Tonto Polychrome pot Public domain photograph of ceramic museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gila polychrome bowl Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Figure 13. Photographs of lithic resources. In the upper photograph, a bird sits on a metate made of Early Proterozoic granitic rock, which is a specimen of the oldest rock unit in the monument. In the lower ph More
Original Roof at the Lower Cliff Dwelling
Gila polychrome handled bowl Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Snowflake black on white bowl Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tonto polychrome bowl Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Salado red on white bowl Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tonto polychrome jar Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 4. Historic photographs associated with Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The upper photograph, taken in 1898, shows the area where the US Bureau of Reclamation would build Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The location, or More
Lower Cliff Dwelling - 1905 Public domain photograph of a cave, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
tarantula Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
variable checkerspot Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Figure 6. Photographs of stromatolites. The Mescal Limestone at the monument contains ancient microbial mats known as stromatolites. The mats form is shallow water, trapping, binding, and cementing sediments in More
Figure 14. Tonto National Monument is in a transition zone between the Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range physiographic provinces. The Mogollon Rim defines the northern boundary of the transition zone. Source More
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Harris' Hawk Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 15. Screen capture of GRI GIS data showing landslide deposits. Landslide deposits (green geologic map unit QTls, outlined in red) occur south of the monument in the upper drainages of Cottonwood Canyon a More
Example of exhibit Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Desert bighorn Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 5. Annotated screen capture of the GRI GIS data. The black circle marks the location of the oldest rocks in the monument—the Early Proterozoic granitic rocks of Cottonwood Creek (Xg3). In addition, a loc More
Figure 2. Graphic of Basin and Range extension, normal faults, and other fault types. As Earth’s crust cracks, movement takes place along a fault plane. Footwalls are below the fault plane, and hanging walls ar More
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Grey fox Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
red-tailed hawk Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The upper cliff dwelling at Tonto National Monument provides a unique view of Roosevelt Lake and the Tonto Basin in Arizona.
mountain lion Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Exhibit example Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 12. Generalized cross section of terraces in the Tonto Basin. At the time of the Salado occupation of the Tonto Basin (1150 to 1450 CE), Pleistocene landforms (e.g., pediments, terraces, and alluvial fan More
Black bear photo taken with remote sensing camera
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The cliff dwellings at Tonto National Monument sit among hills composed of Early and Middle Proterozoic (2.5-billion- to 1.0-billion-year-old) rocks. Talus and colluvium composed of these rocks mantle the slope More
Rocks of the colorful Dripping Spring Quartzite crop out along the trail to the Lower Cliff Dwelling.
Figure 1. Location map. Tonto National Monument is in the transition zone between two physiographic provinces: Colorado Plateau to the north and Basin and Range to the south. The monument is one of many NPS are More
Coati Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 22. The four 7.5-minute quadrangles of interest for the monument are (1) Theodore Roosevelt Dam, (2) Windy Hill, (3) Pinyon Mountain, and (4) Two Bar Mountain. To compile the surficial geologic GRI GIS d More
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Deer Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 17. Photograph of trail to the Upper Cliff Dwelling. Rockfall is a hazard along the trail to the Upper Cliff Dwelling (shown in this photograph) as well as along the trail and under the overhanging cave More
Bobcat Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
grey fox Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
ringtail Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 18. Annotated imagery of Quaternary faults near Tonto National Monument. The closest active fault to the monument (outlined in green) is the Sugarloaf fault zone to the west, which moved less than 130,00 More
spotted skunk Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
raccoon Public domain photograph of a deer, wild animal, wilderness, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
turkey vulture Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
striped skunk Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
western diamondback rattlesnake Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
white-tailed buck Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
western diamondback rattlesnake Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl More
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Figure 19. Each year seismograph stations (black stars) record hundreds of felt and unfelt earthquakes in Arizona. The map is an illustration of seismic activity from 1887 to 2015. Earthquakes generally occur w More
Figure 21. Index map for geologic GRI GIS data (tont_geology.mxd). Scoping participants identified four 7.5-minute quadrangles of interest for the monument: (1) Theodore Roosevelt Dam, (2) Windy Hill, (3) Pinyo More
Figure 10. Graphic showing the monument’s geology draped over shaded relief. A long-standing interpretation of the monument’s geology by Raup (1959) reported that both the Upper Cliff Dwelling and the Lower Cli More
View of the Upper Cliff Dwelling from the north
Upper Cliff Dwelling Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
mesquite pods Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pricklypear cactus, Tonto NM Public domain photograph of cactus plant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Figure 8. Photograph of the Barnes Conglomerate. In 2006, this chunk of Barnes Conglomerate (Ydslb) was along the trail to the Lower Cliff Dwelling. The clasts in the rock are approximately 10 cm (4 in) or less More
Semidesert biome with grasses and yucca plants Public domain photograph of cactus plant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Desert biome with barrel cacti and flowering brittlebrush, Tonto National Monument
Thornscrub biome, Tonto National Monument Public domain photograph of cactus plant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
rings made from barrel cactus spines Public domain photograph of a ring, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lightning over Roosevelt Lake Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lower Cliff Dwelling Public domain photograph of cactus plant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Upper Cliff Dwelling cistern Public domain photograph of a cave, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Variable Checkerspot Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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