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DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward M. Fortier.

Between January 22 and February 9, 1979, Edward M. Fortier of Archaeological Research Services completed six days of archaeological monitoring of a fuel dike construction project at the Salt River Project Kyrene Generating Station. The construction area consists of a parcel of land 1080 ft. east-west by 480 ft. north-south in size. Two fuel oil tanks are located within this fenced parcel. This monitoring project was performed on behalf of Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona, in order to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Glen E. Rice. Bruce Larson.

The Salt River Project, at the request of the Bureau of Land Management, contracted with the Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, for archaeological monitoring of the construction of access roads and 3 towers which form part of the 500 kV transmission line being constructed by SRP from the Tonto National Forest boundary northeast of Florence to the existing Kyrene substation south of Tempe, Arizona. The monitoring was requested by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed an archaeological monitoring effort for the Salt River Project (SRP) in Mesa, Arizona. Monitoring of construction work was conducted over the course of three partial days, from March 31 to April 2, 1997 by one archaeologist. Roughly nine person-hours were expended during the fieldwork. The proposed SRP project area was the location for a new well site, which replaced an abandoned well located within the newly expanded right-of-way for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

Northland Research, Inc. was hired by the Salt River Project to perform archaeological monitoring for their expansion of the existing culvert within a portion of the Grand Canal near Pueblo Grande National Historic Landmark. The project area is outside the site boundaries. The canal is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and administered by the Salt River Project. The construction activities were limited to the previously disturbed area. To ensure that there was no inadvertent impacts,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

The document presents the results of archaeological monitoring at the Salt River Project (SRP) Lassen Substation in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The work was conducted by Northland Research, Inc. for SRP and entailed monitoring for their expansion of utility lines along the Western Canal beginning at Lassen Substation. The project area is located within La Ciudad de Los Hornos (Los Hornos), a Hohokam site. Lassen Substation is on land owned by SRP; the Western Canal and right-of-way is owned...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

The project consists of replacement of a water main and selected fire hydrants. Ground disturbance within the project area consisted of the excavation of trenches and pits of various lengths, widths, and depths. Excavation was conducted mechanically with backhoes and by hand with shovels and picks. During the course of the project, three areas that were recommended for monitoring were excavated and backfilled by the contractor without prior notification to Jacobs. Because the trenches in these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Heilman.

This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring programs implemented for a City of Phoenix (COP) water line improvement project (COP Cost Center No. WS85500270). Through B & F Contracting, the COP Street Transportation Department installed water mains, fire hydrants, and residential water laterals. Archaeological monitoring failed to uncover any prehistoric or historic remains. No further archaeological investigation is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Heilman.

This document reports the results of an archaeological monitoring program implemented for a City of Phoenix (COP) storm drain installation project (COP Cost Center No. ST83140040) in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Through its contractor, Hunter Contracting Company, the COP Street Transportation Department removed and replaced existing storm drains and related features, including connector pipes, pipe plugs, pipe supports, check valves, catch basins, and so on. They also removed and replaced...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Daniel H. Sorrell.

At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted for the installation of granite ground cover within the boundaries of NRHP-eligible site AZ T:12:70 (ASM)/Pueblo Patricio and recommended NRHP-eligible AZ T:12:217 (ASM)/ the Dennis Addition in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell.

Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations to expose a water meter connection in eastern Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at PGM determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with AZ U:9:67 (ASM)/La Lomita. For this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Korri Turner. Jewel Touchin.

The COP Archaeology office reviewed the project and provided recommendations in an August 20, 2008 Archaeological Assessment. The COP Archaeology Assessment notes that the eastern edge of the project area located in an area that has been disturbed by prior utility installations. Several prehistoric canals have been previously recorded within the project area. In addition, segments of the Maricopa Canal and the South Branch of the Maricopa Canal are located along the northeastern and southern...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Korri Turner.

The COP Archaeology Office reviewed the project and provided recommendations in a November 27, 2007 Archaeological Assessment. The assessment notes that AZ T:12:142 (ASM) / Canal Laveen, a prehistoric canal, crosses through the southern portion of the project area. Site number AZ T:12:145 (ASM) was applied to two exposed areas of a prehistoric canal that may or may not represent Canal Laveen within the project area (Hackbarth 2000). In addition, AZ T:12:387 (ASM) / Punta de Ambar, an...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jewel Touchin.

The COP Archaeology Office reviewed the APE and provided recommendations in a November 28, 2007 Archaeological Assessment. The assessment notes that historic Salt River Project Lateral 6.0, a segment of the San Francisco Canal, is located within the eastern half of the APE. A historic structure, the Progressive Builders Association building (listed on the City of Phoenix Historic Property Register), is adjacent to the southwestern corner of the APE. In addition, prehistoric canals cross the APE,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pamela J. Cox. Cassandra J. Albush. A.E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix (City) Street Transportation Department made improvements, including new storm drains [up to 1.5 meters (m) (5 feet) in diameter], catch basins, paving, and landscaping. In October 2007, the City Archaeology Section assessed the proposed project and documented that the eastern part of the project area overlapped the mapped location of the archaeological site known as the Fowler Ruin. That site was recorded more than a century ago and has been described as a Hohokam village...

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The U.S. Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment retained URS Corporation (URS) to conduct a preliminary assessment and site inspection (PA/SI) of the Debris Area, subsequently designated Munitions Response Area (MRA) XU403, located at the former Williams Air Force Base (AFB) in Mesa, Arizona. The PA/SI was undertaken to determine whether there are munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) or any releases (contaminants), as defined by the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Foster.

Under contract to the Williams Gateway Airport Authority, SWCA Environmental Consultants conducted Phase I and Phase II data recovery at AZ U:10:60(ASM)—the In-Between Site. The site is thought to represent a plant food procurement and process locus on the Queen Creek Delta. AZ U:10:60 (ASM) has been the subject of extensive archaeological testing and data recovery. A total of 4440 m of trenches have been excavated at the site resulting in the identification of 13 features, including 2 possible...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick R. Richardson.

"On April 19, 1997, a reconnaissance level archaeological survey was conducted in four areas of the proposed North Augusta Golf Course Development Phase I. The survey was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and amendments thereto. While no evidence of archaeological sites or deposits was noted within the limited project area, intact subsurface features or deposits were noted immediately adjacent to the project limits."

DOCUMENT Full-Text David B. Tucker.

This document constitutes a plan for the treatment of prehistoric and historic archaeological properties located within the bounds of the proposed Rancho Sahuarita Development, a 2,800-acre planned recreational and residential community being developed by Sharpe & Associates within the incorporated limits of the town of Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona. The purpose of the research design is to assure compliance by all aspects of the Rancho Sahuarita Development with all applicable Cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurens C. Hammack.

The following report has been prepared by the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, at the request of the Environmental Planning Division of the Arizona Highway Department as an aid in identifying the impact of the proposed improvement on the archaeological resources of the region. Data presented has been gathered from two primary sources; a) archaeological survey of all areas to be utilized in construction, and b) archival and published material pertaining to the prehistory of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text United States Air Force Air Combat Command. Natalie Adams.

As a result of over 20 years of archaeology, numerous sites hove been identified and investigated on Show AFB and Poinsett ECR. This report summarizes what has been learned from the work that has been done thus for on some of the more significant sites and provides discussion about the research potential of those sites and direction for future research at Show and Poinsett. Most interesting from a prehistoric perspective was the area around Big Boy, which contains numerous multicomponent...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson. Leslie D. Aragon. Fred L. Nials.

Desert Archaeology, Inc., under contract to the City of Phoenix (City) Aviation Department has completed archaeological site boundary testing for the Dutch Canal Ruin, AZ T:12:62 (ASM), within the city-owned NANT property in advance of proposed Sky Harbor Center redevelopment in Phoenix, Arizona. The work was initiated due to the possibility that archaeological remains associated with the Dutch Canal Ruin, a prehistoric habitation and agricultural site, may be present in the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie A. Darby.

Desert Archaeology, Inc., under contract to the City of Phoenix Aviation Department (Aviation), has completed archaeological site boundary testing for the Dutch Canal Ruin, within the city-owned Consolidated Campus Building 1 property. The work was initiated due to the possibility that archaeological remains associated with the Dutch Canal Ruin, a prehistoric habitation and agricultural site, might be present within the project area. Archaeological testing began on 27 July 2015, under the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Allen Dart.

From November 29 through December 16, 1983, the Institute for American Research (IA R ) conducted archaeological collection and some subsurface testing at three archaeological sites on the "La Paloma" development area owned by Cottonwood Properties, Inc. The project area lies in the Santa Catalina Mountain foothills and comprises 800 acres in Pima County north of Tucson, Arizona. The three archaeological sites have been designated A Z BB:9:127, A Z BB:9:128, and A Z BB:9:129 by the Arizona State...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological site file search and the development of a testing and monitoring plan for the Hope VI housing project. The site file search and testing/monitoring plan development was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix, City Managers Office under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc, (Contract no. 101005). This project will receive funding from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) so compliance with section 106...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

This report contains the results of archaeological testing at the northwest corner alignment and Frontage Road. The project was conducted at the request of the CalPortland Company, who would like to expand its mining of sand and gravel into a 9-acre parcel in the pecan orchard property. This land is owned by Pima County and leased to CalPortland. The sand and gravel mining would remove the entire parcel to a depth of more than 6.0 m. The work was conducted to comply with the Pima County Board of...