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Arcus Private Capital Solutions, LLC (Arcus) is proposing development of the 24-acre Rittenhouse Ranch parcel, located in Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona. A prior pedestrian survey of the project area demonstrated that a portion of a large prehistoric Hohokam archaeological site, AZ U:10:2 (ASM), also referred to as the Southwest Germann Site, covers the entire parcel. The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and other State and Federal agencies consider the Southwest Germann...
Results of Construction Monitoring and Phase 1 Data Recovery at the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network Project Tower Site, City of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2014)
The Pima County Information Technology Department and the Pima County Sheriffs Department have joined with a number of public safety entities to develop and put to use the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network (PCWIN)—a regional public safety radio system. The PCWIN project included establishment of more than 30 tower sites and/or dispatch centers, the majority of which involved the collocation of new facilities onto existing tower structures and/or within existing buildings. The...
Results of Eligibility Testing of AZ T:11:165 (ASM) in the Arroyo Seco Development in Maricopa County, Arizona (2005)
This document presents the results of archaeological testing of a site located in a future development in west Maricopa County. As a result of a survey of the Arroyo Seco parcel, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility of AZ T:11:165 (ASM) was indeterminate (Schmidt et al. 2004); testing was recommended to determine the site’s eligibility. This work was done in support of an application for a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is...
Results of National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Four Sites at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2015)
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority (PMGAA) proposes the Northeast Area Development Plan (NADP), which would relocate the existing airport passenger terminal complex to the northeastern corner of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (the Airport), in the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. Ricondo and Associates, Inc., under contract to PMGAA, retained SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing at four archaeological sites—AZ...
Results of Phased Data Recovery for the Paving and Storm Drain Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2013)
The City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department (STD) is conducting road and storm drain improvements. The project will require the relocation of an existing Salt River Project (SRP) irrigation line, located on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land. Because federal lands are involved, the project is considered a federal undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. It also follows applicable COP policies and requirements as...
Rev. Whittmore (1992)
This document is an article regarding Rev. Whittmore's experience first custodian of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Review Draft (Project No. 03-09): Archaeological Investigations on State Lands along the Santan Expansion Project Pipeline Corridor, Pinal County, Arizona (2004)
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) plans to construct a natural gas pipeline along its Santan Expansion Project, between Gilbert and Coolidge in Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona. In order to mitigate the impact of pipeline construction on culturally significant properties, SRP contracted Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) to recover archaeological data from 10 sites located along the proposed 36-mile long pipeline corridor. Northland subsequently conducted...
A Rincon Phase Occupation at the Julian Wash Site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM) (1996)
This report summarizes the results of an archaeological mitigation project for a 30-ft-wide right-of-way for an access road to Tucson Water's new reservoir at the Julian Wash site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM). This project uncovered a cluster of five pithouses and 36 related extramural features that date to the transition between the Middle and Late Rincon subphases in the Tucson Basin Hohokam chronology, about A.D 1070 to 1150. The cluster of pithouses is probably part of a larger house group arranged...
The Roeser Park Archaeological Project: Investigations in a Portion of Pueblo Viejo, AZ T:12:73 (ASM), a Hohokam Site in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
In May 2004, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) conducted a phased data recovery program in part of a large prehistoric Native American village called Pueblo Viejo in southern Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The site is also known as AZ T:12:73 (ASM) in the Arizona State Museum's site numbering system; the site’s name and number are used interchangeably in this report. The City of Phoenix Archaeology Office has assigned the following project number to the work performed at Pueblo...
The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 13, Volume 1: Introduction and Small Sites (1994)
The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Desert Archaeology, Inc. to complete the research for...
The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 13, Volume 2: Meddler Point, Pyramid Point, and Griffin Wash Sites (1994)
The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Desert Archaeology, Inc. to complete the research for...
The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 14, Volume 1: Stone and Shell Artifacts (1995)
The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) involved the testing and excavation of 27 sites in the Lower Tonto Basin of central Arizona. This is one of three related data recovery projects undertaken in the Tonto Basin for the Bureau of Reclamation prior to the raising of the Roosevelt Lake dam. The results of the RCD project are presented in four Anthropological Papers of the Center for Desert Archaeology: Anthropological Papers No. 12 is the research design; Anthropological Papers No. 13...
The Roosevelt Community Development Study, Number 14, Volume 3: Paleobiological and Osteological Analyses (1995)
The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) involved the testing and excavation of 27 sites in the Lower Tonto Basin of central Arizona. This is one of three related data recovery projects undertaken in the Tonto Basin for the Bureau of Reclamation prior to the raising of the Roosevelt Lake dam. The results of the RCD project are presented in four Anthropological Papers of the Center for Desert Archaeology: Anthropological Papers No. 12 is the research design; Anthropological Papers No. 13...
Shaping Space: Built Space, Landscape, and Cosmology in Four Regions (2010)
In this article, the authors seek to understand cosmological expressions in architecture and the built landscape in Mesoamerica, Northern Mexico, the US Southwest, and the US Southeast.
Shoger Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (2001)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Shoger Ruin, located on State Trust land. The site is comprised of an agricultural filed with rock piles and alignments, isolated cobble structures, a compound structure, plaza, trash middens, possible roasting mounds, canal, and artifact scatter. The file consists of an Arizona State Museum archaeological site card, two maps of the site location, criminal damage report, hand drawn site map, photo log, and 15 color photographs of potholes. The earliest...
Summary Archaeological Testing Report and Data Recovery Plan for a Portion of Sleeping Snake Village (AZ BB:9:104 [ASM]) Rancho Vistoso, Oro Valley, Pima County, Arizona (1995)
This document reports the results of the archaeological testing of a small portion of Sleeping Snake Village (AZ BB:9:104 [ASM]), located on the Rancho Vistoso property, in the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona. The testing was conducted by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA) at the request of Vistoso Partners. The project area represents the proposed location of the No. 10 tee area for an 18-hole golf course. As the agency responsible for reviewing Clean Water Act Section 404 permit...
The Sun Lakes-Casa Grande Project: Limited Archaeological Testing at Twenty-one Sites near the Toltec Buttes, Eloy, Arizona (2004)
Between November 2000 and February 2001, a crew from SWCA® Environmental Consultants (SWCA) of Tucson conducted archaeological testing operations at twenty-one sites lying within a 1570-acre parcel near Toltec, a subdivision of Eloy, in Pinal County, Arizona. The work was done at the request of Mr. Jason Burgess of B&R Engineering, Inc., acting on behalf of Sun Lakes-Casa Grande Development, LLC, an affiliate of Robson Communities, Inc., who intend to construct a planned community of housing and...
The Tanque Verde High School Archaeological Project: Excavations at a Hohokam Limited Activity Site in the Northeastern Tucson Basin (2005)
Archaeological testing and data recovery at AZ B:9:360 (ASM), a Hohokam limited activity site in the northeastern Tucson Basin, resulted in the discovery of two roasting pits, an associated activity surface, and two large trash-filled pits. Botanical data suggest that the site was used for processing locally procured upper bajada wild plant resources as well as domesticated crops (maize). Chronometric data indicate a likely span of site use from the Rillito phase of the Colonial period to the...
The Tanque Verde Wash Site Revisited: Archaeological Excavations in the Northwest Locus (2011)
The Tanque Verde W ash site, AZ BB:13:68 (ASM), is a small agricultural village located in the eastern Tucson Basin, approximately 25 km east of the large riverine settlements along the Santa Cruz River. The northwest locus of the site was investigated during the current project for the City of Tucson prior to residential development, complementing previous investigations in the southeast locus. Including all work at the site, 57 pithouses have now been sampled or completely excavated, in...
Testing at AZ AA:12:869 (ASM): Results of Archaeological Testing for the Shannon Business Park Development, Pima County, Arizona (2000)
Archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, conducted test excavations at AZ AA:12:869 (ASM) on privately owned property of the Shannon Business Park Development. Fieldwork was conducted from October 18 to October 27, 2000. David Tucker served as SWCA's project manager and also directed the fieldwork. Anastasia Gutierrez and Victoria Evans assisted with the fieldwork. The backhoe used to dig test trenches was operated by Manuelito "Betto" Navaro of Lamb Excavation. Ms. Linda...
Testing Results and a Proposed Treatment Plan for Further Work on the Thompson Draw FLEX Project in Tonto National Forest, Gila County, Arizona (2001)
Test excavations were conducted at six sites to determine their National Register eligibility, prior to a land exchange. Three of the sites, AR-03-12-04-1397/AZ 0:12:81 (ASM), AR-03 -12-04-1403/AZ 0:12:82 (ASM), and AR-03-12-04-1521/AZ 0:12:85 (ASM), demonstrated low overall artifact density, small site size and an absence of subsurface features, and are therefore recommended as ineligible for National Register consideration. AR-03-12-04-13 85/AZ 0:12:80 (ASM) and AR-03-12-04-1449/AZ 0:12:83...
Their Own Road: Archaeological Investigations along State Route 260 Payson to Heber-Kohls Ranch Section (2017)
The Kohls Ranch highway section lies at the center of the State Route (SR) 260 —Payson to Heber project area. This section also crosses a number of central places of the past. Here, near its headwaters, Tonto Creek is a mountain stream, whose terraces widen briefly near the highway before the canyon narrows into the Hells Gate Wilderness to the south. Indian Garden, a mile to the east, is a spring-fed meadow. Geology transitions in this area, as the topography created by the friable granites to...
Tiperrary Wash Arizona Site Steward File (1986)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Tiperrary Wash, comprised of a Sedentary Period Hohokam habitation site, located on State Trust land. The site is comprised of a ball court, cobble structures, trash middens, and an unspecified hilltop feature. The file consists of a Site Steward Program resource nomination form, Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form, criminal damage report, a cultural resource vandalism report, and five color photographs documenting site vandalism.
Tonto Creek Archaeological Project - Artifact and Environmental Analyses, Volume 1: A Tonto Basin Perspective on Ceramic Economy (2000)
This volume presents analyses of the ceramics collected from excavations conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc. as part of the Tonto Creek Archaeological Project (TCAP) in the Tonto Basin, Gila County, of east-central Arizona. The project was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation prior to the widening and realignment of State Route 188 from 1994 to 1996. Over the course of fieldwork from 1992 to 1996, 27 sites were investigated through mapping, surface collection, and excavation....
Tonto Creek Archaeological Project - Artifact and Environmental Analyses, Volume 2: Stone Tool and Subsistence Studies (2002)
The Tonto Creek Archaeological Project (TCAP), funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), was conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., in advance of the 1994-1996 realignment of Arizona State Route 188 in the Tonto Basin of east-central Arizona. From 1992 to 1996, portions of 27 archaeological sites were investigated. Site components ranged in date from the Middle Archaic period to the Late Historic era. Most dated to the Colonial, Sedentary, and early Classic periods, circa A.D....