Phoenix Basin (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Scott Courtright.

Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) has completed Arizona- and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-eligibility testing within portions of AZ P:2:8 (GP). Monitoring to identify a prehistoric canal was also undertaken. Greeley and Hansen Engineers (Greeley and Hansen), on behalf of the City of Phoenix Water Services Department, retained LSD to conduct archaeological testing to determine whether remains were present that could contribute scientifically important information on the prehistoric...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd W. Bostwick.

On March 1, 1989, Dr. David Doyel and Todd Bostwick of the City of Phoenix Archaeology Division were accompanied by Park Ranger David Stamper on an inspection of an archaeological site located on Shaw Butte in northern Phoenix. This field trip was requested by Sarah Hall-Jara, North Mountain Park Manager, in order to evaluate a site which is present within the boundaries of the City of Phoenix North Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Because the mountain preserve is a popular place for hiking by local...

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This document is the first of three volumes presenting the results of a two-phase data recovery program conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), at 29 prehistoric sites and segments of 2 historical-period roads—Reno Road and the old Bush Highway—along a 25-mile-long segment of State Route 87 (SR 87, or the Beeline Highway), between Saguaro Lake Road and the Gila County Line. A fourth volume presents the findings of a study of the historical-period roads within the project area performed by...

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This document is the second of four volumes presenting the results of a two-phase data recovery program conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), at 29 prehistoric sites and segments of 2 historical-period roads—Reno Road and the old Bush Highway—along a 25-mile-long segment of State Route 87 (SR 87, or the Beeline Highway), between Saguaro Lake Road and the Gila County Line. A fourth volume presents the findings of a study of the historical-period roads within the project area performed by...

PROJECT Margaret Nelson. National Science Foundation.

Long-Term Coupled Socioecological Change in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico: Each generation transforms an inherited social and environmental world and leaves it as a legacy to succeeding generations. Long-term interactions among social and ecological processes give rise to complex dynamics on multiple temporal and spatial scales – cycles of change followed by relative stasis, followed by change. Within the cycles are understandable patterns and irreducible uncertainties; neither...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Onken. Michael R. Waters. Jeffrey A. Homburg.

Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), under subcontract to ASM Affiliates, conducted geoarchaeological investigations in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) Tres Rios project area. The Tres Rios project involves flood control, wetland restoration, water reclamation and reuse (creation of wetland, marsh, and open water areas), and construction of a pipeline and levees. The project area is located in central Arizona in the area surrounding the confluence of the Salt, Gila, and Agua Fria Rivers....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd W. Bostwick.

On August 11, 1988, Tanner Construction Company contacted the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section and informed the Pueblo Grande Museum staff that a local homeowner had complained about the possible damage to an archaeological site located next to a street improvement project in Northern Phoenix. The archaeological site (AZ T:8:102[ASU]) is a cluster of petroglyphs (rock art) pecked onto boulders located on the north side of Moon Hill, adjacent to Cave Creek. Pueblo Grande staff visited the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald E. Weaver Jr..

Located along the western escarpment of the Superstition Mountains in Central Arizona, Hieroglyphic Canyon contains numerous petroglyphs associated with a perennial or nearly perennial spring, a large dry-laid wall, bedrock mortars, and artifact scatters. Evidence indicates that the area was used as a base camp by family groups of prehistoric and early historic Indians who hunted desert bighorn sheep and deer, and gathered wild plant foods. Although design elements depicting big game are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Samuel Duwe. Lynn A. Neal.

Given the relatively uniform nature of the seven identified resource processing sites in the Anthem at Merrill Ranch project area, as well as, Site AZ U:15:237(ASM) with its agricultural features, the research focus of the data recovery plan was to gain a better basic understanding of the temporal affiliations of and subsistence strategies represented by the project area’s eight prehistoric sites. An additional goal was to place these sites within the greater context of Hohokam occupation along...

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This report discusses excavation results at two Hohokam farmsteads (AZ U:1:183 [ASM] and AZ U:1:186 [ASM]) in north Scottsdale, Arizona. Data recovery investigations identified one pithouse and several extramural features at both sites. In addition, a pole-and-brush-lined surface structure was identified at AZ U:1:186 (ASM) that suggests the pithouse may have functioned as a cold-season dwelling while the surface structure served as a warm-season dwelling. Architecture and material culture...

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In 1998 and 1999, archaeologists from SWCA and volunteers from the Desert Foothills Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society conducted archaeological investigations at four sites in the Estado de Cholla project area, located southwest of the town of Cave Creek, Arizona. Three isolated Hohokam habitation structures were fully excavated at two of the sites. Each of the three houses was catastrophically burned and each contained intact, abundant, floor-contact artifact assemblages. More than...

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The results of phased data recovery efforts for the City of Phoenix Aviation Department in advance of construction of the PHX Sky Train are presented in this report. Investigations were conducted within the Sky Train's 44th Street Station area, located immediately west of 44th Street and south of the Grand Canal in Phoenix, Arizona. Twelve medium to large prehistoric canals were encountered during the project, which was an anticipated discovery given the project's location northwest of the Park...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jerry Brian Howard.

The relationship between large-scale water control projects and the development of sociopolitical complexity is an important theoretical domain in anthropology that can benefit from the diachronic nature of archaeological data. It is argued that irrigation systems are socio-technic entities, designed not only to satisfy engineering requirements but also to accommodate the social groups operating it. This study develops a new theoretical framework for identifying the task groups operating these...

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This database contains population estimates for all major sites within the Hohokam region by time period from about AD 700-1400. These data are based on Doelle's (1995) Roosevelt Community Development Study and updated based on data produced after the initial publication.

DATASET Matthew Peeples. Michelle Hegmon.

These data accompany the Hegmon and Peeples manuscript entitled "The Human Experience of Social Transformation: Cross-Cultural Insights from Qualitative Comparative Analysis" Archaeologists and other scholars have long studied the causes of collapse and other major social transformations and debated how they can be understood. This article instead focuses on the human experience of living through those transformations, analyzing 18 transformation cases from the US Southwest and the North...

DOCUMENT Full-Text M Scott Thompson.

This research explores how people’s relationships with the spirits of the dead are embedded in political histories. It addresses the ways in which certain spirits were integral “inhabitants” of two social environments with disparate political traditions. Using the prehistoric mortuary record, I investigate the spirits and their involvement in socio-political affairs in the Prehispanic American Southeast and Southwest. Foremost, I construct a framework to characterize particular social...

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This research explores how people’s relationships with the spirits of the dead are embedded in political histories. It addresses the ways in which certain spirits were integral “inhabitants” of two social environments with disparate political traditions. Using the prehistoric mortuary record, this study investigate the spirits and their involvement in socio-political affairs in the Prehispanic American Southeast and Southwest. Foremost, this research constructs a framework to characterize...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scotty Moore. Gina Gage.

Northland Research, Inc. has completed archaeological testing within a portion of Pueblo del Rio (AZ T:12:116[ASM]), a large Hohokam habitation site located about one mile north of the Salt River. The purpose of the testing was to determine the nature, extent, and significance of subsurface cultural remains within an 11.8-acre parcel located within the previously determined boundaries of the site. The testing included limited surface collections and systematic backhoe trenching to determine if...

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The archaeological excavation of a prehistoric village, site AZ T:12:220 (ASM) (Las Cremaciones), at the proposed K. Hovnanian Homes Project Phoenix, Arizona, used trench sampling, block exposures and screened excavation to recover archaeological features of site AZ T:12:220 (ASM), particularly human burials. The investigation was conducted to ensure compliance with State of Arizona statute A.R.S. 41-865 pertaining to the repatriation of human remains, the City of Phoenix Ordinance on Historic...

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SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted archaeological investigations for the City of Phoenix Aviation Department for work relating to future expansion of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration served as the lead agency, with the City of Phoenix Aviation Department administering the project. The project initially consisted of a Class I (archival and literature review) and later a Class II (testing) survey within portions of planned...

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This is the second volume of the report produced on archaeological investigations (data recovery excavations) conducted for the City of Phoenix Aviation Administration relating to future expansion of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration served as the lead agency, with the City of Phoenix Aviation Department as administrator of the project. Results of excavations at Areas 6, 15, and 16 of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]) and additional investigations of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell. Todd W. Bostwick.

PaleoWest Archaeology was contracted to conduct data recovery in advance of the development of a new medical building on St. Luke’s campus. Limited archaeological data recovery was conducted in the project area because of the presence of prehistoric features and the possibility of human remains existing in the area. The parcel is within the boundaries of a large prehistoric site known as La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[ASM]). The data recovery project included the excavation of 100 m of trench and...

PROJECT Jeffrey A. Homburg. Richard Ciolek-Torello. Jeffrey Altschul. Stephanie M. Whittlesey. Steven D. Shelley. USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

The Lower Verde Archaeological Project (LVAP) was a four-year data recovery project conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) in the lower Verde River region of central Arizona. The project was designed to mitigate any adverse effects to cultural resources from modifications to Horseshoe and Bartlett Dams. The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Project’s Office sponsored the research program in compliance with historic preservation legislation. The LVAP’s...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alfred Simon.

This dissertation proposes that human-inhabited landscapes are made, maintained and re-made through complex social and cultural processes. These processes involve interactions among individuals and institutions, as well as the influence of dominant cultural attitudes. The study builds on current theory in landscape literature that geographers have used to recognize the importance of social processes in making landscapes, and the importance of these landscapes in maintaining and changing social...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristin L. Fangmeier. Walter R. Punzmann. Alanna Ossa. Joanne C. Tactikos.

CenturyLink recently conducted utility work in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project occurs on municipal land; however, as it was a private utility replacement, it was not reviewed by the City Archaeology Office (CAO) prior to the commencement of work, nor was a standard Archaeology Assessment issued for the project. The project area falls within the boundaries of AZ T:12:37(ASM)/Casa Buena, a Hohokam habitation site known to contain a platform mound, trash mounds, and human remains. A...