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This final report reflects a year of on-call Class III cultural resource surveys for Plan 6, the Regulatory Storage Division of the Central Arizona Project. Included are eight reports representing close to 6000 acres of survey performed in the vicinity of the planned New Waddell Dam by Archaeological Consulting Services for the Arizona Projects Office, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Because New Waddell Dam is designed to be rock filled, one of the focal points of the contract was to survey proposed...
First Terrace Arizona Site Steward File (1996)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the First Terrace site which is located on Bureau of Reclamation land. The site is comprised of Colonial or Sedentary Period Hohokam and historical Camp Hattersley Canal and Humbug Mining Operation features, including rock rings, a historical fire ring, and agricultural rock piles. The file consists of a site data form.
A Gabled Wooden Lodge in an Archaeological Context: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
The focus of the research was site 26NY3393. This site consists of a gabled wooden lodge with a hearth, a rock ring, and a diffuse artifacts scatter of ceramics, lithic tools, and lithic debitage. The structure is the only gabled log structure known on Pahute and Rainier mesas, and associated artifacts included Based on temporally diagnostic artifacts, the occupation of site 26NY3393 spans 8,000 years. There is no evidence that the site was occupied continuously for any great length of time. It...
Granite Reef: A Study in Desert Archaeology (1982)
Under contract with the Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University conducted the Granite Reef Aquedcut archaeological project over a period of five years to mitigate the adverse effects of aqueduct and water control feature construction. The project was organized around a series of archaeological surveys, data recovery tasks, and problem-oriented analyses that were guided by a consistent...
Hecla I: A Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Investigations at the Lakeshore Project, Papago Reservation, South Central Arizona (1973)
Late in 1971, the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University was contacted by the Hecla Mining Company regarding impending construction of plant facilities at the Lakeshore Mine Project. The latter operation is located 28 miles southwest of Casa Grande, Arizona. The existence of many archaeological remains within the construction zone was known as a result of surveys conducted by Mr. Garland Gordon of the Arizona Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Tuscon. Investigations...
Hecla II and III, An Interpretive Study of Archeological Remains from the Lakeshore Project, Papago Reservation, South Central Arizona (1975)
This report summarizes archaeological investigations undertaken on the Hecla Mine situated on the south facing slopes of the Slate Mountains, Papago Indian Reservation, north-central Arizona. Three seasons of fieldwork were performed based upon separate contract agreements designed to give mitigation phase clearance to impacted archaeological resources. A variety of methods are developed treating sampling of cultural and floral data, and resource-specific subsistence models are formulated and...
Historic Properties Treatment of Nine Sites within the Anthem at Merrill Ranch Development, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona (2008)
Given the relatively uniform nature of the seven identified resource processing sites in the Anthem at Merrill Ranch project area, as well as, Site AZ U:15:237(ASM) with its agricultural features, the research focus of the data recovery plan was to gain a better basic understanding of the temporal affiliations of and subsistence strategies represented by the project area’s eight prehistoric sites. An additional goal was to place these sites within the greater context of Hohokam occupation along...
Hohokam Archaeology along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Central Arizona Project, Volume VIII: Material Culture (1984)
This is the eighth volume of a nine-volume series reporting archaeological investigations in south-central Arizona along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (SGA), conducted for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) under Contract No. 0-07-32-V0101. The SGA is a 58-mile-Iong component of the Central Arizona Project that begins east of Phoenix and extends to the vicinity of the Picacho Mountains. Specialized analyses of artifacts recovered from 45 sites excavated along the SGA are reported in this volume. The...
Horseshoe Dam Borrow Area and Haul Road, Horseshoe Dam Modifications, Supplemental Cultural Resource, Class III Inventory Survey and Evaluation (1990)
Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed a Class III cultural resource survey of the Horseshoe Dam Borrow Area and Borrow Haul Road (Forest Road 479). This work was designated as Modification 03 of Task 13 of the Supplemental Surveys of the Regulatory Storage Division, Central Arizona Project (Plan 6), performed under Contract No. 7-CS-30-05750 issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. The project area is located entirely on USDA Forest Service administered...
Lake Pleasant 8 Sites Relocation
In January 2012, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) re-visited 8 sites in Lake Pleasant Regional Park. ACS archaeologists relocated the sites and site boundaries, and assessed the sites' current conditions. This project contains a select photographic record of the relocation work.
Lake Pleasant 8 Sites Relocation: Photo Log (2012)
In January 2012, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) re-visited 8 archaeological sites in Lake Pleasant Regional Park to relocate the sites and to assess their conditions. The photo log for the project contains detailed information for the select project photos. The photos can be found here: https://core.tdar.org/image/393026.
Lake Pleasant 8 Sites Relocation: Select Photos (2012)
In January 2012, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) re-visited 8 sites in Lake Pleasant Regional Park to relocate the sites and to assess their conditions. This record contains select photos that document the relocation work.
Land Use and Resource Exploitation of the Sonoran Desert: A Sample Survey of Cultural Resources in Mohave, La Paz, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (1990)
In April and November, 1989, Statistical Research conducted a cultural resource survey of nearly 4,000 acres of land owned by the State of Arizona in Mohave, Yavapai and La Paz counties. The field reconnaissance documented 16 archaeological sites consisting of artifact scatters, trails, rock features, rock art and stationary grinding-features. The non-random survey strategy was based on a stratified sample of 640 acre-study units in the Hualapai and Aquarius Mountains, the Big Sandy Valley and...
Late Prehistoric and Ethnohistoric Pinyon Exploitation in South-Central Nevada: A Case from the Belted Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2012)
A Section 110 archaeological characterization inventory of the Belted Range was conducted for Nellis Air Force Base by Far Western in the latter half of 2010. The focus of the study was on identifying patterning that could inform current research on the prehistoric exploitation of singleleaf pinyon. The survey identified 64 sites (62 prehistoric, 2 historic-period) within a total of 1,798 acres. We find that the Belted Range pinyon zone is much like those throughout the region that contain...
The Middle Gila Basin: An Archaeological and Historical Overview (1982)
The Central Arizona Project (CAP) , Indian Distribution Division (IDD) is designed to deliver allocated CAP water to Indian users. The Middle Gila Basin Overview is the initial cultural resources planning study for the system. It summarizes and evaluates the extant data in an area 3,570 square miles (9,139 sq km) large, centered on the Gila River. The data suggests that archaeological sites in this area are numerous and varied, but most of all poorly-studied despite 100 years of research. A...
Mitigation Plan for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (1979)
In 1978, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) directed the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to complete an intensive archaeological survey of the proposed alignment for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, a feature of the Central Arizona Project. The survey area was 11,115 acres and included the 60 mile-long transmission line (with a typical width of 200 meters), three proposed utility line locations, one flood retention dike location, 11 possible spoil or realignment areas, and a subsidence well....
A National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing Program and for AZ T:3:128 (ASM), AZ T:3:281 (ASM), and AZ T:3:283 (ASM), and Native American Consultation Plan for Isolated Find 90, White Peak Ranch, Maricopa County, Arizona (2004)
This document presents a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing and Native American Consultation plan for the proposed White Peak Ranch development in northwest Maricopa County, Arizona. Vistancia, L.L.C. is planning a 3825-acre housing development in the White Peak Ranch parcel. A cultural resources survey identified 16 archaeological sites within the proposed development (Hasbargen 2003). Although the project is located on private land, the proposed development will...
New River Community Park (Daisy Mountain) Arizona Site Steward File (1985)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the New River Community Park site, comprised of a Hohokam habitation with accompanying terrace, trails, masonry structure footings, and artifact scatter. The site is located on Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Land Department, and privately owned land. The file consists of a site data form, Arizona Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Site Record, site environment form, and map of the site location.
PBT Site Arizona Site Steward File (1998)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the PBT site, located on Prescott National Forest Land. The site is comprised of a potentially prehistoric circular rock alignment, artifact scatter, and a historical rock wall. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, and two black and white photographs. The earliest dated document is from 1998.
Phase I Cultural Resource Inventory for Proposed Cedar Peak Wildland Fire Management Project, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada Test And Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2013)
The United States Air Force, 99th Civil Engineering Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), Nevada is proposing fuels reduction for Cedar Peak located on the north range of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). The protection of Cedar Peak from the effects of a wildland fire will require the clear cutting of the pinyon and juniper trees within an approximate 300-foot radius around the peak (approximately 30 acres), and an additional 900-foot radius around the clear cut area (approximately...
Prehistoric Spatial Patterning and Subsistence Studies: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19arP4 (1992)
This report documents the methods and results of archaeological investigations at Sample Unit U19arP4 on Pahute Mesa at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Eight sites were located there: four lithic artifact scatters (26NY1370, 26NY1372, 26NY3666 and 26NY3667), two temporary camps (26NY3665 and 26NY5418), one artifact locality (26NY5419), and one quarry (26NY3664). One of the lithic scatters, 26NY3667, incorporated a previously recorded rock ring, 26NY1371 , that could not be relocated during...
Proposed Mead to Phoenix 500kV DC Transmission Line Project: Appendix A: Summary, Study Sample Units 1-22 (1983)
Summary of study units 1-22 of sites selected throughout Arizona and Nevada. Includes a table listing the presence of vegetation and cultural remains, accompanied by a base map for each of the study units.
The San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant River Corridor Survey, Volume I (2001)
The foremost goal of this project was recording all archaeological and paleontological finds in the riparian corridor the Santa Cruz River, on the San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant. Results of this full-coverage survey are intended to be useful for determining land management in the corridor. Observations about site boundaries, disturbance and potential for in-place buried deposits contribute to meeting these objectives. At the same time, these results are intended to provide information from a...
Second Canyon Wash Arizona Site Steward File (2004)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Second Canyon Wash site, comprised of rock rings and a platform mound, located on State Trust land. The file consists of a cultural resource vandalism report and a hand drawn site map. The earliest dated document is from 2004.
Settlement History Along Pinal Creek in the Globe Highlands, Arizona, Volume 1: Introduction and Site Descriptions (2003)
Investigations of 20 prehistoric and historic sites in the Globe-Miami area were undertaken as the result of plans for the realignment of State Route 88 (SR 88) between Tonto National Monument and the junction of US 60 in the Globe-Miami area, Gila County. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) carried out this study under contract to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Fieldwork was conducted on ADOT right-of-way on the Tonto National Forest (Forest) with special-use...