Tuzigoot Drainage Project Report
Chambers GJ. 1983. Tuzigoot Drainage Project Report. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Western Archeological Center. Tuscon, Arizona
Tuzigoot National Monument (Yavapai: ʼHaktlakva, Western Apache: Tú Digiz) preserves a 2- to 3-story pueblo ruin on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge just east of Clarkdale, Arizona, 120 feet (36 m) above the Verde River floodplain. This report details the Tuzigoot drainage project. The purpose of the project was to correct a recurring drainage problem at Tuzigoot ruin, caused primarily by differential room fill levels. The problem was most obvious in about twenty rooms on the east side of the ruin, manifesting itself in an almost continual dampness of exterior wall surfaces, efflorescence of soluble salts, and subsequent deterioration of mortar and stone. Dampness and other visual effects of poor drainage were most obvious in the lower two- to six-feet of affected walls. A secondary problem, also relating to drainage, and common throughout the ruin, was poor grading of floors, clogged drain pipes, and, in some cases, no drainage outlets at all.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Chambers, George
- Date of Issue
- 1983-11
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Western Archeological Center
- Units
- IMR , TUZI
- Keywords
- Apache, Cultural Resources, Drainage, Erosion, ʼHaktlakva, Hydrology, stone masonry, Tú Digiz, tuzigoot, Yavapai