La Paz County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) plans to acquire rights to a 3,418-acre parcel of Planet Ranch to create a protected riparian area in order to comply with the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP). The LCR MSCP is a 50-year federal and non-federal partnership created to balance the use of the Lower Colorado River water resources and to conserve the native species and habitats in order to comply with the Endangered Species Act. In February 2005, the...
Class III Archaeological Survey of 1,035 Acres for the Planet Ranch Multi-Species Conservation Program Project Near Parker, Mohave County, Arizona (2018)
The Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region plans to conduct a native plant habitat restoration project within 1,035 acres of property managed by the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD). The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP) is a federal and non-federal partnership that aims to balance the use of LCR water resources and the conservation of native species and their habitats in compliance with the Endangered Species Act. Presently, the entire project area...
A Class III Cultural Resource Survey of Approximately 51.5 Acres to Aid in the Consideration of Establishing the Arizona Peace Trail State Park in Bouse, La Paz County, Arizona (2018)
Arizona State Parks & Trails (ASPT) is considering the procurement of approximately 51.5 ac in the town of Bouse, Arizona. The property is privately owned at this time. If the property is acquired by ASPT, it will be developed into the Arizona Peace Trail State Park. Funding to date has derived from ASPT. Details regarding future funding, permitting, and development are currently unavailable. No archaeological sites were encountered. Four IOs -one feature and three artifacts- were recorded....
A Cultural Resource "Re-Survey" of the Liberty-Parker 230 kV Transmission Line Right-of-Way, Central Arizona Project (1978)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of the non-realigned portions of the Liberty-Parker 230kV Transmission Line. The Liberty-Parker-Hassayampa 230kV Transmission Line of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends from the Liberty Substation to the Hassayampa Tab Substation. This report describes the results of the archaeological surveys conducted along...
A Cultural Resource Survey of Reach 1 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project (1979)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed archaeological survey of Reach 1 and several adjacent roads that would be added or modified for its construction. Reach 1 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends about 18 miles from the Buckskin Mountain Tunnel, east to the Bouse Hills Pumping Plant. This report describes the results of the archaeological surveys conducted along Reach 1...
A Cultural Resource Survey of Reach 3 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project (1978)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of Reach 3. Reach 3 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends about 15 miles from Highway 72, northwest of Vicksburg, southeast to Hovatter Road, south of Interstate 10. This report describes the results of the archaeological surveys conducted along Reach 3 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct. Results suggest that the...
A Cultural Resource Survey of Reach 4, Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project (1979)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed archaeological survey of Reach 4 and several access roads that would be modified for its construction. Reach 4 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends about 14 miles from the Hovatter Road exchange with Interstate 10 to the Centennial Wash Siphon Outlet. This report describes the results of the archaeological surveys conducted along Reach...
A Cultural Resource Survey of Realigned Portions of the Liberty-Parker and Parker-Havasu Transmission Lines and Harcuvar Substation (1978)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of the realigned portions of the Liberty-Parker and Parker-Havasu 230kV transmission lines and the Harcuvar Substation. The Liberty-Parker 230kV Transmission Line of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends from the Liberty Substation to the Hassayampa Tab Substation. This report describes the results of the...
A Cultural Resource Survey of the Bouse Hills-Harcuvar-Little Harquahala 115 kV Transmission Lines, Central Arizona Project (1979)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of the Bouse Hills-Harcuvar-Little Harquahala 115 kV transmission lines. The Bouse Hills-Harcuvar Transmission Line stretches 23.3 miles from the Harcuvar Substation to the Bouse Hills Pumping Plant. The Harcuvar-Little Harquahala Transmission Line stretches 41.7 miles from the Harcuvar Substation to the Little...
A Cultural Resource Survey of the Liberty-Parker-Hassayampa Transmission Line (1980)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of the Liberty-Parker-Hassayampa 115kV Transmission Line. The Liberty-Parker-Hassayampa 115kV Transmission Line of the Granite Reef Aqueduct extends about 6 miles from the Liberty Substation to the Hassayampa Tab Substation. This letter report describes the negative results of the pedestrian survey. Results...
A Cultural Resource Survey of Wildlife Oases Monitoring Plots Located Along Reaches 6 and 9 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project (1979)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of Wildlife Oases Monitoring Plots along Reaches 6 and 9 of the Granite Reef Aqueduct. Five monitoring plots were located along each reach. No sites and only 3 isolated occurrences were identified during the survey. Results suggest that the project area was part of a secondary resource zone, an area which...
Cultural Resources Survey Results from the Proposed Havasu Pumping Plant Borrow Area, Central Arizona Project (1978)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of the Havasu Pumping Plant borrow area of the Granite Reef Aqueduct. The Havasu Pumping Plant borrow area is about three miles east of the pumping plant site. The Havasu Pumping Plant lifts water from the Bill Williams arm of Lake Havasu to the Buckskin Mountains Tunnel. This report describes the results of...
EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL AND DETRITAL CHARCOAL/WOOD FROM FLOOD DEPOSITS ALONG THE BILL WILLIAMS RIVER OF WESTERN ARIZONA (1999)
Detrital charcoal/wood and bulk soil samples from flood deposits along the Bill Williams River of western Arizona were floated to recover organic fragments suitable for radiocarbon dating. The sampling location is immediately downstream from Alamo Dam. Botanic components and detrital charcoal were identified, and potentially radiocarbon datable material was separated.
The Hayden Rhodes Large Site Resurvey Phase II
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Logan Simpson Design, Inc. was asked to relocate and record 5 sites that...
The Hayden Rhodes Large Site Resurvey Phase II: A Class III Cultural Resources Survey and Assessment Within Five Archaeological Sites on Bureau of Reclamation Right-of-way Along the Hayden Rhodes Aqueduct (Central Arizona Project Canal) Near Salome, La Paz County, Arizona: Report (2015)
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Logan Simpson Design, Inc. was asked to relocate and record 5 sites that...
Land Use and Resource Exploitation of the Sonoran Desert: A Sample Survey of Cultural Resources in Mohave, La Paz, and Yavapai Counties, Arizona (1990)
In April and November, 1989, Statistical Research conducted a cultural resource survey of nearly 4,000 acres of land owned by the State of Arizona in Mohave, Yavapai and La Paz counties. The field reconnaissance documented 16 archaeological sites consisting of artifact scatters, trails, rock features, rock art and stationary grinding-features. The non-random survey strategy was based on a stratified sample of 640 acre-study units in the Hualapai and Aquarius Mountains, the Big Sandy Valley and...
Lithic Landscapes and Settlement Patterns: A Cultural Resources Survey of Alamo Lake, La Paz County, Arizona (1990)
In October and November, 1989, Statistical Research conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of approximately 2,400 acres at Alamo Reservoir under contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE). The field reconnaissance documented 29 archaeological sites consisting of lithic quarries, artifact scatters, trails, rock features, and mining-related activities. An embedded concept of numerous activities occurring as a consequence of seasonal foraging was apparently utilized by...
Paleoenvironments and Archaeology of the Trigo Mountains: Data Recovery in the Hart Mine and Cibola Quarry Areas, Yuma County, Arizona (1989)
The results of data recovery conducted for the Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region at six prehistoric sites in the Hart Mine and Cibola Quarry areas are presented in this report. The Bureau of Reclamation plans to use the Hart Mine and Cibola Quarry areas to mine rip-rap for use along the Colorado River. The project area is located at the base of the Trigo mountains about 20 miles south of Ehrenberg, Arizona. Three of the sites are composed primarily of lithic debitage and cores. These...
A Preliminary Report of Archaeological Sites Found Along the All American Pipeline Right-of-Way Between Ward Road in Maricopa County, Arizona, and a Point 95 Miles to the West (1985)
Between March 22 and August 14, 1985, archaeologists from the Cultural Resources Management Division of New Mexico State University (NMSU) conducted an archaeological clearance survey of all lands along the proposed Right-of-Way of the All American Pipeline Project (AAPL) between a point known as Ward Road in Maricopa County, Arizona and a point 95 miles to the west, at the Colorado River in La Paz County, Arizona. The All American Pipeline project is a construction project which involves...
Recent Research Along the Lower Colorado River: Proceedings from a Symposium Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim, California, April 1994 (1994)
The papers in this volume—an outgrowth of the symposium presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology—reflect the growing interest in the prehistory and protohistory of this area, which is perhaps the most poorly understood region in the greater American Southwest. They further reflect an increasing concern on the part of archaeologists, Native Americans, and federal land managers regarding modern human activity that has adversely impacted many of the cultural...
South of Ehrenberg Class III Cultural Resources Inventory, La Paz County, Arizona (2020)
Harris Environmental Group, Inc. was contracted to conduct a Class III cultural resources survey of 1,147 acres for the Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, of which 907 acres were surveyed. The purpose of the survey was to identify, record, and assess the condition of prehistoric and historic sites and isolated occurrences within the survey area and provide recommendations on the eligibility of historic properties for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The survey was...