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The Hohokam village was one of the largest pre-Classic settlements in the Phoenix Basin. The recorded site boundary covers more than 80 acres, extending from the edge of the Salt River floodplain northward. Founded during the Vahki phase (A.D. 500-650), when settlement aggregated around two large plazas, the village thrived until the Santa Cruz phase (A.D. 850950), when people began to leave the village, possibly settling in villages further down the canal system. Final abandonment occurred...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

The El Rio Community Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, is planning on building a parking lot on a portion of an archaeological easement associated with the historic period León farm stead, AZ BB:13:505 (ASM), and the prehistoric period Eastside canals, AZ BB:13:642 (ASM). The archaeological easement was established in 1999 following the discovery of the two sites. Archaeological fieldwork for this project was undertaken in 2013 to mitigate the damage to these significant cultural resources...

PROJECT Uploaded by: Michael E. Smith

This project will archive data and materials from the Calixtlahuaca Archaeological Project, a NSF-funded fieldwork investigation of an Aztec-period urban center near Toluca, Mexico.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary A. Huckleberry. Michael W. Lindeman.

Situated along the western edge of the Santa Cruz River floodplain, the 18.6-acre Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) parcel (Parcel Nos. 119-42­ 006E, 119-42-006M, and 119-42-006N) contained a single previously recorded site, AZ AA:16:570 (ASM). The project was undertaken for Swaim Associates Architects prior to the construction of a Tucson Unified School District school on the property. The Arizona Antiquities Act of 1960 (as amended), the State Historic Preservation Act of 1982, and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeryll Moreno. Mark Brodbeck.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". As early as 1887 Hemenway visited the Salt River Valley and placed Pueblo Viejo on the map for the first time. Other antiquarians and early archaeologists proceeded to map and document the network of prehistoric Hohokam canals south of the Salt River, which connected Pueblo Viejo with other Hohokam villages and settlements. We briefly review these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This planning and protocol document describes the activities necessary for the physical, legal, and ethical transfer of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Arizona project collections from the Central Arizona Project Repository in Tucson to the Gila River Indian Community’s Huhugam Heritage Center outside of Phoenix. There are over 6000 boxes of artifacts and more than 300 linear feet of archival materials stemming from this twenty-year project. Currently, Reclamation is in a direct...

IMAGE Uploaded by: Katelyn Roessel

"Funding for data collection and map production provided by Arizona Department of Transportation Contract No. 85-33. This map is based on the named USGS 7.5 minute series topographic map. Prehistoric information compiled from various sources by Jerry B. Howard. See Howard and Huckleberry (1991: Chapter 2) for further explanation of data sources and map compilation methods. Some errors and inconsistencies could not be rectified during the production process by Soil Systems, Inc. and GEO-MAP,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A.E. (Gene) Rogge. Joel J. White.

Valley Metro Rail, In cooperation with the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa, plans to construct a Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF) for the Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Transit (CP/EV LRT) project. Valley Metro Rail is applying for financial support for the project from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and therefore the project is a federal undertaking that must comply with Section 106 of the National historic Preservation Act. FTA, Valley Metro Rail, City of Phoenix,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristin L. Fangmeier.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) purchased approximately 700 acres of private land for use as protected habitat for the Southwest Willow Flycatcher. The land is managed by the Salt River Project. At the request of Mr. Jon Czaplicki, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) prepared a literature review and culture history overview of the project area to evaluate its potential for cultural resources. The ACS review area includes a 1-mi buffer around the 700-acre project area of...

PROJECT Robert Stokes. USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos and Irrigation Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. To assist with project planning, Reclamation directed Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS)...

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As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos and Irrigation Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. To assist with project planning, Reclamation directed Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paige B. Florie. Thomas E. Jones. Robert Stokes. Glennda Luhnow.

As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos and Irrigation Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. To assist with project planning, Reclamation directed Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Don W. Jolly.

The Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) contracted with Greystone/An Arcadis Company to compile this Class I Cultural Resources Inventory for the 230kV Power Line Project (Project) as part of the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) Application. The Project includes the construction of a new 230kV transmission line from the Desert Basin Generating Station, located near the intersection of Burris and Korsten roads.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Doug Avann.

The  COP  intends  to  construct a  10-ft-wide  asphaltic  multi-use  path  (MUP)  and  two grade-separation  structures  between  the  Arizona  Canal  and  the  Arizona  Canal Diversion Channel (ACDC) to segregate pedestrian and bicycle traffic from vehicular traffic  at  the  intersection  of 51st  Avenue  and  Cactus  Road  in  the  west  portion  of Phoenix,  and the east portion of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure  1).  At the  COP’s  request,  EcoPlan  Associates,  Inc....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cherie K. Walth.

Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc., on behalf of Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), has developed this Class I Cultural Resources Inventory for the Pinal West to Southeast Valley/Browning 500 kV Project (Project) as part of the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) Application. SRP contracted with Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc. (Greystone) to complete the Class I report. The Project includes the construction of one single circuit...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh. Teresa Rodrigues.

This report presents the results of a Class I cultural resources inventory of nearly 11 miles (mi.) of right-of-way (R/W) owned by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) along Interstate 10 (I-10) in Maricopa County, Arizona (Figures 1 and 2). Entranco completed the cultural resources inventory for DMJM+HARRIS under Contract No. 00-75, as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-10 Corridor Improvement Study. The purpose of the inventory was to determine whether...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gina S. Gage.

Under contract to Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed a Class I cultural resources records search for the proposed SRP Copper Crossing Energy Center (CCEC) generating station located in the Town of Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. The new generating station is intended to meet SRP's projected growth in demand for power. The purpose of this Class I review is to identify and assess any cultural resources located...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Teresa L. Rodrigues. Mary-Ellen Walsh.

On December 15, 2000, Entranco was authorized by Salt River Project (SRP) to conduct a Class I Inventory of an approximately 9.61-mile-long, variable width corridor from the Thunderstone Receiving Station to the Verde Substation in Maricopa County, Arizona. The project area includes Bureau of Indian Affairs right-of-way across the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation, operated and managed by the Central Arizona Project and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Damon Burden.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is preparing a new Environmental Impact Statement and Location/Design Concept Report for the South Mountain Freeway Corridor, south and west of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. As part of that report, this Class I overview provides a detailed inventory of previously recorded archaeological sites and previous archaeological investigations located in the current study area. This document is to be used primarily as a management tool in the...

PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

Other entries related to work done on the withdrawn lands along the Salt River can be found at the following link: https://core.tdar.org/collection/27771 The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has identified approximately 1,270 acres of land for a Class III (intensive) cultural resource survey for Section 110 inventory purposes. The land was withdrawn for the Salt River Project (SRP) and is located upstream from the Granite Reef Diversion Dam on the south side of the Salt River. The withdrawn...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gabe Montgomery.

Other entries related to work done on the withdrawn lands along the Salt River can be found at the following link: https://core.tdar.org/collection/27771 The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has identified approximately 1,270 acres of land for a Class III (intensive) cultural resource survey for Section 110 inventory purposes. The land was withdrawn for the Salt River Project (SRP) and is located upstream from the Granite Reef Diversion Dam on the south side of the Salt River. The withdrawn...

IMAGE Gabe Montgomery.

Other entries related to work done on the withdrawn lands along the Salt River can be found at the following link: https://core.tdar.org/collection/27771 The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has identified approximately 1,270 acres of land for a Class III (intensive) cultural resource survey for Section 110 inventory purposes. The land was withdrawn for the Salt River Project (SRP) and is located upstream from the Granite Reef Diversion Dam on the south side of the Salt River. The withdrawn...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joanne C. Tactikos.

Other entries related to work done on the withdrawn lands along the Salt River can be found at the following link: https://core.tdar.org/collection/27771 The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has identified approximately 1,270 acres of land for a Class III (intensive) cultural resource survey for Section 110 inventory purposes. The land was withdrawn for the Salt River Project (SRP) and is located upstream from the Granite Reef Diversion Dam on the south side of the Salt River. The withdrawn...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Jones. Jennifer Rich.

As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) directed Archaeological Consulting...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Jones. Jennifer Rich.

As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) directed Archaeological Consulting...