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Archaeological Excavations at Nine Sites Near the Mouth of Pima Canyon, Tucson, Arizona (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David P. Doak.

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 Excavations at Pueblo Blanco: The MCDOT Alma School Road Project, Volume 1 (1995)
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At the request of the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), archaeological investigations were undertaken prior to a road widening project that involved segments of Alma School, McDowell, and McKellips Roads on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) in Maricopa County, Arizona. Archaeological survey was initiated in 1989. Extensive ground disturbance was present due to agricultural and other activities conducted over the past 100 years. A large Classic period...


Archaeological Excavations at Pueblo Blanco: The MCDOT Alma School Road Project, Volume 2 (1995)
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At the request of the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), archaeological investigations were undertaken prior to a road widening project that involved segments of Alma School, McDowell, and McKellips Roads on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) in Maricopa County, Arizona. The construction project involved widening Alma School Road from south of McKellips Road to north of McDowell Road. McKellips and McDowell Roads were also widened on both sides of Alma...


Archaeological Excavations at Scorpion Ridge Ruin East Central Arizona (1974)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ric Windmiller.

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Archaeological Excavations at the Arivaca Wash Cemetery, AZ DD:7:26 (ASM), Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel. Penny Dufoe Minturn. Lorrie Lincoln-Babb.

Erosion along a wash running into Arivaca Creek resulted in the exposure of skeletal remains from a prehistoric cemetery. Under contract to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert Archaeology conducted emergency excavations in November of 1994 to rescue those remains that had partially fallen into the wash. The surviving portions of four burials were removed, and a fifth burial was discovered but left in situ. The presence of five burials in such a restricted area suggests that a larger...


Archaeological Excavations at the Zanardelli Site, AZ BB:13:1 (ASM) (2011)
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In this report, the results of archaeological data recovery at the Zanardelli site, AZ BB:13:1 (ASM), south of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, are detailed. The archaeological work was done in advance of a City of Tucson water project. Observations recorded by A. V. Kidder on a 1934 site card note that a great house with small mounds in close association were present at Zanardelli. Kidder also noted that the site was "Cut through by highway and mostly destroyed." While little evidence of the adobe...


Archaeological Excavations for Phase I of the Civic Plaza Expansion Project, Phoenix, Arizona (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Cox. Kirsten Erickson. A.E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix is renovating and expanding the Civic Plaza in downtown Phoenix. The project involves demolition of the North Hall and construction of a larger, replacement facility in the same area, as well as construction of a new Terrace Building on Symphony Terrace. The interior facilities of Symphony Hall and the South Hall also will be renovated and refurbished. The project is not a federal undertaking subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The State of...


Archaeological Excavations In Lower Glen Canyon, Utah, 1959-1960 (1966)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul V. Long.

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Archaeological Excavations in Lower Glen Canyon, Utah, 1959-1960 (1966)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul V. Long, Jr..

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Archaeological Excavations in Monticello's First Kitchen (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Crystal L. Ptacek. Beatrix Arendt. Craig Kelley. Lauren Gryctko.

In 1808, enslaved African American laborers at Monticello dumped about 1,000 cubic feet of dirt to raise the floor to convert the Kitchen into a Wash House in preparation for Thomas Jefferson's retirement years. For the previous forty years, this Kitchen had been the space in which fine cuisine was prepared for Jefferson, his family, and guests. Archaeologists recently excavated nearly a third of this deposit, reidentifying the stew stoves, the original brick floor, and fireplace. Analysis of...


Archaeological Excavations in the Carrizo Wash Valley, East-Central Arizona: Data Recovery on the Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor, Appendix (2004)
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This document contains appendices A-J from the Data Recovery project on the Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor in the Carrizo Wash Valley, East-Central Arizona.


Archaeological Excavations in the Carrizo Wash Valley, East-Central Arizona: Data Recovery on the Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor, Volume 1 (2004)
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Between May 15 and October 11, 2002, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted archaeological data recovery at 11 sites along the proposed Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor (FLTCA) between the New Mexico state line and the Coronado Generating Station in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona. The project was conducted for the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP). The lead federal agency was the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Socorro Resource Area, New...


Archaeological Excavations in the Carrizo Wash Valley, East-Central Arizona: Data Recovery on the Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor, Volume II (2004)
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Between May 15 and October 11, 2002, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted archaeological data recovery at 11 sites along the proposed Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor (FLTCA) between the New Mexico state line and the Coronado Generating Station in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona. The project was conducted for the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP). The lead federal agency was the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Socorro Resource Area, New...


Archaeological Excavations in the Carrizo Wash Valley, East-Central Arizona: Data Recovery on the Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor, Volume III (2004)
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Between May 15 and October 11, 2002, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted archaeological data recovery at 11 sites along the proposed Fence Lake Mine Transportation Corridor (FLTCA) between the New Mexico state line and the Coronado Generating Station in St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona. The project was conducted for the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP). The lead federal agency was the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Socorro Resource Area, New...


Archaeological Excavations in the Northwest Field at Pueblo Grande, Phoenix, Arizona (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text A.E. (Gene) Rogge. Eric S. Cox. Erin E. Schirtzinger.

The Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park was established to preserve and publicly interpret the core of the archaeological site of a Hohokam village known as Pueblo Grande, and designated as site AZ U:9:1(ASM) (and by various other numbers and names over the years). The portions of the site within the park are listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) under Criteria A and D, and also are designated as a National Historic Landmark. The City retained URS...


Archaeological Excavations of a Salt River Valley Canal Bridge Crossing at the Central Station, 300 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

This report describes the results of archaeological excavations conducted by Northland Research, Inc. at the proposed site of the City of Phoenix Central Station, 300 North Central Avenue. The investigations were prompted by the discovery during construction of a concrete feature related to the nineteenth century Salt River Valley Canal. The archaeological investigations resulted in the exposure of the concrete feature, a culvert and outfall box, and five unrelated features. Four of the five...


Archaeological Excavations of the Hooper Warehouse, the Tucson Sampling Works, and the Southern Pacific Railroad Clubhouse, Historic Block 95, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2010)
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The results of archaeological testing and data recovery to mitigate the impacts of construction associated with the Plaza Centro project, a private development with support from the City of Tucson, are presented in this report. A survey and archival study (Diehl 2005) indicated that Historic Block 95, AZ BB:13:809 (ASM), once contained the Southern Pacific Employees Club, a facility built and used in the early twentieth century, as well as other buildings. Archaeological testing was recommended...


An Archaeological Exploration of St. Joseph’s College, the First Catholic Boarding School for Boys within the Oregon Territory (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Cayla L. Hill.

St. Joseph’s College was located within St. Paul, Oregon, the first Roman Catholic mission in the Pacific Northwest. It was established in 1839 by Father Francois Blanchet, four years after the French-Canadian settlers in the area had requested the presence of a Catholic priest. On October 17, 1843, St. Joseph’s College was officially dedicated, becoming the first Catholic boarding school for boys within the Oregon Territory. The school eventually closed in June 1849 due to the mass exodus of...


Archaeological Explorations in Northern Arizona (1976)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Warren R. DeBoer.

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Archaeological Explorations in the Neighborhood of Navajo Mountain, North- Eastern Arizona. Museum of Northern Arizona - with addit-ional correspondence (1929)
DOCUMENT Citation Only J. Alden Mason.

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Archaeological Field and Analytical Studies for the Community Noise Reduction Program, Phoenix, Arizona (2016)
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This report is the first of two technical reports that present the results of archaeological and historical studies conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., and Arizona Preservation Consultants personnel for the City of Phoenix (City) Community Noise Reduction Program and associated Voluntary Acquisition and Relocation Services (CNRP-VARS) Program. Residential parcels within seven City-defined neighborhoods were the focus of archaeological investigations, including: North Neighborhood, AZ T:12:258...


Archaeological Fieldwork at Creswell Pueblo (AZ J:14:282 ASM) 2006 Field Season (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa C. Young.

Between June 9 and July 14, 2006, excavations were undertaken at Creswell Pueblo (AZ J:14:282), a site on an Archaeological Conservancy preserve (the Creswell Ranch Archaeological District) within the boundaries of the Homolovi Ruins State Park in northeastern Arizona. Permission for this fieldwork was given by the Archaeological Conservancy, the land owner. This archaeological fieldwork was part of a larger program, called the Homol'ovi Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (HUROP),...


Archaeological Findings From The 2015 Survey of the Tanker SS Dixie Arrow (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Gregory Roach. Frederick Engle. Aaron Hamilton. Tom Edwards. Joseph C Hoyt. Doug Van Kirk.

Between May 22 – 29, 2015, the Battle of the Atlantic Research and Expedition Group collaborated with NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to survey the wreck of the Dixie Arrow, an American tanker sunk in 1942 by the German submarine U-71.   Over this 7-day period, 13 divers mapped the nearly 500-foot-long contiguous wreck.  This paper will outline the methodology undertaken by the group, the challenges encountered in conducting the survey, and the key archaeological findings from the...


Archaeological Impacts on Collective Memory: Re-creating a Mayan Identity? (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kasey Diserens Morgan.

If collective memory "requires the support of a group delimited in space and time," (Halbwachs 1992) how does archaeological work engaging local communities impact the memory of historical events? As scholars interested in the indigenous rebellion known as the Caste War (1847-1901) in Tihosuco, Mexico, we are often told by members of the local community who repopulated the area eighty years ago that we know more about the history of the uprising than they do. This paper seeks to explore three...


Archaeological Inspection of an Excavated Ramp Along Grand Canal near Pueblo Grande, Phoenix, Maricopa County (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Champagne.

At the request of Judy Brunson of Salt River Project (SRP), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. examined an exposed ramp cut on the south side of the Grand Canal. The exposed walls were looked at to determine if cultural resources were impacted by the excavation. This cut is in an area of intensive prehistoric and historic activity.