Phoenix Basin (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Heilman.

This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring programs implemented for a City of Phoenix (COP) water line improvement project (COP Cost Center No. WS85500270). Through B & F Contracting, the COP Street Transportation Department installed water mains, fire hydrants, and residential water laterals. Archaeological monitoring failed to uncover any prehistoric or historic remains. No further archaeological investigation is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Heilman.

This document reports the results of an archaeological monitoring program implemented for a City of Phoenix (COP) storm drain installation project (COP Cost Center No. ST83140040) in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Through its contractor, Hunter Contracting Company, the COP Street Transportation Department removed and replaced existing storm drains and related features, including connector pipes, pipe plugs, pipe supports, check valves, catch basins, and so on. They also removed and replaced...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Daniel H. Sorrell.

At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted for the installation of granite ground cover within the boundaries of NRHP-eligible site AZ T:12:70 (ASM)/Pueblo Patricio and recommended NRHP-eligible AZ T:12:217 (ASM)/ the Dennis Addition in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell.

Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations to expose a water meter connection in eastern Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at PGM determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with AZ U:9:67 (ASM)/La Lomita. For this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Korri Turner. Jewel Touchin.

The COP Archaeology office reviewed the project and provided recommendations in an August 20, 2008 Archaeological Assessment. The COP Archaeology Assessment notes that the eastern edge of the project area located in an area that has been disturbed by prior utility installations. Several prehistoric canals have been previously recorded within the project area. In addition, segments of the Maricopa Canal and the South Branch of the Maricopa Canal are located along the northeastern and southern...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Korri Turner.

The COP Archaeology Office reviewed the project and provided recommendations in a November 27, 2007 Archaeological Assessment. The assessment notes that AZ T:12:142 (ASM) / Canal Laveen, a prehistoric canal, crosses through the southern portion of the project area. Site number AZ T:12:145 (ASM) was applied to two exposed areas of a prehistoric canal that may or may not represent Canal Laveen within the project area (Hackbarth 2000). In addition, AZ T:12:387 (ASM) / Punta de Ambar, an...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jewel Touchin.

The COP Archaeology Office reviewed the APE and provided recommendations in a November 28, 2007 Archaeological Assessment. The assessment notes that historic Salt River Project Lateral 6.0, a segment of the San Francisco Canal, is located within the eastern half of the APE. A historic structure, the Progressive Builders Association building (listed on the City of Phoenix Historic Property Register), is adjacent to the southwestern corner of the APE. In addition, prehistoric canals cross the APE,...

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

The City of Phoenix (City) Street Transportation Department made improvements, including new storm drains [up to 1.5 meters (m) (5 feet) in diameter], catch basins, paving, and landscaping. In October 2007, the City Archaeology Section assessed the proposed project and documented that the eastern part of the project area overlapped the mapped location of the archaeological site known as the Fowler Ruin. That site was recorded more than a century ago and has been described as a Hohokam village...

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The U.S. Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment retained URS Corporation (URS) to conduct a preliminary assessment and site inspection (PA/SI) of the Debris Area, subsequently designated Munitions Response Area (MRA) XU403, located at the former Williams Air Force Base (AFB) in Mesa, Arizona. The PA/SI was undertaken to determine whether there are munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) or any releases (contaminants), as defined by the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Foster.

Under contract to the Williams Gateway Airport Authority, SWCA Environmental Consultants conducted Phase I and Phase II data recovery at AZ U:10:60(ASM)—the In-Between Site. The site is thought to represent a plant food procurement and process locus on the Queen Creek Delta. AZ U:10:60 (ASM) has been the subject of extensive archaeological testing and data recovery. A total of 4440 m of trenches have been excavated at the site resulting in the identification of 13 features, including 2 possible...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurens C. Hammack.

The following report has been prepared by the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, at the request of the Environmental Planning Division of the Arizona Highway Department as an aid in identifying the impact of the proposed improvement on the archaeological resources of the region. Data presented has been gathered from two primary sources; a) archaeological survey of all areas to be utilized in construction, and b) archival and published material pertaining to the prehistory of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson. Leslie D. Aragon. Fred L. Nials.

Desert Archaeology, Inc., under contract to the City of Phoenix (City) Aviation Department has completed archaeological site boundary testing for the Dutch Canal Ruin, AZ T:12:62 (ASM), within the city-owned NANT property in advance of proposed Sky Harbor Center redevelopment in Phoenix, Arizona. The work was initiated due to the possibility that archaeological remains associated with the Dutch Canal Ruin, a prehistoric habitation and agricultural site, may be present in the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie A. Darby.

Desert Archaeology, Inc., under contract to the City of Phoenix Aviation Department (Aviation), has completed archaeological site boundary testing for the Dutch Canal Ruin, within the city-owned Consolidated Campus Building 1 property. The work was initiated due to the possibility that archaeological remains associated with the Dutch Canal Ruin, a prehistoric habitation and agricultural site, might be present within the project area. Archaeological testing began on 27 July 2015, under the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological site file search and the development of a testing and monitoring plan for the Hope VI housing project. The site file search and testing/monitoring plan development was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix, City Managers Office under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc, (Contract no. 101005). This project will receive funding from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) so compliance with section 106...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of a literature search and archaeological field survey for a 35 acre parcel of land in north Scottsdale, Arizona. SWCA was contacted by Environmental Engineering Consultants, Inc. to conduct an archaeological assessment of this parcel in conjunction with site development. The parcel is within a larger development area privately owned by Desert Mountain Properties, Inc. The archaeological assessment of the property was requested to meet the requirements of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David H. Greenwald. Richard Anduze. Mary-Ellen Walsh-Anduze.

Archaeological investigations at Williams Air Force Base (WAFB), located in southeast Maricopa County, Arizona, were initiated in response to the 1991 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission’s (the Closure Commission) recommendation to close WAFB following the passage of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (the Closure Act) (Public Law 101-510, Title XXIX). Prior to closure or realignment of base facilities, preparation of an environment impact statement (EIS) was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tiffany C. Clark.

This report documents the results of an archaeological survey completed by Desert Archaeology, Inc. along a newly realigned portion of the City of Phoenix Sixty-seventh Avenue Water Transmission Main (WS85500147) in southwestern Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The work was requested by the Water Services Division of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department to determine whether any significant cultural remains are present within the redesigned portion of the water main route....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald F. Ryden. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of a Class III archaeological survey of approximately 112 acres of land located near Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. The survey was conducted at the request of AGRA Earth and Environmental of Phoenix, Arizona. This report will be used to fulfill an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) requirement that necessitates appropriate environmental work be conducted before ADOT can purchase material from a supplier. The project area consists of a proposed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of a Class III archaeological survey conducted on 500 acres of land in north Phoenix, Arizona. The survey was conducted for PK Development LLC prior to their proposed development of the area. SWCA conducted the survey under an Arizona Antiquities Act permit (97-03). The project area consisted of 500 acres of privately-owned land: one irregularly-shaped parcel contains 480 acres and a smaller adjacent parcel contains 20 acres. The survey located a total of four...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of a Class III archaeological survey of a parcel of land located near the Anthem Way interchange on Interstate 17, near the Town of New River, Maricopa County, Arizona. A proposed testing plan for site AZ T:4:253 (ASM) is also included within this document. The survey was conducted at the request of the Del Webb Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona prior to development associated with the adjacent Anthem residential community. The parcel encompasses approximately...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sandra Kemrer. Sandra Schultz. William Dodge.

In anticipation of the construction of the Granite Reef Aqueduct, a component of the Central Arizona Project, the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office contracted with Arizona State Museum to conduct a cultural resources inventory of the aqueduct right-of-way to evaluate the potential effect of the project to archaeological sites. Arizona State Museum archaeologists conducted the survey in the summer of 1972 and identified 32 archaeological sites (27 prehistoric and 5 historic) and 57...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John L. Czarzasty. Denise To. Kathleen Peterson. Glen E. Rice.

Las Cremaciones is a prehistoric Hohokam village located on the south side of the Salt River in the Phoenix basin between Turney’s (1929) Canal Seven and Canal Three. The site may have been occupied for nearly 900 years, from the Estrella Phase (A.D. 500) through the Civano Phase (A.D. 1400), although the main occupation probably occurred during the Santa Cruz and Sacaton phases (A.D. 900 to 1100). The two ball courts at the site would date to these phases. When originally recorded in 1940 the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott M. Kwiatkowski. Thomas E. Wright.

Between May 22 and June 3, 2003, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS), completed test-phase archaeological excavations within a portion of the planned 20 acre Vista Rio residential subdivision (26 total person-field days). The project area is located on private land within a parcel measuring 1,320 feet north south, by 660 feet east-west within the City of Phoenix. The actual area subjected to archaeological investigations was limited to the most potentially archaeologically sensitive...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurene G. Montero.

Archaeological test excavations have been conducted at a portion of La Ciudad de los Hornos (AZ U:9:71 (ASM)), a prehistoric multicomponent Hohokam village. The field work for this project, sponsored by AMCOR Investment Company, was undertaken during the fall of 1989 by Northland Research, Inc. pursuant to the proposed redevelopment of the Casa Fiesta trailer park. The Casa Fiesta project area consists of a 55-acre (22-ha), triangular lot. Archaeological testing consisted of cutting a series of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David H. Greenwald.

This report contains the results of archaeological testing (Part I) and a plan for data recovery (Part II) at Area 6 of the dispersed Classic and post-Classic period site of Pueblo Salado. During the course of conducting archaeological testing in Area 6, the City of Phoenix Aviation Department in consultation with the City of Phoenix Archaeologist determined that the archaeological remains contained important information potential and would require further investigation through a data recovery...