The Hayden Rhodes Large Site Resurvey Phase II: A Class III Cultural Resources Survey and Assessment Within Five Archaeological Sites on Bureau of Reclamation Right-of-way Along the Hayden Rhodes Aqueduct (Central Arizona Project Canal) Near Salome, La Paz County, Arizona: Report

The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Logan Simpson Design, Inc. was asked to relocate and record 5 sites that had been identified along the Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct (formerly the Granite Reef Aqueduct) of the CAP system.
All 5 sites were relocated between mile markers 44 and 73 within La Paz County. The combined site areas within the CAP ROW total 1,330 acres. Logan Simpson has consolidated AZ S:7:13(ASU), AZ S:7:2(ASM), AZ S:7:3(ASM), and AZ S:7:4(ASM) into a single site, designated AZ S:7:87(ASM). AZ S:7:87(ASM) was previously recommended eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. Logan Simpson recommends that Feature 1 and Loci B, C, and D contribute to the site's eligibility; however, the remainder of the site within the ROW, including the previously excavated Locus A, does not contribute to the site’s overall eligibility. AZ S:5:50(ASM) was previously recommended eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, but the portion within the CAP ROW is non-contributing to the site’s overall eligibility.