Ground Disturbance Monitoring (Investigation Type)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Windy K. McElroy. Thomas S. Dye. Elaine H. R. Jourdane.

At the request of Shaw Environmental, Inc., T. S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists, Inc. conducted archaeological monitoring and investigations for an undertaking at Bellows Air Force Station (Bellows AFS) and Hickam Air Force Base (Hickam AFB), O‘ahu. The undertaking is a restoration of septic systems at Bellows AFS and Hickam AFB. The project reported on here was designed to identify historic properties exposed during the undertaking and to treat them appropriately. A section of this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alice K. S. Roberts. Eric W. West.

The intention of archaeological monitoring and sampling was to determine the presence or absence of cultural resources within the project area, to assess the nature and chronology of the features/sites identified, to ensure the collection of sufficient archaeological materials, and to assess the significance of identified resources. One archaeological site, Site 50-80-15-4857, is in the vicinity of the project area and is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Guerin Tome. Michael F. Dega.

Four main archaeological tasks were completed during the intermittent multi-year project: monitoring vegetation clearance, completely surveying the project area, monitoring ordnance removal, and subsurface testing along the eastern coastline. The results of monitoring, survey, and testing were minimal. Several previously recorded military structures and modem debris were identified in most portions of the project area. During monitoring, several small caches of commingled, disarticulated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text JoAnn E. Kisselburg. Kim Adams. Walter Punzmann. Barbara S. Macnider.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) monitored blading and trenching activities in the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park. The monitoring, which included surface artifact collection, was conducted to mitigate the impacts to cultural resources by the construction of a parking lot and the installation of underground utility lines. The work was completed under archaeological permit 91-18 issued by the Arizona state Museum. This survey identified a moderately dense lithic scatter in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

Records in the PGM database indicate that the APE is located within 50 ft. of the plotted location of a prehistoric canal. The COP Archaeology Office guidelines require that archaeological monitoring and/or testing be conducted for ground-disturbing projects that are located within 250 ft. of a prehistoric site or within 50 ft. of a prehistoric canal. Due to the possible presence of cultural resources, the COP Archaeology Office requested that cultural resource monitoring be conducted during...

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 Jewel Touchin. Michael Stubing.

Records in the PGM database indicate that the APE is located within 250 ft. of the archaeological site and within 50 ft. of a possible prehistoric canal. The COP Archaeology Office guidelines require that archaeological monitoring and/or testing be conducted for ground-disturbing projects that are located within 250 ft. of a prehistoric site or within 50 ft. of a prehistoric canal. Due to the possible presence of cultural resources, the COP Archaeology Office requested that cultural resource...

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 Carl E. Sholin. Kelly R. Yeates. Thomas S. Dye.

At the request of Cape Environmental Management Inc., T. S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists conducted archaeological monitoring in support of the construction of new recreational lodging at Bellows Air Force Station in Waimanalo, O‘ahu. Archaeological monitoring was carried out for ground disturbance with the potential to affect material beneath or outside of the extent of Runway 3L-21R. Eleven discontinuous traditional Hawaiian cultural deposits and one historic-era refuse deposit were...

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 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 Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring of excavations for the installation of a water service line at Yale Street, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The monitoring was conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (Jacobs) at the request of Dr. Todd Bostwick, former City of Phoenix (COP) Archaeologist, as Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) Project No. 2010-21 under an existing on-call archaeological services agreement (Contract No. 128663). The COP Cost Center number for this...

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 Windy K. McElroy. Thomas S. Dye.

At the request of Shaw Environmental, Inc., T. S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists, Inc. conducted archaeological monitoring for an undertaking at Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS) and Hickam Air Force Base (Hickam AFB), O'ahu. The undertaking is a restoration of septic systems at BAFS and Hickam AFB. The project reported on here was designed to identify historic properties exposed during the undertaking and to treat them appropriately.

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Stephen Athens.

Letter on report on archaeological monitoring for a soil coring project conducted by Geolabs Hawaii at Bellows Air Force Station.

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 Cassandra J. Albush. Chad V. Kirvan. Kirsten Johnson. A. E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix Project Number WS85500323 involved installation of a buried water main, 76 centimeters (cm) (30 inches) in diameter, from the intersection of 6th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. The City of Phoenix Archaeology Office recommended that construction excavation be archaeologically monitored within the original Phoenix townsite, AZ T:12:42(ASM), and at the crossing of the alignment of the historic Phoenix Street Railway, AZ T:12:224(ASM). The City of Phoenix Street Transportation...

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 a September 21, 2010 Archaeological Assessment Form. The COP Archaeology Assessment noted that one prehistoric cultural resource site (AZ T:12:282 [ASM]) is partially located within the north-central portion of the APE, and that PGM records show a prehistoric canal is projected to extend through the northern half of the APE. The COP...

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 Carl E. Sholin. Thomas S. Dye.

T. S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists conducted archaeological monitoring in support of the BAFS military housing privatization project at Waimanalo Ahupua‘a, Ko‘olaupoko District, O‘ahu Island. This undertaking consisted of the remodeling of Building 531, and the installation of new electrical and telecommunications lines along the northern portion of Family Circle Road. During the course of archaeological monitoring, six subsurface cultural features were discovered yielding charcoal,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pamela J. Cox. Chad V. Kirvan. A. E. (Gene) Rogge.

As part of the Sanitary Sewer Relief Program 2010, the City installed new 15-inch sewer lines at various locations. The City Archaeology Section reviewed the proposed project, noting that two of the proposed locations (Projects 12D and 12F DIV) were within 250 feet (76 meters) of archaeological site AZ T:12:137(ASM), known as Las Canopas, and site AZ T:12:231(ASM), and recommended that installation of the sewer lines near those two sites be archaeologically monitored to determine if buried...