Historic (Culture Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Christina Carpenter.

The monitoring involved three discrete areas of excavation within the boundaries of Pueblo Salado. First, a vault was excavated via backhoe to install a new manhole, and then two trenches were hand-excavated to install fiber optic lines. The monitoring was conducted by ACS archaeologist Christina Carpenter. The work took place over five discontinuous night shifts between May 16 and June 13, 2005. In total, five person-days were expended in the field. No cultural resources were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Adam Archual. Kristin L. Fangmeier.

The City of Phoenix Aviation Department plans to install a new 1,100-ft-long duct bank at Sky Harbor International Airport, a portion of which falls within the site of Dutch Canal Ruin (AZ T:12:62[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by Desert Archaeology in this area of Dutch Canal Ruin uncovered pithouses, roasting pits, and extramural surfaces (Henderson 2000a, 2000b). Because...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Linda Schilling.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to install two new 60-ft-tall (18.3 m) antenna towers at its Remote Transmitter No. 3 (RT-3) facility at Sky Harbor International Airport. The project’s area of potential effect (APE) is located near the site of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by SWCA, Environmental Consultants (SWCA) near this area of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Andrew B. Bockhorst. Kristin L. Fangmeier.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to install two new fiber optic lines and associated duct banks and manholes at Sky Harbor International Airport. The project’s area of potential effect (APE) extends within the site of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by SWCA, Environmental Consultants (SWCA) in this area of Pueblo Salado uncovered...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila.

Data recovery was completed at Pueblo del Rio as specified in the work plan developed after the testing phase. The purpose of the data recovery was to recover sufficient information from the portion of Pueblo del Rio within the EPNG right-of-way to answer general research questions as outlined in the treatment plan and to mitigate the adverse effect of the proposed EPNG undertaking on the cultural resources within the right-of-way. These goals were accomplished. However, the highly disturbed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Adrienne M. Tremblay. Michael S. Foster. Ronald Ryden.

This report presents the results of data recovery at two Historic period sites and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing at one Prehistoric site within the proposed Sun Haven development in northwest Maricopa County, Arizona. A residential development is planned for the privately owned 2,124-acre property by Element Homes of Phoenix. In 2002, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS), performed a cultural resource survey that identified seven prehistoric and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret Glass. Richard Boston. Stephen W. Yost. Gina Gage. Bruce G. Phillips. Stephen C. Reichardt. Karolyn J. Jackman.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to extend the Red Mountain Freeway through Mesa, Arizona from State Route (SR) 87 to US Route (US) 60. This project will result in the construction of a new limited access six-lane freeway. Construction on the right-of-way is currently confined to the area between SR 87 and Gilbert Road. The proposed route runs through an area of dense historic and prehistoric cultural resources south of McDowell Road, and passes through the northern edge of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen W. Yost. Margaret Glass. Karolyn Jackman. Gina Gage. Bruce G. Phillips.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to extend the Red Mountain Freeway through Mesa, Arizona from State Route (SR) 87 to US Route (US) 60. This project will result in the construction of a new limited access six-lane freeway. Construction on the right-of-way is currently confined to the area between SR 87 and Gilbert Road. The proposed route runs through an area of dense historic and prehistoric cultural resources south of McDowell Road, and passes through the northern edge of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Albert M. LeBeau III. Ashley Barnett. Curtis H. Sedlacek.

The City of Rocks National Reserve is a location with ties to America’s emigrant past. The primary significance at the Reserve is the California Trail and associated features. The National Park Service’s National Trails Intermountain Region requested the National Park Service’s Midwest Archeological Center assist the City of Rocks National Reserve in geophysical survey and historic names research projects. The projects utilized geophysical prospection techniques to answer questions posed by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Suzanne Griset. S. Jerome Hesse.

On July 1, 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC (Sierrita) notice to proceed with the construction of the Sierrita Pipeline Project (the Project), a new natural gas pipeline and appurtenant facilities in Pima County, Arizona, that deliver natural gas from El Paso Natural Gas Company’s existing pipeline system southwest of Tucson to an interconnect point at the U.S.-Mexico border near the town of Sasabe. Concurrent with the construction of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Garcia. S. Jerome Hesse.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David C. Guzewich. Mark W. Potter. Gary L. Jordan. Kenneth O. Logan. Danette D. Woodmansee. Stacey Halfmoon. Robert Craig. Lawrence F. Snake.

The memorandum detailing the results of US Army Environmental Center's (USAECs) Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) compliance review for Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) and Blossom Point Field Test Facility(BPFTF) indicates that these installations may be in possession of items subject to NAGPRA requirements. The memorandums sent from Colonel Kenneth O. Logan, Army Research Laboratory, Installation Commander to the Seneca Nation of Indians; Absentee-Shawnee...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Helga Wöcherl.

The results of archaeological Phase 1 data recovery, including exploratory excavation and supplemental archival research, of an artifact scatter, Component B, within the municipal boundaries of the Town of Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona, are presented in this report. The work was requested by Sage Landscape Architecture and Environmental for the planned Quail Crossing Boulevard alignment to be constructed by the Town of Sahuarita on State Trust Land (State Land Department Row #16-112095)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

Maricopa County Facilities Management (MCFM) is planning construction of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Complex (MCSOC) in the Original Phoenix Townsite (OPT). Logan Simpson Design, Inc. (LSD) conducted archaeological Phase I data recovery investigations of the project area, which is within a National Register-eligible site, AZ T:12:42(ASM), the OPT. Phase I data recovery investigations included backhoe trench excavation and mapping of the city block. Eight archaeological features were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell. Kristin L. David. Emily Higgins Keppler.

An Archaeology Assessment conducted by the COP found that the proposed project occurs within the boundaries of the prehistoric site of AZ T:12:70(ASM)/Pueblo Patricio and AZ T:12:42(ASM)/the original Phoenix townsite (OPT). ACS prepared a site-specific work plan addendum that followed the General Historic Properties Treatment Plan for City of Phoenix Projects. This report documents the results of the Phase I data recovery activities. A project specific permit (2017-071ps) and burial agreement...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert B. Neily. Jackie L. Orcholl.

Between August 13 and 24, 2007, Phase I data recovery excavations were conducted within a 1,550-m-long by 43-m-wide segment of the planned Riggs Road corridor that extends through the northern portion of AZ U:14:49 (ASM)—also known as Pozos de Sonoqui—a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)- eligible prehistoric site in southeastern Maricopa County. The project uses Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funding to be administered by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Local...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John W. Hohmann.

Chicanos por la Causa, Inc. (CPLC), with a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) CDBG grant provided by the City of Phoenix, requested that the Cultural Resource Division of the Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Berger) undertake limited Phase II archaeological testing at their proposed DeColores Domestic Violence Shelter Expansion site to ensure proper treatment and protection, if warranted, of any existing cultural resources. Due to the potential for future violence to and in order to protect the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

Phase II data recovery investigations were completed according to the specifications of the Treatment Plan previously approved by ASM and COP and infield discussions with COP and the State Historic Preservation Office conducted on March 23 and 27, 2012, and summarized in an email sent to ASM on March 27, 2012. LSD completed mechanical stripping around the features identified during Phase I testing and during Phase II mechanical stripping. Features exposed during the stripping were hand excavated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dorothy L. Larson. Lori E. Rhodes. John C. Acklen. Richard D. Holmes. R. Blake Roxlau. Toni R. Goar. Eric G. Meyer. K. Lynn Berry.

This report summarizes the results of Phase Ill site documentation and other field studies concluded at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB). During site revisits, a number of new sites were recorded. In addition, other surveys were conducted. These included a survey of Installation Restoration Program (IRP) sites, an intensive reconnaissance of arroyo cutbanks, a survey of the High Energy Research and Technology Facility (HERTF) antennae range at KAFB, and the ADAL water base survey. The results of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara Donohue.

Pursuant to Public Law 102-488-October 24, 1992, 106STAT.3135, a 3.082-acre parcel of land within the western portion of Hanscom Air Force Base (HAFB) was transferred to Minute Man National Park (MIMA). The parcel, located between a wetland area to the east and Airport road to the west, had not been included in a previous specialized archeological survey of HAFB (Donohue 2007). The area was considered to have high potential for battlefield debris as well as high potential for prehistoric and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only William F. S. Holmes.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Aguila Lourdes. Holly DeMaagd. Vicki Erhart. Gina S. Gage. Margaret Glass. Sharon Hurlbut. Karolyn Jackman. Bruce G. Phillips.

In June 1999, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) surveyed approximately 234 acres of private land for the proposed El Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG) 2039 pipeline relocation/removal project. AZ T:12:116(ASM}—a previously recorded Hohokam site also known as Pueblo del Rio—was located within the proposed area of impact. ACS concluded that as the site’s integrity and ability to contribute important information about the area’s prehistory were unknown; testing was necessary to evaluate...

DOCUMENT Full-Text M.L. Brack.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has proposed construction work along the eastern frontage road of Interstate 19 (I-19), north of Nogales, Arizona. Previous investigations identified two archaeological sites within the scope of this project: AZ EE:9:43 (ASM) and AZ EE:9:174 (ASM). When they were initially recorded, data were insufficient for a determination of eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). Therefore, archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cassandra Albush. A. E. (Gene) Rogge.

The Solid Waste Disposal Management Division of the City of Phoenix Public Works Department (City) has constructed Phases 1 and 2 of the State Route (SR) landfill and will construct additional disposal cells in the future. Development of the landfill necessitates construction of channels and basins around the landfill perimeter to control stormwater flows, and a preliminary drainage report identified concepts for perimeter and interim stormwater controls. A survey conducted for the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

This article argues that Iroquoian endscrapers were used to scrape thick hides like bear, rather than thin hides like deer. For Tables and Figures, contact William Engelbrecht, engelbwe@gmail.com.