Maricopa County (County) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text SWCA Environmental Consultants.

During the summer of 1988, archaeologists from Archaeological Consulting Services of Tempe, Arizona, conducted an archaeological survey of 220 acres in the vicinity of Lake Pleasant Regional Park located northwest of Phoenix. This survey was conducted in order to provide inventory and assessment of the cultural resources that might be affected by the proposed exchange of this parcel to the Maricopa County Water Conservation District by the Bureau of Reclamation. This survey resulted in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. Thomas Euler.

During the summer of 1988, archaeologists from Archaeological Consulting Services of Tempe, Arizona, conducted an archaeological survey of seven miles of 250-foot wide road right-of-way in Lake Pleasant Regional Park located northwest of Phoenix. This survey was conducted in order to provide inventory and assessment of the cultural resources that might be affected by the construction of additional internal roads within the park boundary. This survey resulted in the identification of nine...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Valdo Howard.

This is a report on the final phase of archaeological research conducted at the University Research Park. The work was performed by the Office of Cultural Resource Management at Arizona State University. The first phase of the research involved a survey of the ground surface which led to the identification of one prehistoric canal and a low density artifact scatter in the eastern one-quarter of the parcel. In the final phase of work, eight trenches were excavated in order to examine 1) the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard.

Between April 4 and July 3, 1997, Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) archaeologists conducted a program of archaeological test excavations and burial removal for DMB Property on a parcel of land to facilitate compliance with A.R.S. 41-865 for the protection of human remains (Arizona State Museum [ASM] Case No. 97-15). The DMB Property land was a 10.48-ac (42.41 ha) parcel located on the north side of Van Buren Street, between 44th Street and the Hohokam Expressway Right-of-way in Phoenix. The...

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

This report presents the results of an archaeological testing and data recovery program for approximately two acres of land located in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. The research was conducted at the request of William Olsen and Gerald Ricke of Mesa, Arizona, prior to the purchase of the land for proposed private development. The artifact concentrations within the parcel are located completely within the boundaries of the S.W. Germann Site (AZ U:10:2 [ASM]), a previously recorded Hohokam...

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

This report presents the results of an archaeological testing and data recovery program for approximately two acres of land located in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1.1). The research was conducted at the request of William Olsen and Gerald Ricke of Mesa, Arizona, prior to the purchase of the land for proposed private development. The irregular parcels are located east of Sossaman Road and Rittenhouse Road and the Southern Pacific railroad form the southern boundary (Figure 1.2).The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly.

This report presents the results of an archaeological testing and burial recovery program for four features located in approximately 142 acres of land in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The research was conducted at the request of John S. Poulsen of Providence Development, Inc., Arizona, prior to the development or the land for proposed residential use. Four features designated human burials were recorded during testing of this parcel by Northland Research, Inc in December 2002 and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott L. Fedick.

Archaeological Research Services, Inc. conducted an archaeological testing program at site AZ U:9:48 (ASU), a prehistoric Hohokam habitation site in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The site is situated on land owned by the Salt River Project (SRP) which has been selected as the potential location of the proposed SRP Central Support Complex. The testing program involved both surface and subsurface investigations intended to evaluate the site in terms of eligibility for inclusion on the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. E. Rogge. Regina Chapin-Pyritz.

The project includes street improvements and construction of an adjacent multi use trail. The project is being constructed in two phases. This project addressed Phase 1, which involved: installing 15 buried storm drain laterals to carry rainfall runoff from the street to a 5-foot (1.5-m) diameter storm drain that had been previously buried beneath the street, relocating a sewer line manhole, relocating or installing new fire hydrants at six locations, constructing a sidewalk, converting an open...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Adrianne G. Rankin.

In November 1988, Mr. Viesturs Kalva, Landscape Architect with the Engineering Department of the City of Mesa, requested a proposal from Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) to conduct testing at AZ U:9:73 (ASM) (formerly referred to as AZ U:9:9[ARS]), located within the proposed Sheepherder's Park, Mesa, Arizona. The site is on land leased to the City of Mesa by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that will be affected by activities associated with the construction of the park by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey A. Homburg. Richard Ciolek-Torello.

Archaeological test excavations and surface collections were completed by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), at the Lombeye Ruin (AZ T:12:109 [ASM]). The major objective of this testing project was to determine if archaeological remains were present in the new right-of-way (ROW) and if they are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This work was completed for the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) prior to construction of left turn lanes and a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark L. Chenault. Kirk Anderson. James E. Ayres.

SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants conducted test excavations at a portion of La Ciudad de los Hornos located south of the Superstition Freeway in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The testing was performed for the Arizona Department of Transportation (Contract Number 90-29), with fieldwork taking place from 21 January 1991 to 18 February 1991. Sixty-eight backhoe trenches (most being 20 m in length) were placed in a systematic pattern throughout the project area. Testing was conducted at a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark L. Chenault.

The large Hohokam site of Los Aumentos (AZ T:12:178 [ASM]) is located in Phoenix, Arizona. WestLand Resources, Inc. (WestLand), was contracted by AZ 72 LLC and Capri I LLC to conduct archaeological testing. The proposed project (PGM 2006-40) is a mixed residential and commercial development. The project area is located on privately owned land. The City of Phoenix conducted an archaeological assessment of the proposed project (Z-31-06-7) on 18 April 2006 and determined that archaeological...

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

This document presents the results of archaeological testing at AZ T:7:149 (ASM), AZ T:7:150 (ASM), and AZ T:7:151 (ASM) within the Dos Rios Development near Sun City West, Maricopa County, Arizona. SWCA conducted archeological testing at two prehistoric Hohokam sites, AZ T:7:149 (ASM) and AZ T:7:150 (ASM), and one historical Euroamerican site, AZ T:7:151 (ASM), prior to the proposed residential development of the 195 acre parcel in which the sites are located. These three sites were recommended...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chris North. Michael S. Foster.

Cortessa LLC is proposing the residential development of a 613-acre parcel of land near the White Tank Mountains in Maricopa County, Arizona. The privately-owned land is located on the east side of the White Tank Mountains. A permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act from the Army Corp of Engineers is necessary to proceed with the development; thus it is subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. A previous archaeological survey of the parcel resulted in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pat H. Stein.

From May 4 through 8, 1992, SWCA tested site AZ U:9:111(ASM), a Yaqui laborers’ camp that had been located at the Southside Water Service Center, a Salt River Project (SRP). facility in Mesa, Arizona. SRP proposed to construct a utility building on part of the camp. The purpose of the testing was to assess the eligibility of the camp for the National Register of Historic Places and to develop a plan for mitigating the adverse effects of construction on significant remains that might be present...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of archaeological testing conducted on a parcel of land located in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The testing was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department prior to proposed housing development within the parcel. The testing was conducted under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City of Phoenix and SWCA (contract no. 90034), and was assigned project number PGM 2000-3 by the City of Phoenix...

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

Archaeological testing was conducted by SWCA, Inc. from May 17 to 23, 1996 on a parcel of land located on the northern portion of the Gateway Community College property in southeast Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The testing was requested by the Maricopa County Community College District to identify any cultural materials prior to proposed development and construction within the area. Seventeen backhoe trenches were excavated within the parcel. A single archaeological feature, a prehistoric...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard.

On April 17 and 18, 1997, personnel from Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) completed archaeological test excavations on a 3.8 acre parcel, Gateway Lot 4, scheduled for commercial development. Based on previous research, the parcel was believed to lie near the northwest edge of the large Hohokam site of Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1[ASM], see Bostwick 1993-4; Breternitz 1994; Kwiatkowski 1996). Archaeological remains incuding burials were previously documented less than 300 ft (61 m) southeast of Gateway Lot 4,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad V. Kirvan.

Knox Electric is planning to construct a commercial building on a privately owned vacant lot at in Phoenix. The Phoenix City Archaeologist reviewed the application for a building permit to ensure that the proposed development was compatible with historic-, cultural-, and character-preservation goals of the Phoenix General Plan (City of Phoenix 2001:245­ 248). The review determined that the project is within the mapped limits of a prehistoric archaeological site known as Las Canopas [AZ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text URS Corporation.

Monte Vista Apartments LLC plans to construct two four-unit apartment buildings on adjacent, privately owned vacant parcels. The Phoenix city archaeologist reviewed the application for a building permit to ensure that the proposed development was compatible with goals of the Phoenix General Plan (City of Phoenix 2001:245-248) for preserving the history, culture, and character of the city. The review determined that the project is within the mapped limits of a prehistoric archeological site known...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly. Cara Schmidt.

This report presents the results of archaeological testing at McKinley Street in Phoenix. The project area includes an approximately 7000 square foot residential lot. This project was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 101005) and was assigned project number PGM 2003-38 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Due to the possible presence of a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard.

Based on existing development plans prepared for Kitchell Development Co. for the parcel containing a former Maricopa County Sheriff’s substation at 48th and Washington Streets, Phoenix, Arizona, two areas were to be excavated below grade for a building foundation and a runoff detention basin. Because this parcel is immediately east of known prehistoric cultural remains that are part of the large Hohokam site of Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)), backhoe trenching was conducted in the two areas to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell. Joseph Crary.

Archaeological testing was conducted at the Sunset Colony residential development parcel in Mesa, Arizona. Test trenches were excavated to identify the presence and distribution of subsurface features Nine prehistoric features were identified and a site number was assigned to this area. AZ U:9:148 (ASM) The features included 2 pits and 7 irrigation features. One of the irrigation features, a canal, max represent an extension of canal alignments that were documented in the early part of this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas R. Mitchell.

This document presents the results of archaeological testing, including mapping and surface collections, at two prehistoric sites, AZ U:1:128 (ASM) and AZ U:1:129 (ASM), in northern Scottsdale, Arizona. Previous archaeological work in a 480-acre parcel owned by Desert Mountain Properties, Inc. (Desert Mountain), included a survey (Bilsbarrow and Stone 1994) and a monitoring project (Hampson 1995). The testing project area includes the northern part of the original survey area. These sites are...