Phoenix, AZ (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text David H. Greenwald. M. Zyniecki.

This report presents the results of archival and archaeological document studies and archaeological testing for the Sky Harbor International Airport Master Plan Improvements project. Investigations were initiated on April 9, 1992, and completed on May 15, 1992, by SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants, under contract to Griener, Inc. Griener was under contract to the City of Phoenix Aviation Department to complete an environmental impact statement for expansion of airport facilities. The Federal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald K. Yablon.

The Museum of Northern Arizona, under contract to the Arizona Department of Transportation, has completed test investigations in five areas along the route of the proposed West Papago-Inner Loop sections of Interstate 10. Area 1 - NA15,787 included a portion of a site identified by Midvale as the Los Aumentos Ruin. However, with the exception of two small canals, there was no subsurface evidence of prehistoric or important historic occupation. Area 2 - NA15,788 and Area 3 - NA15,789 were devoid...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pat H. Stein.

This report attempts to document, assess, and develop a plan for conserving archaeological resources along the waste water conveyance system for the Arizona Nuclear Power Project. The paper describes 13 sites which were discovered during an intensive survey of the proposed facility, evaluates these sites in relation to the archaeological resource base of the Lower Gila River Valley, and recommends procedures for mitigating the adverse effects of construction on these cultural remains. The survey...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald K. Yablon.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted archaeological investigations at two sites along the Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System, northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. NA15,137 is an extensive Hohokam sherd and lithic scatter dating to the late Colonial and Sedentary Periods. The remains indicate a seasonal occupation with an agricultural subsistence base. NA15,142 is the remains of a late 1920s to early 1930s homestead. Recovered material and archival research confirm these dates. Apparently...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix (City) involved construction of approximately 0.3 mile (0.5 kilometer [km]).The City used fill material previously stockpiled within the alignment of an unbuilt segment. The project also included construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and drainage ditches along each side of the new street, and culverts to direct storm water beneath the roadway. After monitoring identified archaeological features, the City modified the scope of work to include data recovery excavations....

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. René Muñoz.

The Street Transportation Department of the City of Phoenix (COP) plans to improve waterlines and water service within a portion of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Previous archaeological investigations have documented the rich archaeological resources preserved beneath the modern development of Phoenix. These archaeological resources include, but are not limited to, remnants of prehistoric Hohokam irrigation canals, habitations, burials, as well as historic deposits related to the early...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring and testing E. Pierce in Phoenix. The project area includes an approximately 5400 square foot lot with a residence. 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 2003-36 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. This project will receive...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring at a project area located along 31st Avenue. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 100168) and was assigned project number PGM 2002-09 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during trench excavations along 31st Avenue because...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

Records in the PGM database indicate that the APE is located within 50 ft. of the plotted location of a prehistoric canal. The COP Archaeology Office guidelines require that archaeological monitoring and/or testing be conducted for ground-disturbing projects that are located within 250 ft. of a prehistoric site or within 50 ft. of a prehistoric canal. Due to the possible presence of cultural resources, the COP Archaeology Office requested that cultural resource monitoring be conducted during...

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 to remove existing gravels and grass at Diamond St., within a previously documented Hohokam habitation site (AZ T:12:1 [ASM] / La Ciudad) in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as monitoring, testing, or data...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jewel Touchin. Michael Stubing.

Records in the PGM database indicate that the APE is located within 250 ft. of the archaeological site and within 50 ft. of a possible prehistoric canal. The COP Archaeology Office guidelines require that archaeological monitoring and/or testing be conducted for ground-disturbing projects that are located within 250 ft. of a prehistoric site or within 50 ft. of a prehistoric canal. Due to the possible presence of cultural resources, the COP Archaeology Office requested that cultural resource...

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

This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring conducted for a City of Phoenix (COP) rehabilitation project. 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 for installation of a fence line. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) determined that excavations associated with the proposed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring at a project area located along Roeser Road. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc, (Contract no. 90034) and was assigned project number PGM 2000-14 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during trench excavations along Roeser Road because...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard.

At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted to install irrigation, remove a stump, install vegetation, and clear the house stem wall at Sunland Avenue, within 50 feet of the boundary of a reported prehistoric canal in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as...

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

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring at Van Buren Street. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 90034) and was assigned project number PGM 2001-42 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring of the project area was requested due to the presence of documented prehistoric canals just south of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. 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 for the removal and addition of plants and the removal of gravels. 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 a reported prehistoric canal. For this reason, the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. 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 for the removal and addition of plants, the addition of three air conditioner unit posts, and removal of gravels. 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 a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring of a project off West Portland Street. The monitoring 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). The project was assigned project number PGM 2002-11 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during auguring and hand excavations at the site....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring of excavations for the installation of a water service line at Yale Street, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The monitoring was conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (Jacobs) at the request of Dr. Todd Bostwick, former City of Phoenix (COP) Archaeologist, as Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) Project No. 2010-21 under an existing on-call archaeological services agreement (Contract No. 128663). The COP Cost Center number for this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce G. Phillips. Jill Heilman.

AZ T:12:397 (ASM) is a historic canal exposure uncovered on the north side of McDowell Road. Archaeological monitoring of the excavations for waterline improvement uncovered a historic canal (AZ T:12:397 [ASM]). The canal was minimally exposed and its National Register eligibility cannot be assessed at this time. No further archaeological work is recommended for this project. EcoPlan recommends, however, that if future ground disturbing projects are proposed in the vicinity of the canal,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jewel Touchin.

The project consists of the installation of a sewer flow monitoring station. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project and provided recommendations in a March 16, 2012, Archaeological Assessment Form. The COP Archaeology Assessment notes that the entire APE is located within one archaeological site (AZ T:12:52 [ASM]/ Pueblo del Alamo). The COP Archaeology Office recommended that monitoring be conducted for all portions of the undertaking beyond the area that was investigated during a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text E. Melanie Ryan. Michael Droz. Shirley Powell. Richard Boston.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) of Tempe, Arizona completed archaeological monitoring of geotech coring and boring on the existing center (7L-25R) runway and its taxiways and turnouts at Sky Harbor International Airport. ACS carried out the monitoring as a subcontractor to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., who, under contract to the City of Phoenix—Sky Harbor International Airport, are designing reconstruction of the west and east taxiways, replacing asphalt with concrete, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a construction project along 11th Avenue in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The monitoring was conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (Jacobs) at the request of the City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department (STD), and was completed in two phases (Phases 1 and 2).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cassandra J. Albush. Chad V. Kirvan. Kirsten Johnson. A. E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix Project Number WS85500323 involved installation of a buried water main, 76 centimeters (cm) (30 inches) in diameter, from the intersection of 6th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. The City of Phoenix Archaeology Office recommended that construction excavation be archaeologically monitored within the original Phoenix townsite, AZ T:12:42(ASM), and at the crossing of the alignment of the historic Phoenix Street Railway, AZ T:12:224(ASM). The City of Phoenix Street Transportation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

The project consisted of the replacement of a water main and fire hydrants. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project and provided recommendations in a September 21, 2010 Archaeological Assessment Form. The COP Archaeology Assessment noted that one prehistoric cultural resource site (AZ T:12:282 [ASM]) is partially located within the north-central portion of the APE, and that PGM records show a prehistoric canal is projected to extend through the northern half of the APE. The COP...