Canal or Canal Feature (Site Type Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael M. Gregory.

During July 28 through August 2, 1991, Archaeological Research Services, Inc., performed a cultural resources survey within the State Route 87 right-of-way between mileposts 177.86 and 188.78. This 10.92 mile long by 200 ft wide survey corridor crosses Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community land between McDowell Road and Shea Boulevard north of Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona (U.S.G.S. Mesa, Ariz. 7.5' 1967/1972/1973; U.S.G.S. Sawik Mountain, Ariz. 7.5' 1964/1982; U.S.G.S. Granite Reef Dam,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bradford W. Stone.

On December 29, 1997, and January 9 and February 20, 1998, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) conducted a cultural resources (archaeological) survey along a portion of the Grand Canal in Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was performed at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to determine if important cultural resources were present within or immediately adjacent to the study area which could be affected by the construction of a proposed drainage...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing. Korri Turner. Erin Davis.

Carter & Burgess, Inc.  (C&B) conducted a Class III,  non collection  cultural  resources survey of approximately  1,346 acres of privately owned  land within the  proposed  Merrill Ranch development,  located  northwest of Florence,  Pinal County, Arizona  (Figure  1). The survey was conducted at the request of Vanguard  Properties as part of ongoing efforts to determine whether significant cultural  resources exist within the Merrill  Ranch development,  prior to the proposed construction  of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Barz.

Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) performed a Class m (Intensive Field Inventory) cultural resources (archaeological) survey within a 300-to-600 ft wide corridor through both previously surveyed and unsurveyed Tonto National Forest (TNF), Tonto National Monument administered by the National Park Service (NPS), Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), and private land for the proposed upgrade of State Route 88 (SR 88) between Roosevelt and Claypool, Gila County, Arizona (ADOT...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Wright.

On December 6, 2000, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) conducted a cultural resources survey of approximately 68 acres of land owned by the Salt River Project in northwestern Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project area is bounded on the north by Washington Street, on the south by the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, on the east by a property boundary approximately 600 feet west of Center Parkway, and on the west by Priest Drive.The project area is being considered for the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter R. Punzmann. Holly S. DeMaagd.

As part of the Red Mountain Freeway project, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is adding supplementary right-of-way and temporary construction easements between Gilbert and Higley Roads in Mesa. Much of the new land was previously surveyed during examination of various proposed alignments for the road (Macnider et al. 1999). However, nine new parcels located on private land and Arizona state trust land administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Hoski Schaafsma. Diane Fenicle. Jill Heilman.

The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is planning a pavement preservation project along the Bush Highway from Power Road to just south of State Route (SR) 87 (also known as the Beeline Highway), Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). MCDOT tasked EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) with cultural resource survey in advance of road improvement. The results of the survey are presented in this report.

PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources (NNDWR), in conjunction with other Federal and local entities prepared and evaluated alternatives for improving water management, conservation, and distribution within the Ganado Irrigation System. The resulting recommendations are termed the Ganado Irrigation Water Conservation Project (GIWCP), whose purpose is to develop a system that will enable the efficient conveyance of irrigation water to farmland and...

IMAGE Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources (NNDWR), in conjunction with other Federal and local entities prepared and evaluated alternatives for improving water management, conservation, and distribution within the Ganado Irrigation System. The resulting recommendations are termed the Ganado Irrigation Water Conservation Project (GIWCP), whose purpose is to develop a system that will enable the efficient conveyance of irrigation water to farmland and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Shirley Powell. Klara B. Kelley. Harris Francis. Karolyn Jackman. John Allison.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources (NNDWR), in conjunction with other Federal and local entities prepared and evaluated alternatives for improving water management, conservation, and distribution within the Ganado Irrigation System. The resulting recommendations are termed the Ganado Irrigation Water Conservation Project (GIWCP), whose purpose is to develop a system that will enable the efficient conveyance of irrigation water to farmland and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Garcia.

SRP Water Rights and Contracts requested that Biological and Cultural Resources (BCRS) inspect a portion of the McMillan Property, in Camp Verde, Yavapai County, to determine if any cultural resources are present and would be impacted by proposed vegetation management aimed at reducing wildfire risks. BCRS staff Daniel Garcia and Nina Grimaldi conducted the inspection on January 13, 2022. As a result of the survey, one archaeological site (McMillan-1, believed to be NA3528 or the Verde Ballcourt...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Regina L. Chapin-Pyritz. Matthew Hill, Jr..

GBPP (Gila Bend Power Partners) proposes to construct and operate a 500kV transmission line, which will deliver electrical power from the Hassayampa Switchyard south of Wintersburg, Arizona to the Jojoba Switchyard currently under construction in south-central Maricopa County, Arizona. The project will increase the transmission of electrical power into areas surrounding metropolitan Phoenix, and will promote economic development of benefit to the people of Arizona. GBPP retained EPG...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila.

At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III (Intensive), non-collection cultural resources survey of approximately 170 miles of the Arizona, Arizona Crosscut, Grand, Tempe, Tempe Crosscut, Consolidated, Eastern, South, Western, Highline, and Kyrene Branch Canals in Maricopa County, Arizona. The canals, which are owned by the Reclamation, are maintained and operated by the Salt River Project (SRP). The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III (Intensive), non-collection cultural resources survey on approximately 170 miles of the Arizona, Arizona Crosscut, Grand, Tempe, Tempe Crosscut, Consolidated, Eastern, South, Western, Highline, and Kyrene Branch Canals in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was undertaken at the request of Jon S. Czaplicki, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) archaeologist and Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for Contract...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher N. Watkins. Robert A. Rowe.

Arizona Public Service Company (APS) requested that Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of a 0.23-mile-long and 50-ft-wide (1.39-acre) right-of-way across Luke AFB for the M-101 (Agua Fria–Waddell) 69-kV transmission line, a 4.75-mile-long and 50-ft-wide (28.78-acre) right-of-way across State Trust land administered by the ASLD and BLM lands for the M-104 (Agua Fria–Westwing) 69-kV transmission line, and a 2.26-mile-long and 150-ft-wide (41.09-acre)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Marshall.

Northland has completed cultural resources testing at two parcels. During the project, 83 trenches were mechanically excavated, totaling 1,613.3 meters. Trenches were roughly 20 m long, 65 cm wide, and 1.5 m deep. They were laid out in a checkerboard pattern across both loci, with trenches spaced 40 m apart east-west. This equates to approximately a 1.25 percent subsurface sample of the 20.7 acre project area. Testing confirmed the presence of features associated with Las Canopas (AZ...

PROJECT Ronald Faulseit.

This archive contains all of the data derived from field research at the site of Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico. This is a multi-year project consisting of intensive survey and mapping, as well as comprehensive excavations. The mapping and survey are designed to provide a detailed topographic map of the site and provide a basic temporal and spatial settlement description. Intensive excavations are focused on residential areas. This project has been financially supported...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David B. Tucker.

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted archaeological data recovery investigations within a portion of AZ AA:12:869 for the Shannon Business Park LLC in compliance with Pima County regulations for a grading permit as required for the construction. Previously, SWCA conducted archaeological testing at the site, which had been completed in October 2000 (Tucker 2000). During testing, much of the site was found to be heavily disturbed due to modern agricultural plowing, but several...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell.

The site (AZ T:12:413[ASM]) was recommended as eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Avoidance to the site was not feasible so data recovery was conducted under an existing City-approved Plan, entitled “General Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Archaeological Projects Within the Boundaries of the City of Phoenix, Arizona” (Montero et al. 2008). A Supplemental Data Recovery Work Plan submitted to the City (see Mitchell 2011) was approved and implemented. As a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Butler. Joseph Charles. Connie Huddleston. Heather Mauldin. Whitney Olvey. Jennifer Webber.

Proposed development at the Ford Plantation L.L.C. will impact archaeological sites 9BN44, 9BN174, and 9BN177 (Dublin/Richmond Plantation). Archaeological survey (Wapora 1983) and testing (Whitley et al. 1999) investigations determined these sites contain significant archaeological research potential. Sites 9BN44, 9BN174, and 9BN177 are located within the Henry Ford National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) District (listed under Criteria B and C). These archaeological sites were also...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pat H. Stein.

In the spring of 1984, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. was contracted by the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community to conduct data recovery at historic sites which would be impacted by Phase I of the Fort McDowell Irrigation Betterment Project. The sites are located on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona. Nine sites were studied. Two of them were canals: the Government Ditch, dating from 1866 to ca 1940, and the Jones Ditch, dating from 1896 to present....

DOCUMENT Full-Text John T. Marshall.

This report provides documentation for archaeological data recovery within a 6.9 acre parcel located near the northeastern edge of the prehistoric Hohokam village Pueblo del Rio (AZ T:12:116[ASM]). The work was conducted by Northland Research, Inc., for McCall & Associates prior to commercial development of the property. The purpose of the project was to collect information and analyze materials from a sample of features at the site. Features identified include three pit houses, a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Lindeman.

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) plans to construct an 88-mile-long extra-high voltage transmission line linking the Pinal West, Santa Rosa, Pinal Central, Abel, and Dinosaur Substations. The project corridor traverses the area from the Maricopa/Pinal County line west of the Ak Chin Indian Community, southeastward and eastward past Casa Grande, Arizona, then roughly northward past Coolidge and Florence, Arizona, ending east of Queen Creek, Arizona, along the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson. Mary-Ellen Walsh-Anduze. Tiffany C. Clark.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to extend the Red Mountain Freeway/SR 202L from SR 87 to US 60, resulting in the construction of nearly 18 miles of new freeway. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS), completed a Class III cultural resource survey of the proposed project area, which resulted in the identification and recording of numerous prehistoric and historic sites within the Red Mountain Freeway (RMF) corridor (Macnider et al. 1999) . Crismon Pueblo and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kris Dobschuetz.

Esteban Group LLC is proposed to develop an apartment complex on privately owned land just south of Esteban Park. In accordance with the archaeological stipulations within the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 8, Section 802(B), it is the City’s policy to assist with the preservation of archaeological and historic resources within developments, where appropriate. Arizona Revised Statute § 41-865 states that it is unlawful for persons to disturb human burials and associated grave goods on...