PROJECT ABSTRACT
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(Cooperative Agreement # H1200-09-005)
Park: Flagstaff Area National Monuments
Project Title: An Assessment of the National Significance of Cultural Resources for the Walnut
Canyon Special Resource Study
Funding Amount: $60,052.00
CPCESU Partner Institution: Museum of Northern Arizona
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ted Neff, Archaeological Project Principal Investigator (Principal
Investigator) Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, Tel.
(928) 774-5211, ext. 260, Fax. (928) 779-1527, tneff@mna.mus.az.us
Co-Investigator: None
NPS Key Official: Lisa Leap, Chief of Cultural Resources, North Central Arizona Monuments,
6400 North Highway 89, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, ph. (928) 526-1157 ext. 222, Fax (928) 526-4259,
Lisa_Leap@nps.gov
Start Date: June 1, 2010
End Date: June 1, 2011
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to complete a national significance assessment of cultural
resources for approximately 30,000 acres surrounding Walnut Canyon National Monument
(WACA). The assessment will be completed by the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) in
partial fulfillment of the NPS responsibility to conduct a suitability, feasibility and national
significance study to designate all, part, or none of this acreage as part of the monument. The
primary data used to evaluate for the national significance of the cultural resources will be
legacy data. These data have been collected by and are housed at three Flagstaff area
institutions: the United States Department of Agriculture Coconino National Forest (CNF);
WACA; and MNA. While legacy data will be the primary source for the assessment, newly
collected data will also be necessary by means of pedestrian archaeological surveys in select
locations. The final product will result in a final report addressing the national significance
assessment of the cultural resources surrounding Walnut Canyon National Monument.
Keywords:
Walnut Canyon Special Resource Study, National Significance, Walnut Canyon National
Monument, cultural resources, archaeology
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