Ground Disturbance Monitoring (Investigation Type)

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 David Lawrence Brown. John Peterson.

Monitoring plan in support of water main replacement excavations at Bellows AFS.

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 T.S. Dye. Kelly R. Yeates.

At the request of Engineering/Remediation Resources Group, T. S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists conducted archaeological monitoring at Bellows Air Force Station and Real Estate Parcels DE2 and DE3, Waimanalo Ahupua‘a, Ko‘olaupoko District for ground-disturbing activities associated with the Remedial Investigations at TG001, TS002, and TM001 locations. Archaeological monitoring focused on the identification of subsurface remains associated with traditional Hawaiian habitation and collection of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey L. Putzi. Thomas Dye.

At the request of Rim Architects, T. S. Dye and Colleagues, Archaeologists, Inc. conducted archaeological monitoring and sampling at military family housing areas at Bellows Air Force Station and at Hickam Air Force Base, O'ahu Island, Hawai'i. The primary focus of the project was the discovery and appropriate treatment of historic properties potentially affected by the family housing construction. Construction activities involved excavations to install new utilities and in some cases for new...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carl E. Sholin. Elaine H. R. Jourdane. Thomas S. Dye.

Archaeological monitoring was conducted by T. S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists, during ground-disturbing activities associated with the Septic System Restoration project at Hickam Air Force Base (Hickam AFB), Hawai‘i, TMK: (1) 9–1–001:013, and Bellows Air Force Station (Bellows AFS),Hawai‘i, TMK: (1) 4–1–001:015. The ground-disturbing activities that were monitored consisted of percolation testing at two work sites at Hickam AFB and excavation for new septic tank systems along with the...

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 United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha. URS Group, Inc..

URS Group, Inc. (URS) was contracted by the United States (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha District, under Contract Number (No.) W9128F-10-D-0061 Delivery Order 0006, to complete a subsurface removal action in multiple areas at New Boston Air Force Station (NBAFS), New Hampshire to remove munitions and explosives of concern (MEC). The purpose of the overall project was to complete a subsurface removal to the depth of detection throughout NBAFS including 16 operations and...

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 Argonne National Laboratory.

Memo monitoring report describing results of archaeological monitoring of emergency repair of a buried sewer line near building 241 at Bellows Air Force Station. Emergency repair of the sewer line did not impact any historic properties.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Argonne National Laboratory.

Memo monitoring report presenting results of archaeological monitoring of emergency repair of a buried water line near Buildings 323a and 324b at Bellows Air Force Station. Emergency repair did not impact any historic properties.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael J. Lenardi.

This report presents a Monitoring, Treatment and Data Recovery Plan for Grangebel Park, located in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York. The New York Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) in cooperation with the Federal highway Administration (FHWA) and the Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency have proposed improvements to Grangebel Park as part of a larger, more comprehensive plan to revitalize Riverhead. No prior archaeological investigations are known to have been...

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 Leith Smith. David Landon.

A preservation program for Orchard House in Concord, MA (Con.-HA-17), the historic home of the Alcott family including Louisa May, author of Little Women (1868), called for extensive structural repairs and construction of a new foundation under the rear portion of the house as well as interior and exterior utility work. Archaeological testing was conducted to identify cultural resources that would be impacted by the proposed project, and to propose alternatives to avoid, minimize or mitigate...