Preliminary Report: Archaeological Monitoring of a U S West Communications Fiber Optic Cable Trench Along the South Side of the Grand Canal near Pueblo Grande National Historic Landmark, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Holly S. DeMaagd; Barbara S. Macnider

Year: 1994

Summary

At the request of U S West Communications (US West), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) performed archaeological monitoring along a utility right-of-way. The right-of-way is within the south side access road for the Grand Canal, which passes through the City of Phoenix administered Pueblo Grande National Historic Landmark (Pueblo Grande; AZ U:9:7(ASM)). The canal is administered by the Salt River Project and owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. Limited testing within the right-of-way suggested that subsurface remains were present; with the reduction in the depth of the utility trench, US West attempted to avoid impacting such features. The purpose of the monitoring was to identify any cultural remains and features, to record the features, to collect samples and artifacts, and to halt excavation if human remains were encountered. A canal and roasting pit were exposed in the wall of the manhole pit, the only portion of trench deeper than 2 ft-6 in.

Cite this Record

Preliminary Report: Archaeological Monitoring of a U S West Communications Fiber Optic Cable Trench Along the South Side of the Grand Canal near Pueblo Grande National Historic Landmark, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Holly S. DeMaagd, Barbara S. Macnider. Tempe, AZ: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. 1994 ( tDAR id: 402699) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8402699

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Arkosic Sand • Basalt • Bone • Brownware • Buffware • Camelback Granite • Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware • Ceramic • Charcoal • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Diabase • Fire Cracked Rock • Gila Butte Red-on-Buffware • Gila Butte Schist • Gila Redware • Grandiorite • Granite • Greenstone • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Metavolcanic Rock • Phyllite Schist • Plainware • Quartzite • Red-on-Buffware • Redware • Rhyolite • Sacaton-Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Sacaton Redware • Salt Redware • Sand • Schist • South Mountain Grandiorite • Squaw Peak Schist • Vesicular Basalt Show More

Site Name
AZ U:9:7 (ASM) • Pueblo Grande

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Canal • Canal or Canal Feature • Charcoal Lens • Clay Lens • Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Roasting Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Trash Deposit

Investigation Types
Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Basalt Core • Basalt Debitage • Basalt Hammerstone • Basalt Pestle • Basalt Rock Tool • Bone (Human) • Botanical Sample • Bowl • Ceramic Bowl • Ceramic Jar • Chipped Stone Debitage • Core Tool • Debitage • Diabase Hammerstone • Flake Tool • Flotation Sample • Grand Canal • Greenstone Core • Greenstone Hammerstone • Hammerstone • Jar • Metavolcanic Rock Core • Metavolcanic Rock Hammerstone • Metavolcanic Rock Tool • Pestle • Phalange (Human) • Pollen Sample • Quartzite Core • Quartzite Flake • Quartzite Hammerstone • Radiocarbon Sample • Salt River Project • Sediment Sample • Southern Pacific Railroad • SRP • Tool • US West • U S West Communications • Vesicular Basalt Pestle Show More

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Grand Canal • Maricopa (County) • Phoenix, AZ • Pueblo Grande National Historic Landmark

Temporal Keywords
Classic Period • Colonial Period • Prehistoric • Sedentary Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.006; min lat: 33.435 ; max long: -111.967; max lat: 33.469 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Thomas Lincoln; Andrew Black; Todd Bostwick; Janice Cunningham; Casey Smith; Mac McDonnell; Ruth Rubenstein; IAS Laboratories

Landowner(s): Bureau of Reclamation

Sponsor(s): U S West Communications

Permitting Agency(s): Bureau of Reclamation

Prepared By(s): Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.

Record Identifiers

ACS Project No.(s): 92-69A

State Historic Preservation Office Project Title(s): Pueblo Grande Monitoring

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