Historic (Culture Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

The City of Tucson has plans to renovate and re-landscape Sunset park, located in downtown Tucson. The park, which was built between 1904 and 1909, lies over a portion of the Spanish/Mexican period Presidio. A portion of the Presidio wall is purported to run north-south through this location. Concern over the potentially destructive impacts resulted in revisions to the architect's plans. Impacts were expected in two areas, and archaeological testing was recommended. Archaeological test...

DOCUMENT Citation Only James W. Parker.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia Cook.

The City of Tucson has proposed to develop part of a commercial block, Historic Block 208, also known as the Thrifty Block, in downtown Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Three parcels within the block had been razed prior to the current project. Archival research indicated that Historic Block 208 had a long history of both residential and commercial use, and that intact subsurface archaeological deposits could be expected within the project area. A testing and data recovery plan was proposed (Diehl...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lesley M. Drucker.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Butler. Alison Sluss. Connie Huddleston. Dawn Reid.

In March and May 1998, Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological testing and data recovery excavations in specific areas at Bulloch Hall (9FU255), Fulton County, Georgia. Other excavations completed by volunteers during the last two years are also described in this report. These excavations were conducted in anticipation of interpretive reconstructions on the grounds of Bulloch Hall, which is now a house museum. The reconstructions consist of a five-hole privy, a dogtrot slave...

PROJECT J.W. Joseph.

Including a management summary, testing reports and preliminary memos, these documents present the results of Phase II archaeological testing of eleven sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina. The eleven sites include: 38SU56, 38SU60, 38SU106, 38SU153, 38SU157, 38SU163, 38SU167, 38SU169, 38SU204, 38SU205, and 38SU230. Of these sites, seven are prehistoric and four are historic. The sites are located in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. All of the sites are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. E. Rogge. Regina Chapin-Pyritz.

The project includes street improvements and construction of an adjacent multi use trail. The project is being constructed in two phases. This project addressed Phase 1, which involved: installing 15 buried storm drain laterals to carry rainfall runoff from the street to a 5-foot (1.5-m) diameter storm drain that had been previously buried beneath the street, relocating a sewer line manhole, relocating or installing new fire hydrants at six locations, constructing a sidewalk, converting an open...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Harry O. Holstein. Curtis E. Hill.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Gavin H. Archer.

This report details the field, documentary research, and analysis results of archaeological testing at Rancho Sahuarita sites 2 and 218, and recommends data recovery at both sites in accordance with the Rancho Sahuarita Archaeological Research Guidelines. At prehistoric Site 2, six subsurface features indicate at least three activity areas within a large surficial artifact scatter. In addition to a subsurface feature, a pair of large stone tools (metate and mortar) were found on the surface in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pat H. Stein.

From May 4 through 8, 1992, SWCA tested site AZ U:9:111(ASM), a Yaqui laborers’ camp that had been located at the Southside Water Service Center, a Salt River Project (SRP). facility in Mesa, Arizona. SRP proposed to construct a utility building on part of the camp. The purpose of the testing was to assess the eligibility of the camp for the National Register of Historic Places and to develop a plan for mitigating the adverse effects of construction on significant remains that might be present...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Soil Systems, Inc..

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Eugene M. Futato.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert B. Atchison, Jr..

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew H. Bilsbarrow.

In February and March 1998, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) conducted archaeological test excavations in a portion of Site AZ AA:2:131 (ASM) located within the Christensen Road corridor on either side of Pima Lateral Canal Bridge, in Pinal County, Arizona. This investigation, undertaken on behalf of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) (Project No. BRPPN-0(27)P; TRACS No. 0000 PN PPN SB 366 01C), was performed to document the presence or absence, character, and National...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Nicholas Honerkamp. Dickinson Tanya.

As part of the 2011 Weekend For Wildlife program sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), two days of archaeological testing were carried out at the Sapelo Island Lighthouse Site on Sapelo Island, in McIntosh County, Georgia. This project was a combined effort on the part of 12 Weekend for Wildlife volunteers and 11 archaeologists associated with DNR, the University of West Florida, the University of West Georgia, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The goal of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Foster. Ronald F. Ryden. Chris North. John M. Lindly. Cara Bellavia. Gary Huckleberry.

This document presents the results of archaeological testing prior to a proposed residential development in Goodyear, Arizona. The project proponent, Sonterra Partners, is planning to develop approximately 800 acres of private land in Goodyear, Arizona for single-family housing. Numerous surface artifacts were identified within the documented boundary of two previously identified large prehistoric Hohokam sites—Alkali Ruin (AZ T:11:24 [ASM]) and the Morocco Ruin (AZ T:11:106 [ASM]) (North...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

Archaeological testing was conducted at the proposed location of a new arena, located in Pima County, Arizona. The project area was historically known as Lot 2 of Block 221. Desert Archaeology, Inc., personnel conducted the testing at the request of the property owner, the City of Tucson, to determine if any significant cultural resources were located within the remaining unexamined portions of the Catalina Lot, a modern paved parking lot. Cultural resources compliance for City of Tucson...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

During the fall of 1990, archaeologists from the Center for Desert Archaeology conducted a limited testing program at the Romero Ruin, AZ BB:9:1, a large prehistoric Hohokam village with an overlying historic component, located in Catalina State Park, approximately 10 miles north of Tucson, Arizona. The testing program was undertaken for four reasons: 1) To offset the potential impacts to the archaeological deposits that might result from the construction of a proposed interpretive trail and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

Limited archaeological testing was conducted at the Romero Ruin, AZ BB:9:1 (ASM), during the spring of 1993 by archaeologists from the Center for Desert Archaeology. The site is a large prehistoric Hohokam village with an overlying historic component, located in Catalina State Park approximately 10 miles north of Tucson, Arizona. The purpose of the testing program was threefold: 1) to expose archaeological features along the interpretive trail prior to the features' being stabilized, 2) to...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda F. Stine.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

In October 1998, Desert Archaeology, Inc. conducted archaeological testing inside the Duffield portion of the historic Fish-Stevens-Duffield House. The structure was until recently the location of Janos restaurant. The restaurant has vacated the structure and the Tucson Museum of Art is planning to convert the area to gallery space. The building is owned by the City of Tucson and leased to the Tucson Museum of Art. Architect Bob Vint performed an assessment of the property in September 1998 and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany C. Clark.

The project involves archaeological testing in the Maricopa County right-of-way along the course of the City of Phoenix Sixty-seventh Avenue Water Transmission Main. The work was prompted by the possibility that archaeological remains associated with the prehistoric village of Pueblo Primero would be encountered in the southern portion of the waterline corridor. This report documents the results of archaeological testing activities completed by Desert Archaeology, Inc., along the City of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson.

Archaeological testing was conducted at the Salt River Project Kyrene Generating Station located east of Kyrene Road between Guadalupe and Elliot roads in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The testing took place at the site of a proposed new natural gas-fired generating station adjacent to the existing generating station in the Pole and Tank yards of the Kyrene facility. A proposed new and realigned gas line route was investigated also. The purpose of testing was to determine if significant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sharon K. Bauer. A.E. Rogge. Melissa Keane. Jerry B. Howard. Kristopher S. Shepard.

To accommodate increased traffic, MCDOT (Maricopa County Department of Transportation) is proposing to upgrade the intersection of McDowell and Gilbert roads by constructing turning lanes and installing traffic lights. The project requires widening each road as it approaches the intersection. In addition, temporary construction easements beyond the expanded rights-of-way will be needed in some areas for relocating fences, utilities, and irrigation and drainage ditches. MCDOT...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

Under the authority of the State of Arizona General Antiquities Permit 97-69ps, Desert Archaeology completed archaeological testing for the City of Tucson on the southside gravity main project. The project is located in west Tucson along the east bank of the Santa Cruz River. It was undertaken because a proposed water line right-of-way intersects portions of two known archaeological sites, the Julian Wash site (AZ BB:13:17[ASM]) and AZ BB:13:97(ASM), and artifact concentrations were identified...