Maricopa County (County) (Geographic Keyword)
476-500 (1,004 Records)
As part of the Red Mountain Freeway project, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is adding supplementary right-of-way and temporary construction easements between Gilbert and Higley Roads in Mesa. Much of the new land was previously surveyed during examination of various proposed alignments for the road (Macnider et al. 1999). However, nine new parcels located on private land and Arizona state trust land administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD)...
A Cultural Resources Survey of the 6th Street and Myrtle Avenue Redevelopment Project, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona (1998)
On January 16, 1998, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) conducted a cultural resources survey of approximately 2.8 acres of privately-owned land in downtown Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project area consists of most of the city block bounded by Mill Avenue on the west, Myrtle Avenue on the east, 6th Street on the north, and 7th Street on the south. The historic Moeur House and Hatton Hall, on the northwest corner of 7th Street and Myrtle, and the Gilbert Ortega and Mill Cue...
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Hassayampa-Jojoba Transmission Line, Maricopa County, Arizona (2002)
GBPP (Gila Bend Power Partners) proposes to construct and operate a 500kV transmission line, which will deliver electrical power from the Hassayampa Switchyard south of Wintersburg, Arizona to the Jojoba Switchyard currently under construction in south-central Maricopa County, Arizona. The project will increase the transmission of electrical power into areas surrounding metropolitan Phoenix, and will promote economic development of benefit to the people of Arizona. GBPP retained EPG...
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Salt River Project 92nd Street Substation, Salt River Pima and Maricopa Indian Community, Maricopa County, Arizona (1991)
On December 27, 1990, SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants, conducted an archaeological survey on the Salt River Pima and Maricopa Indian Reservation for Salt River Project for a proposed substation. Approximately 2.07 acres located in a modern field were surveyed. Isolated artifacts consisted of a single piece of heat-altered rock and five pieces of mafic igneous flaked debitage. Archival investigations revealed that the project area is located in the extreme northwestern portion of Pueblo...
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Salt River Project Central Support Complex Parcel in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona (1986)
On February 27, 1986, Scott L. Fedick of Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS), performed a cultural resources survey at the proposed location of the Salt River Project Central Support Complex. The survey was undertaken at the request of Salt River Project in order to determine if cultural resources, which may include prehistoric or historic archaeological sites or objects, historically or architecturally significant structures or buildings, were present which could be affected by...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Salt River Project Canals, Maricopa County, Arizona (1998)
At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III (Intensive), non-collection cultural resources survey of approximately 170 miles of the Arizona, Arizona Crosscut, Grand, Tempe, Tempe Crosscut, Consolidated, Eastern, South, Western, Highline, and Kyrene Branch Canals in Maricopa County, Arizona. The canals, which are owned by the Reclamation, are maintained and operated by the Salt River Project (SRP). The...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Salt River Project Canals, Maricopa County, Arizona, Revised (1998)
Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III (Intensive), non-collection cultural resources survey on approximately 170 miles of the Arizona, Arizona Crosscut, Grand, Tempe, Tempe Crosscut, Consolidated, Eastern, South, Western, Highline, and Kyrene Branch Canals in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was undertaken at the request of Jon S. Czaplicki, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) archaeologist and Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for Contract...
Cultural Resources Testing at Las Canopas (AZ T:12:137[ASM]), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2005)
Northland has completed cultural resources testing at two parcels. During the project, 83 trenches were mechanically excavated, totaling 1,613.3 meters. Trenches were roughly 20 m long, 65 cm wide, and 1.5 m deep. They were laid out in a checkerboard pattern across both loci, with trenches spaced 40 m apart east-west. This equates to approximately a 1.25 percent subsurface sample of the 20.7 acre project area. Testing confirmed the presence of features associated with Las Canopas (AZ...
Damage Assessment of AZ T:4:157(ASM) and AZ T:4:156(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona: Letter Report (2003)
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) reported a violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) in April 2003 when a petroglyph boulder was removed from Reclamation land. The boulder was located on a terrace edge overlooking the Agua Fria River north of Lake Pleasant, within archaeological site AZ T:4:157(ASM). A criminal investigation followed. The petroglyph boulder was recovered in September 2003. Subsequent to the investigation, Mr. Jon Czaplicki, Reclamation...
Damage Assessment of AZ T:4:157(ASM) and AZ T:4:156(ASM) in Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Yavapai County, Arizona: Photo Log (2003)
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) reported a violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) in April 2003 when a petroglyph boulder was removed from Reclamation land. The boulder was located on a terrace edge overlooking the Agua Fria River north of Lake Pleasant, within archaeological site AZ T:4:157(ASM). A criminal investigation followed. The petroglyph boulder was recovered in September 2003. Subsequent to the investigation, Mr. Jon Czaplicki, Reclamation...
Dance Circle Arizona Site Steward File (1980)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file forthe Dance Circle sites, located on Tonto National Forest land. The sites are comprised of comprised of a large basalt circle with smaller adjoining room, extensive petroglyphs, and a small artifact scatter. The file consists of a Tonto National Forest heritage inventory form, Central Arizona Water Control Study site description form, a report which appears to have been produced as a part of a Rock Art course and which includes descriptions of all...
Data Recovery at AZ T:12:413(ASM) for the Roeser Haciendas Development Project, Phoenix, Arizona (2016)
The site (AZ T:12:413[ASM]) was recommended as eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Avoidance to the site was not feasible so data recovery was conducted under an existing City-approved Plan, entitled “General Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Archaeological Projects Within the Boundaries of the City of Phoenix, Arizona” (Montero et al. 2008). A Supplemental Data Recovery Work Plan submitted to the City (see Mitchell 2011) was approved and implemented. As a...
Data Recovery at AZ U:5:33(ASM) Within the Pima Freeway Corridor, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2001)
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), acting on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration, is undertaking the construction of Highway 101 (Pima Freeway) in north-central Maricopa County. The mainline right-of-way was obtained horn the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) in the late 1980s. Archaeological Research Sendees, Inc. (ARS) suneyed most of the mainline and identified archaeological resources (Curtis and Stone 1988; B. Stone 1996; L. Stone 1989; Stone and Stone 1990). In...
Data Recovery at Pinnacle Peak Village, AZ U:5:3 (ASU), Phoenix, Arizona (1997)
This report presents the results of archaeological data recovery conducted by SWCA, Inc. on a portion of Pinnacle Peak Village (AZ U:5:3 [ASU]), a large, Preclassic Hohokam site located in north Scottsdale, Arizona. The archaeological work was done at the request of Desert Troon Companies of Scottsdale, Arizona, owners of Troon Village, a residential development that includes portions of Pinnacle Peak Village. The project is located within Parcel 02 , a unit of Troon Village that is subject to...
Data Recovery at Six Sites in the Proposed 66 Acre Desert Rose Development in South Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
Soil Systems, Inc (SSI) contracted with Beazer Homes Arizona Division to conduct archaeological data recovery at six prehistoric sites in the 66 acres Desert Rose project area at the base of South Mountain in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The sites at which data recovery was conducted were exclusively prehistoric sites (AZ T:12:100 [ASM], AZ T:12:102-105 [ASM], and AZ T:12:108 [ASM]). Sites where data recovery was not undertaken (AZ T:12:101 [ASM] AZ T:12:106 [ASM], and AZ T:12:107...
Data Recovery Excavations at the Casa Nueva Locus, La Ciudad, Phoenix, Arizona (2002)
Under contract to Comsense, Inc., Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed archaeological testing and data recovery excavations for the Casa Nueva Development, a public housing project located in downtown Phoenix. The purpose of Northland’s investigations was to thoroughly document archaeological remains in the Casa Nueva project area. This report summarizes the results of those efforts. Although small in scale, the Casa Nueva project has contributed significant new information to our...
Data Recovery for Phase I of the Fort McDowell Irrigation Betterment Project: Historical Archaeology at the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona (1984)
In the spring of 1984, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. was contracted by the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Indian Community to conduct data recovery at historic sites which would be impacted by Phase I of the Fort McDowell Irrigation Betterment Project. The sites are located on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona. Nine sites were studied. Two of them were canals: the Government Ditch, dating from 1866 to ca 1940, and the Jones Ditch, dating from 1896 to present....
Data Recovery Investigations within the Northeast Portion of Pueblo Del Rio (AZ T:12:116[ASM]), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2011)
This report provides documentation for archaeological data recovery within a 6.9 acre parcel located near the northeastern edge of the prehistoric Hohokam village Pueblo del Rio (AZ T:12:116[ASM]). The work was conducted by Northland Research, Inc., for McCall & Associates prior to commercial development of the property. The purpose of the project was to collect information and analyze materials from a sample of features at the site. Features identified include three pit houses, a...
Data Recovery Plan for AZ U:10:123 (ASM) Within the Proposed Red Mountain Freeway Corridor, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2000)
This document presents a data recovery plan to mitigate adverse effects to cultural resources within AZ U:10:123 (ASM) that will result from construction of the proposed Red Mountain Freeway (RMF), Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). The data recovery will be completed by Entranco, and was requested by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). The project is to be completed as part of the...
Data Recovery Plan for Crismon Pueblo, AZ U:9:173 (ASM), and the Denmark School Site Within the Proposed Red Mountain Freeway Corridor, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2001)
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to extend the Red Mountain Freeway/SR 202L from SR 87 to US 60, resulting in the construction of nearly 18 miles of new freeway. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS), completed a Class III cultural resource survey of the proposed project area, which resulted in the identification and recording of numerous prehistoric and historic sites within the Red Mountain Freeway (RMF) corridor (Macnider et al. 1999) . Crismon Pueblo and the...
Data Recovery Plan for the Esteban Park Apartments Project, City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2005)
Esteban Group LLC is proposed to develop an apartment complex on privately owned land just south of Esteban Park. In accordance with the archaeological stipulations within the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 8, Section 802(B), it is the City’s policy to assist with the preservation of archaeological and historic resources within developments, where appropriate. Arizona Revised Statute § 41-865 states that it is unlawful for persons to disturb human burials and associated grave goods on...
Data Recovery Plan for U.S. West Communications Utility Right-of-Way near Pueblo Grande National Historic Landmark, Phoenix, Maricopa County (1993)
Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) is serving as a consultant to U.S. West Communications (US West) for a proposed utility (fiber optic communication cable) right-of-way. The right-of-way is located within the southern access road for the Grand Canal, which passes through Pueblo Grande National Historic Landmark (Pueblo Grande), although the proposed right-of-way is not within the National Historic Landmark boundary. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
Data Recovery Report, North End of the Frank Luke Addition, Site AZ T:12:1 (ASM), La Ciudad, City of Phoenix (2012)
Archaeological data recovery was conducted in the north end of the Frank Luke Addition in the City of Phoenix within a portion of the Hohokam site of La Ciudad, also known as AZ T:12:1 (ASM). This is a report on data recovery conducted in the north end of the project area. The excavations documented a borrow pit reused as a reservoir (Feature 32), an irrigation lateral (Feature 27), a small field house (Feature 29), five extramural pits and thermal features, and two pits containing historic...
Davenport Ruin Arizona Site Steward File (1988)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Davenport Ruin site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a Prehistoric limestone pueblo with more than 100 rooms, as well as artifact scatter, a roasting pit, and burial sites. The file consists of a Central Arizona Water Control Study site description, Tonto National Forest site inspection, two site maps, an Arizona State University site survey form, and a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from...
Death, Society and Ideology in a Hohokam Community: Colonial and Sedentary Period Burials from La Ciudad (1987)
The nature of Hohokam social organization has always been at the core of debates surrounding the prehistory of southern Arizona. Changing theoretical perspectives have shifted the directions and foci of controversy but the differences in these orientations can largely be described in terms of the assumptions made about social organization. A continuing thread to the arguments has been disagreement over the nature of power relationships in Hohokam society and the importance of such relationships...