Maricopa County (County) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan S. Burton.

This report provides a regional archaeological overview prepared for the Montezuma Hydroelectric Pumped-Storage Project by the Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, under contract with the Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona. Specifically, it is designed to fulfill the archaeological data requirements for the Phase I Regional Study outlined by Wirth Associates, the consulting firm coordinating all environmental studies connected with the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kim Adams.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) assisted the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) with cultural resource investigations in advance of widening and realigning portions of Fort McDowell Road (also known as Mustang Way). These improvements were required to facilitate increased road use associated with the construction and operation of the Fort McDowell Indian Community Irrigated Farmland Development Project. At the request of Reclamation, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS)...

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This report provides documentation for archaeological data recovery conducted within a four-acre parcel. The parcel includes a roughly 0.73-acre area within the recorded boundary of the prehistoric Hohokam site of Pueblo Grande, AZ U:9:1(ASM). Data recovery efforts were designed to recover human remains and collect information from a sample of non-burial features in order to mitigate the impacts of proposed commercial development within the project area. Fifty-one archaeological features were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paige Florie. Michael Droz. Glennda Gene Luhnow.

The Archaeological Review prepared by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Office for the project (dated 8/17/2010) identified the projected location of a previously unverified segment of Canal Patricio in a small area at the far southwestern edge of the project Area of Potential Effect (APE). The projected location of this canal was based on review of Howard’s (1991 [1992]) Central Phoenix Basin Archaeological Map. As a result, an archaeological canal testing program was required for the property...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Foster. Ronald F. Ryden.

Sun Belt Holdings-Vistancia LLC is planning a 3,825-acre housing development (White Peak Ranch) on private land in Maricopa County, Arizona. A cultural resources survey identified 16 archaeological sites within the proposed development. Three sites, AZ T:3:128 (ASM), AZ T:3:281 (ASM), and AZ T:3:283 (ASM), were recommended as eligible under Criterion D for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), however, the ACOE, with the concurrence of the Arizona SHPO, recommended the sites be tested...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kim Adams. Karolyn Jackman Jensen. Margerie Green.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) served as consultant to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) on the Pimeria Alta Project, which is a National Park Service Historic Preservation Survey and Planning Grant-in-Aid awarded to the SRPMIC by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) (Federal ID Number: 04-91-60000; Project Identification Number: SP 9102-50). ACS conducted mapping and a 40% survey of a parcel of Community land in order to nominate the parcel...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Shereen Lerner.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) assisted the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) with cultural resource investigations in advance of widening and realigning portions of Fort McDowell Road (also known as Mustang Way). These improvements were required to facilitate increased road use associated with the construction and operation of the Fort McDowell Indian Community Irrigated Farmland Development Project. Reclamation requested that Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. develop a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh. Michael Stubing. Laurene Montero. Kris Shepard.

This document consists of a research design and work plan for archaeological testing at four cultural resource sites within the proposed Red Mountain Freeway (RMF), Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. Testing will be conducted to evaluate the eligibility of AZ U:9:226 (ASM), AZ U:10:117 (ASM), AZ U:10:122 (ASM), and AZ U:10:123 (ASM) for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) prior to proposed construction of the RMF. Nine cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David E. Doyel. Margerie Green.

The Water Management Project (WMP) was developed to bring Central Arizona Project (CAP) water to the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC). Under terms of a contract signed in 1992 with the GRIC, facilities designed and constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation would deliver 173,000 acre-feet of water annually onto the reservation. In anticipation of project construction, Reclamation directed Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. to develop a research design for cultural resource investigations...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark Chenault. Deni Seymour. David Greenwald. Richard Ahlstrom. Thomas Euler. Kirk Anderson. Mark Slaughter. David Abbott.

The following document presents a research design for archaeological investigations sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) at the site of La Ciudad de Los Hornos (Los Hornos). The project consists of two phases: testing and data recovery. The testing phase has been completed and a report (Chenault et al. 1991) of the results submitted to ADOT. In addition, the testing results are briefly summarized below. The proposed ADOT undertaking involves the planned reconstruction of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland, Jr..

Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) propose to construct three transmission lines along a portion of the Beeline Highway on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). SRP proposes to build a new line which will connect the Pinnacle Peak, Brandow, and Papago Butte substations. APS proposes to realign two existing transmission lines and move them out of the Salt River channel and onto the north terrace above the river. Archaeological Consulting Services...

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

A small archaeological data recovery program was conducted October 16-21, 1996 at the prehistoric Hohokam site of La Lomita, AZ U:9:67 (ASM), Phoenix, Arizona. The current archaeological work augments previous testing, data recovery, and monitoring efforts conducted prior to, and during, construction and renovation of buildings within the school grounds. The archaeological investigations and monitoring within the grounds were conducted by SWCA, Inc. for Balsz School District No. 31. Four...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sara C. Ferland.

SWCA Environmental Services (SWCA) was contracted by the National Farm Workers Services Center, Inc. (NFWSC) to conduct archaeological testing for canals and related features in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. NFWSC is proposing to construct senior housing on the property. The City of Phoenix (COP) Archaeology Office recommended that testing be conducted prior to any ground disturbance due to the presence of three prehistoric canal segments on the property. No sites have been previously...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh. Mark R. Hackbarth.

At the request of City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department, Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) investigated the discovery of human remains exposed during trenching by COP for a storm drain construction project in central Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project consisted of the installation of a storm drain, catch basins, and connector pipes as well as the moving of water meters and fire hydrants. In compliance with COP policy and the Arizona Antiquities Act, LSD previously had...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leigh Davidson.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during grounddisturbing activities for the installation of a sanitary sewer line, including the excavation of a trench within the interior of the residence, and excavation of a trench in the yard to connect with an existing sewer line. The project involved excavation of 7.7 m of trenches inside the house and backyard. The trenches ranged from 0.52 to 0.9-m deep and were 0.45 to 0.7-m wide. Trenching inside the house was located in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Justin Rego.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring and testing for a COP sewer line project. The project involved the installation of sewer and connector pipes, the removal of corrugated pipe and the installation of utility access holes along the existing and new sewer alignments within Broadway Road. Archaeological monitoring and test trenching were conducted under an approved Treatment Plan. No archaeological features were identified during testing, but six isolated occurrences were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Wesley Gibson.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during grounddisturbing activities at the site. Logan Simpson was requested to monitor ground-disturbing activities because of the potential to encounter cultural resources. The project involved replacing and reconnecting sewer lines from an existing house to city sewer lines. Ground-disturbing activities included mechanical and hand trenching.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lesley Rodriguez.

The purpose of the monitoring was to identify and record cultural resources in the vicinity of the plotted location of an unnamed prehistoric canal projected to cross the project area. This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring after the installation of a water heater. LSD inspected the water heater installation within the vicinity of a relict canal projected to occur in the project area. No ground disturbing activity was accomplished during the water heater installation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Justin P. Rego.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring for two COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) improvement projects. The two parcels are each within the 50-ft-wide buffer zone of an unnamed canal that is projected to traverse the properties. The COP recommended archaeological monitoring to document possible cultural resources within the project area. All ground disturbing activities were monitored within 50 ft on either side of two prehistoric canals projected to cross two...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leigh Davidson.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during ground-disturbing activities at two separate playground locations. At the area of potential effects [APE] 1, the project involved removing sand and wood chip mulch from the surface and followed by rototilling and grading the exposed ground surface within one play pen. At the APE 2, the sand and wood chip mulch was removed, and the exposed ground surface was rototilled and graded within six separate play pens. In addition, one...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia Keller.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department (project no. ST87100105) under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 100168) and was assigned project number PGM 2002-10 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during all soil disturbing activities since the project area passes within 100...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sara C. Ferland.

In preparation for building construction, the Salt River Project (SRP) is reconfiguring an irrigation facility on Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) easement in Phoenix, Maricopa County. Specifically, existing above ground irrigation canals are being abandoned and replaced with subsurface concrete pipes. Because Reclamation is a federal agency, the project is subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended. The project area is located within the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth. Lesley Rodriguez.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring of ground-disturbing activities for a COP NSD residential rehabilitation project. The project involved excavation of a new sewer line, the removal of a chain link fence with posts, excavation of footers for a block wall (including pilaster foundations), and removal of two trees. The property is located within 50 ft of an unnamed prehistoric canal that is projected to cross the northeastern corner of the property. The property is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rebecca J. Hill.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a residential rehabilitation project. The project involved the replacement/installation of a gas line, sewer line, and water line in addition to the excavation of block fence footers, removal of topsoil to make room for landscaping gravel, and the excavation of a hole for planting a tree in the residence’s front yard. LSD monitored ground disturbing activities within the boundary of AZ T:12:217(ASM), the Dennis Addition, and a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mary-Ellen Walsh.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring conducted for Salt River Project (SRP) during an electrical transmission line pole replacement project. Monitoring was completed during ground-disturbing activities occurring in a portion of the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, and west of State Route (SR) 153 to 40th Street. The purpose of the monitoring was to ensure that culturally sensitive areas were avoided during ground-disturbing activities and to identify the...