Historic Background Research (Investigation Type)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring at a project area located along 31st Avenue. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 100168) and was assigned project number PGM 2002-09 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during trench excavations along 31st Avenue because...

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 to remove existing gravels and grass at Diamond St., within a previously documented Hohokam habitation site (AZ T:12:1 [ASM] / La Ciudad) in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as monitoring, testing, or data...

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

This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring conducted for a City of Phoenix (COP) rehabilitation project. 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 for installation of a fence line. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) determined that excavations associated with the proposed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring at a project area located along Roeser Road. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc, (Contract no. 90034) and was assigned project number PGM 2000-14 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during trench excavations along Roeser Road because...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard.

At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted to install irrigation, remove a stump, install vegetation, and clear the house stem wall at Sunland Avenue, within 50 feet of the boundary of a reported prehistoric canal in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Edgar Hardesty. Matthew Prybylski. M. Jay Stottman.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Cara Schmidt. Cynthia Keller. John M. Lindly.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring at Van Buren Street. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 90034) and was assigned project number PGM 2001-42 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring of the project area was requested due to the presence of documented prehistoric canals just south of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. 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 for the removal and addition of plants and the removal of gravels. 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 a reported prehistoric canal. For this reason, the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. 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 for the removal and addition of plants, the addition of three air conditioner unit posts, and removal of gravels. 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 a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring of a project off West Portland Street. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 101005). The project was assigned project number PGM 2002-11 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during auguring and hand excavations at the site....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce G. Phillips. Jill Heilman.

AZ T:12:397 (ASM) is a historic canal exposure uncovered on the north side of McDowell Road. Archaeological monitoring of the excavations for waterline improvement uncovered a historic canal (AZ T:12:397 [ASM]). The canal was minimally exposed and its National Register eligibility cannot be assessed at this time. No further archaeological work is recommended for this project. EcoPlan recommends, however, that if future ground disturbing projects are proposed in the vicinity of the canal,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jewel Touchin.

The project consists of the installation of a sewer flow monitoring station. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project and provided recommendations in a March 16, 2012, Archaeological Assessment Form. The COP Archaeology Assessment notes that the entire APE is located within one archaeological site (AZ T:12:52 [ASM]/ Pueblo del Alamo). The COP Archaeology Office recommended that monitoring be conducted for all portions of the undertaking beyond the area that was investigated during a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurene G. Montero.

Arizona State Parks has completed archaeological monitoring for excavations associated with park improvements at Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park, Yuma, Arizona. Excavations consisted of footings for a guard rail and a trench for an electricity line. Monitoring was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, September 16 and 17, and Tuesday, November 10, 1992, by Laurene G. Montero, Archaeologist for Arizona State Parks. This work was accomplished pursuant to ARS 41-861 through 41-864 of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text E. Melanie Ryan. Michael Droz. Shirley Powell. Richard Boston.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) of Tempe, Arizona completed archaeological monitoring of geotech coring and boring on the existing center (7L-25R) runway and its taxiways and turnouts at Sky Harbor International Airport. ACS carried out the monitoring as a subcontractor to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., who, under contract to the City of Phoenix—Sky Harbor International Airport, are designing reconstruction of the west and east taxiways, replacing asphalt with concrete, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a construction project along 11th Avenue in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The monitoring was conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (Jacobs) at the request of the City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department (STD), and was completed in two phases (Phases 1 and 2).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

The project consisted of the replacement of a water main and fire hydrants. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project and provided recommendations in an August 24, 2011 Archaeological Assessment Form. The COP Archaeology Assessment noted that the project is located almost entirely within AZ T:12:256 (ASM)/Grand Canal Ruins, and recommended that monitoring be conducted for all portions of the project area that are located within the site or within 250 ft. of its known boundaries. Five...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

The project consists of the installation of fire hydrants within three separate locations designated Areas 1, 2, and 3. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project and provided recommendations in a February 25, 2008 Archaeological Assessment Form. The COP Archaeology Assessment notes that portions of two archaeological sites (AZ T:12:224 [ASM]/Phoenix Street Railway and AZ T:12:412 [ASM]/Casa Chica/P:2:2 [GP]), prehistoric canals, the La Hacienda Historic District, and historic structures...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Glennda Gene Luhnow. Jewel Touchin.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring for the installation of a new storm drain mainline, manholes, a catch basin, and various connectors in Phoenix. The monitoring was conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (Jacobs) at the request of the City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department (STD) under an existing on-call archaeological services agreement as COP STD Tracking No. The project is sponsored by the COP Street Transportation Department and is funded by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

The COP Archaeology office reviewed the project, and provided recommendations in a May 17, 2007 Archaeological Assessment. The COP Archaeology Assessment notes that several prehistoric canals, the historic Maricopa Canal, and the historic Phoenix Railway have been previously recorded within the project area. In addition, an archaeological site is located within 250 feet (ft.) of the project area. The COP Archaeology Office recommended that monitoring be conducted within the plotted locations of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing. Erik Steinbach.

The project consists of the replacement of improvements to a storm drainage system and catch basins. Ground disturbance within the APE 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. All ground-disturbing activities within the project site and 250 ft. of its boundaries were monitored. The project was conducted under the direction of Mark Chenault (project manager) and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erik Steinbach.

The project consisted of improvements to existing storm drains and the relocation of a gas pipeline. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project and provided recommendations in a December 23, 2011 Archaeological Assessment Form. The form notes that the project is located entirely within the archaeological site of AZ T:12:256 (ASM)/Grand Canal Ruins, a large habitation site that contains pithouses, canals, and human remains. The COP Archaeology Office recommended that monitoring be conducted...

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

This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring conducted for a City of Phoenix (COP) rehabilitation project. 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 install irrigation and remove vegetation at the project site. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) determined that excavations...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Solomon Kailihiwa. Jeffery L. Putzi. Paul L. Cleghorn.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring services at 13 out of 20 hazardous substances (HS) sites and their associated subsites that were subject to environmental investigations on Wake Island Airfield, Wake Atoll. This work was conducted as part of an on-going environmental restoration program conducted by the United States Air Force on Wake Atoll. The current archaeological investigations were designed to provide archaeological monitoring for the proposed environmental...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David B. Chaffee. Robert L. Spear.

This archaeological monitoring plan (AMP) has been prepared by SCS/CRMS in accordance with the March15, 1999 Scope of Work (SOW) provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division (CEPOD). SCS/CRMS has been contacted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide archaeological monitoring and sampling during removal of two USTs, ST-10, Sherwood Forest County Park (SFCP), Waimanalo, Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu Island, Hawai'i. In accordance with the SOW, the AMP incorporates a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text H. David Tuggle. J. Stephen Athens. Thomas S. Dye.

At the request of The Environmental Company, Inc. (TEC), International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc. (IARII) has prepared an Archaeological Monitoring Plan (AMP) for archaeological monitoring and sampling for proposed site inspection activities at Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS), O'ahu to take place in the three areas. The Department of the Air Force has initiated consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer. The AMP is prepared according to the general requirements and...