult.html Arizona Strip/Grand St. George, Bureau of Land 30 Grand Gulch Mine Canyon Parashant Utah Territorial Historic mining Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/grand-gulch.html http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/greaterville.html Greaterville-Kentucky Mexican; Coronado National http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coronado/learning/history- 31 Camp Greaterville Sonoita Territorial Historic mining Forest culture/?cid=fswdev7_018687 Tohono O'odham; Tumacacori National Tucson- Spanish 32 Guevavi Mission Historic Park Nogales colonial Spanish mission National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/tuma/historyculture/guevavi.htm Harquahala Peak Smithsonian Harquahala Peak Wickenburg- Historic scientific Bureau of Land 33 Observatory Smithsonian Observatory Aguila-Salome Historic development Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/harcs.html Harshaw - Hermosa National Forest http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coronado/recreation/recarea/?recid=25 34 Mine Coronado National Forest Nogales, AZ Territorial Historic mining Service 754&actid=105 Prehistoric Hohokam; petroglyphs; 35 Tempe-Hayden Butte Tempe-Hayden Butte Tempe Territorial historic settlement City of Tempe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe_Butte Archaic; Deer Valley Rock Art Hohokam; Prehistoric Arizona State 36 Hedgpeth Hills Center NW Phoenix Yavapai petroglyphs University http://dvrac.asu.edu/ Sonoita- 37 Helvetia Helvetia Sahuarita Territorial Historic mining ???Pima County http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetia,_Arizona Hopi 38 Homol’ovi I & II Homol'ovi State Park Winslow Ancestral Prehistoric pueblo Arizona State Parks http://azstateparks.com/Parks/HORU/index.html 39 Humbug Humbug Humbug Territorial Historic mining ??? 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Trumball Arizona Strip/Grand Bureau of Land 50 Schoolhouse Canyon Parashant Grand Canyon Territorial Historic ranching Management http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/cultural/schoolhouse.html Murray Springs Clovis Tucson-Fort Paleo-Indian, Prehistoric hunting Bureau of Land 51 Site Murray Springs Clovis Site Huachuca Clovis and springs
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