O'odham (Culture Keyword)
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Documentary evidence from the southwestern region of North America indicates that Spanish missionaries attempted to alter the daily lives of native peoples through the introduction of Eurasian domesticated animals and animal husbandry practices. However, our understanding of the degree to which these efforts were successful is hindered by a dearth of zooarchaeological evidence. Excavations at 18th-century missions in present-day northern Sonora and southern Arizona provide an opportunity to...
Archaeological Excavations at Nine Sites Near the Mouth of Pima Canyon, Tucson, Arizona (1996)
In the fall of 1995, archaeological test excavations were conducted on nine archaeological sites near the mouth of Pima Canyon, north of Tucson, Arizona. The operation involved the excavation of approximately 200 1 x 1 m test units. This was intended not only to test the sites in question, but also to mitigate impending damages to as many of those sites as possible, so that further archaeological work would not have to be done. In the case of seven of these sites, the level of mitigation...
Archaeological Investigations of Portions of AZ T:16:19 (ASM) Within the Maricopa Meadows Subdivision, Maricopa, Pinal County, Arizona (2003)
This report discusses the results of archaeological testing at AZ T:16:19 (ASM) by SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA). Previous archaeological survey in the area of a proposed residential development identified prehistoric Hohokam artifacts, more recent O’odham sherds, and a few Euroamerican artifacts that were collectively grouped into site AZ T:16:19 (ASM). Miller Holdings, Inc. (Miller Holdings) of Scottsdale, Arizona requested that SWCA conduct archaeological testing to determine if the...
Archaeological Studies of the Avra Valley, Arizona, for the Papago Water Supply Project, Volume 1: Class III Archaeological Surveys on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation (1987)
The Papago Water Supply project was an effort to deliver and apply Central Arizona Project water to farmland on the Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago) Indian Reservation as part of the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982. The project involved construction of a water delivery system and development of new agricultural fields in the Schuk Toak and San Xaiver districts of the Reservation, located in the Avra Valley west of Tucson, Arizona. Environmental planning studies for the...
Archaeological Survey in Districts 6 and 7, Gila River Indian Community (1997)
Archaeological Consulting Services,Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological investigations on the Gila River Indian Community in 1995 and 1996. More than 10,000 acres were in the project area, and 85 sites were recorded. Because the area had been used for agriculture, much land had been plowed. Volume 1 provides an overall picture of the project including the culture history and previous research done in the Middle Gila River Valley, followed by a description of our research orientation, and the...
Archaeological Testing Report for the Proposed Kino Stadium Pima County, Arizona (1996)
On April 30 - May 6, 1996, archaeologists from SWCA, Inc, Environmental Consultants of Tucson, Arizona, conducted archaeological testing on four sites [AZ BB:13:516-519 (ASM)] located in Tucson, Arizona. This testing was done for the Pima County Department of Public Works, who proposes to build a baseball stadium in this area (Kino Stadium). This project was done under State Lands Cultural Use Permit 96-28. Sites AZ BB.13:516-519 (ASM) were initially discovered and recorded during a pedestrian...
An Archaeological Treatment Plan for a Portion of AZ T:16:19 (ASM), Maricopa, Pinal County, Arizona (2003)
This document represents a treatment plan that is designed to investigate the extent of subsurface cultural resources in a portion of AZ T:16:19 (ASM) located on private land at the southwest comer of the community of Maricopa, Pinal County, Arizona. Approximately 139 acres of AZ T:16:19 (ASM) occurs within two parcels (Solid State and Hogenes) proposed to be developed as residential sites. At the request of Pinal County, Miller Holdings, Inc. contracted with SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants...
A Cultural Resources Survey of 70 Acres for the Salt River Project Red Hawk Substation, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2020)
Class III cultural resources survey of 70 acres located southwest of the intersection of Sossaman Road and Peralta Avenue, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. The proposed undertaking is associated with Google’s proposed high-tech campus project, which requires connection to the SRP-managed Browning-Santan 230kV transmission line. SRP will construct a new switchyard and related structures and up to 10 230 kV circuits supported by up to 22 230kV distribution structures.
Cultural Resources Survey of Approximately 93 Acres for the Proposed Coolidge Expansion Certificate of Environmental Compatibility Project, Pinal County, Arizona (2021)
SRP is proposing the Coolidge Expansion Project, which entails the expansion of and upgrades to the Coolidge Generating Station on SRP-owned land in Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona. The project would require a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) from the ACC. SRP contracted SWCA to support the CEC application process, including conducting a cultural resources survey.
Mission Cocóspera Faunal Data (2012)
An Excel spreadsheet containing the zooarchaeological data from Mission Cocóspera. While some human remains were uncovered during excavation, that data is excluded from this dataset.
Mission Cocóspera Faunal Data Paper Copy Scans (2005)
This file is a PDF scan of the original handwritten cards of zooarchaeological data for Mission Cocóspera that were compiled in 2005 by Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman at the University of Arizona. In 2019, this data was digitized into an Excel file entitled "Mission Cocóspera Faunal Data" which is included on tDAR with this project.
Mission San Agustín Faunal Data (2019)
An excel spreadsheet containing the zooarchaeological data from AZ BB:13:6.
Pimería Alta Missions Fauna
This project consists of zooarchaeological data from two Spanish mission sites on the land of the O'odham people located in what is now southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. This region was referred to by the Spanish as the Pimería Alta. Dozens of Spanish colonial missions were established in the Pimería Alta region beginning in the 1690s by Jesuit missionary Father Eusebio Kino. Missions were established within existing Native American communities. While the ostensible motivation for...
Rendering Economies: Native American Labor and Secondary Animal Products in the Eighteenth-Century Pimería Alta (2011)
While the ostensible motivation for Spanish missionization in the Americas was religious conversion, missions were also critical to the expansion of European economic institutions in the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. Native American labor in mission contexts was recruited in support of broader programs of colonialism, mercantilism, and resource extraction. Archaeological research throughout North America demonstrates the importance and extent of the integration of Native labor into...
Results of Implementing the Historic Properties Treatment Plan for the Sierrita Pipeline Project, Pima County, Arizona: Volume 2, Data Recovery Investigations (2016)
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...
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...
San Agustín Faunal Data Paper Copy Scans (2004)
This file is a PDF scan of the original handwritten cards of zooarchaeological data for Mission San Agustín that were compiled from 2003-2004 by Vincent LaMotta at the University of Arizona. In 2019, this data was digitized into an Excel file entitled "San Agustín Faunal Data" which is included on tDAR with this project.
The Shaw Butte Hilltop Site: A Prehistoric Hohokam Observatory (1996)
The Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona was once occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam, a group of agriculturalists who constructed thousands of kilometers of irrigation canals as well as public architecture, including platform mounds and bailcourts. They also appear to have been keen astronomical observers, although the subject of Hohokam archaeoastronomy remains underexplored. This paper summarizes previous Hohokam archaeoastronomy studies, discusses O'odham (Piman) Indian calendar systems,...
Standing for More than a Century: Theodore Roosevelt Dam and SRP (2011)
Water and power are foundational building blocks for the continual development of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. On March 18, 1911, Theodore Roosevelt Dam was dedicated and the cornerstone was set for dependable water and power to the Salt River Valley. The vital resources from the dam now reliably serve one of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. Standing for More Than a Century simultaneously celebrates Roosevelt Dam’s centennial and illustrates significant events in the Valley’s...
The Story of SRP: Water, Power, and Community (2017)
This is, in the end, the story of those who call the Valley of the Sun home. From its earliest conception, SRP was created by—and for—the communities it serves. Over time, SRP’s water and power services have helped ensure the successful achievement of its original purpose: the economic development of the Valley and the region. When the Association was formed in 1903, the population of Maricopa County was barely twenty thousand. On his visit to the Valley just eight years later for the dedication...
Supplemental Cultural Resources Survey for the Sonoran Solar Energy Project in Maricopa County, Arizona (2021)
Sonoran Solar is proposing to construct, operate, and decommission a solar-powered electrical generation facility in Maricopa County, Arizona. The Sonoran Solar Energy Project was originally proposed as a 375-megawatt dry-cooled Concentrated Solar Thermal energy generation plant located on 3,620 acres of BLM-managed lands in Maricopa County, Arizona. Because the proposed project was on federal land, the BLM completed a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and issued a Record of Decision...
Valle de Cocóspera Archaeological Project: Recent Finds (2005)
This report describes the excavations at Mission Cocóspera and includes maps and photographs.
West of the Maricopa Mountains: A Cultural Resources Inventory in Support of the Proposed Gila River Transmission Project (2001)
APS proposes to construct (1) two parallel 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission lines within a 450-foot-wide right-of-way, (2) an 80-acre 500kV switchyard, and (3) a 230kV interconnection line in Maricopa County. The project will provide transmission interconnection for the Panda Gila River generating station to the Western Systems Coordinating Council transmission grid.