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Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Draft General Management Plan. TONTO National Monument Arizona
Tonto National Monument is located in east central Arizona's Gila County only 50 air miles east of Phoenix in a rapidly changing regional environment. The monument was established to protect numerous prehistoric archeological sites including two Gila-phase cliff dwellings of the Salado culture. The primary sites are the Upper and Lower Cliff Dwellings. Rock shelters overlooking Tonto Basin have protected the nearly 700 year-old masonry cliff dwellings. Thirteen smaller remote cliff dwellings and fifty surface sites also have been documented in the monument. Six of the archeological sites are on the List of Classified Structures. Evidence of Archaic, Apache or Yavapai, and historic Euro-American occupations is also found among the sites. Archeological excavations have revealed well-preserved collections of pottery, agricultural tools, ornaments, textiles, and more. The diversity of the natural setting located between steep cliffs and bajadas (gently sloping hills) supports rich Sonoran Desert vegetation. The astonishing variety of plants provides habitat for over 200 species of wildlife.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Draft General Management Plan. TONTO National Monument Arizona
Tonto National Monument is located in east central Arizona's Gila County only 50 air miles east of Phoenix in a rapidly changing regional environment. The monument was established to protect numerous prehistoric archeological sites including two Gila-phase cliff dwellings of the Salado culture. The primary sites are the Upper and Lower Cliff Dwellings. Rock shelters overlooking Tonto Basin have protected the nearly 700 year-old masonry cliff dwellings. Thirteen smaller remote cliff dwellings and fifty surface sites also have been documented in the monument. Six of the archeological sites are on the List of Classified Structures. Evidence of Archaic, Apache or Yavapai, and historic Euro-American occupations is also found among the sites. Archeological excavations have revealed well-preserved collections of pottery, agricultural tools, ornaments, textiles, and more. The diversity of the natural setting located between steep cliffs and bajadas (gently sloping hills) supports rich Sonoran Desert vegetation. The astonishing variety of plants provides habitat for over 200 species of wildlife.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Draft General Management Plan. TONTO National Monument Arizona
2001
178 pages
Report
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English
Environmental Impact Statements , Education, Law, & Humanities , Recreation , Natural Resource Management , Environmental impact statement-draft , National parks , Archaeological sites , Cliffs , Cultural resources , Natural resources management , Resource development , Environmental impacts , Alternatives , Tourism , Wildlife , Habitats , Vegetation , Tonto National Monument , Gila County(Arizona)