Los Robles Archaeological District
Los Robles Archaeological District | |
Location | Ironwood Forest, Arizona, United States |
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NRHP reference No. | 89000337 |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 1989 |
The Los Robles Archaeological District is located in Arizona's Ironwood Forest National Monument and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1989. The district is nearly 13,000 acres and contains over 100 historic and prehistoric archaeological sites, including the Los Robles Platform Mound Community and a trincheras.[1][2]
In 2003, George H. Johnson and his Johnson International Inc. illegally bulldozed 270 acres of state trust land in and near Los Robles, causing an estimated $8,000,000 in damage. Several sites were completely destroyed, including areas within the Los Robles Platform Mound Community. In addition, Johnson International Inc. destroyed over 40,000 protected plants, contaminated local water sources by illegally dumping pollutants, and was responsible for the deaths of at least twenty-one endangered Desert bighorn sheep, and the injury of several others.[3]
See also
[edit]- Cocoraque Butte Archaeological District
- Santa Ana del Chiquiburitac Mission Site
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Pima County, Arizona
References
[edit]- ^ "Archaeology Southwest: Ironwood Forest" (PDF). Paul R. Fish. 2001. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ "Ironwood Forest National Monument - BLM Arizona". Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ "Developer to pay $7M for blading Hohokam sites - Tucson Citizen Morgue (2006-2009)". Alan Fischer. 2007. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- Archaeological sites in Arizona
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
- Hohokam trincheras sites
- Buildings and structures in Pima County, Arizona
- Buildings and structures in Pinal County, Arizona
- History of Pima County, Arizona
- 1989 establishments in Arizona
- Protected areas of Arizona
- Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert
- National Register of Historic Places in Pima County, Arizona