Arizona (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Salt River Project. SWCA Environmental Consultants.

This document is the second preliminary report on archaeological data recovery at a portion of the Hohokam village of Los Guanacos (AZ U:9:116 [ASM]). This report focuses on the preliminary results of the south half of the Pole yard locus while the first report discussed the north half of the locus. The contents of this preliminary report discuss the goals for the south half of the locus. Salt River Project (SRP) is proposing to construct a new generating station adjacent to the existing Kyrene...

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In 1998, Desert Archaeology, Inc., personnel conducted archaeological data recovery fieldwork at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for a redesigned on-ramp to the Interstate 10 (I-10) highway in the western Tucson Basin, southern Arizona. The investigated areas were within the boundaries of Las Capas, AZ AA:12:111 (ASM), a 50-hectare (123-acre) stratified site buried in the former floodplain of the Santa Cruz River. Radiocarbon dates from 46 samples of maize and...

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The archaeological excavation of a prehistoric village, site AZ T:12:220 (ASM) (Las Cremaciones), at the proposed K. Hovnanian Homes Project Phoenix, Arizona, used trench sampling, block exposures and screened excavation to recover archaeological features of site AZ T:12:220 (ASM), particularly human burials. The investigation was conducted to ensure compliance with State of Arizona statute A.R.S. 41-865 pertaining to the repatriation of human remains, the City of Phoenix Ordinance on Historic...

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Approximately 61 percent (74 percent if only the extant portions of the site are considered) of the 60.5-acre Hohokam settlement known as Honey Bee Village, AZ BB:9:88 (ASM) (Arizona State Museum site files designation) was mechanically tested and horizontally exposed during excavations in 2006-2007 by Desert Archaeology, Inc., under contract with Pima County and Rancho Vistoso Partners, LLC. Honey Bee Village is located in the Town of Oro Valley north of Tucson. The core of the village was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

The excavations conducted on the fire station parcel for the Flowing Wells Fire District were situated on the eastern margin of the Hodges site, AZ AA:12:18 (ASM). During the testing phase, 24 features were identified in backhoe trenches, and the eastern boundary of the Hodges site, AZ AA:12:18 (ASM), was defined. The limited excavation phase focused solely on features that would be impacted by construction. Two pit-houses and two trash concentrations were excavated or sampled. Although the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas N. Motsinger. David A. Phillips. Heidi Roberts.

This report details the excavation and analysis of the Maja Site (AZ AA:15:107 [ASM]), a Hohokam field house located on State Trust Land in the southern Avra Valley west of Tucson, Arizona. The site was completely excavated by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants in December 1992 to mitigate impacts resulting from the construction and maintenance of a proposed transmission. Four cultural feature were identified, excavated, and recorded. Three features--a burned pit house, a roasting pit, and a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. Jane Sliva.

This publication is one in a set of four related volumes. Its chapters summarize analyses of samples of material culture documented, or recovered, during recent excavations at two Early Agricultural period sites buried in the floodplain of the Santa Cruz River in southern Arizona: (1) Las Capas (AZ AA:12:111 [ASM]), occupied during the San Pedro phase (circa 1200-800 B.C.); and (2) Los Pozos (AZ AA:12:91 [ASM]), occupied during the Late Cienega phase (circa 400 B.C.-A.D. 50). With funding from...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Shelly C. Dudley.

This historical research report is designed to support mitigation for the relocation of Gates 7-13.4-41 and 7-13.4-42 (See Image 1) and Lateral 7-13.4 on the north side of Dobbins Road west of 55th Avenue, Laveen, Maricopa County. This report describes the findings of research into the historic use of the lateral and surrounding area in the south half of Section 5, Township 1 South, Range 2 East. The United States is relocating the lateral and turnout structures in a land exchange because of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay C. Ziemann.

Following the cycle of economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s, and the manpower shortage caused by the outbreak of the Second World War, the various reclamation projects in the western United States suffered from broken-down systems. The Salt River Project, which serves the Phoenix metropolitan area with water and power, was one of these reclamation projects. Canals and laterals that carried invaluable irrigation water seeped and leaked, resulting in water losses of twenty-five percent; many...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter J. Pilles.

An archaeological investigation of the proposed Navajo Generation Station was conducted by the Museum of Northern Arizona from December 10 through 12, 1969, for the purpose of archaeological clearance. The Museum was represented by Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr., Curator of Anthropology, and Peter J. Pilles, Jr., Salvage Archaeologist, who found five prehistoric sites and two modern Navajo sites during the course of the survey. This proposed facility is a large steam operated electrical generation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Recon / Regional Environmental Consultants.

This report details the results of the North Scottsdale Reconnaissance Survey conducted by Regional Environmental Consultants (RECON). This survey and planning project was jointly funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and the City of Scottsdale and was administered through the Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer, Arizona State Parks Board, and the Department of Planning and Economic Development, City of Scottsdale. The purpose of the project was to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text SRP Cartographic & GIS Services.

Cartographic representations of historic open ditches manufactured by SRP. Located in areas throughout the Greater Phoenix area, the maps outline areas that are proposed for preservation. A total of 27 water distribution systems are shown.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David J. Gifford.

The Salt River Project (SRP) is a U. S. Bureau of Reclamation owned project operated under a long term agreement with the Salt River Valley Water Users Association, known today as SRP. The 100 year old historic water delivery system consisting of dams, canals and distribution laterals are continually updated and modernized to facilitate on-going water deliveries to the Salt River Valley (Valley). Operations and Maintenance (O&M) as well as rapid growth in the Valley will continue to have impacts...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew E. Hill, Jr.. J. Simon Bruder.

Kimley-Hom and Associates are under contract with the Williams Gateway Airport Authority (WGAA) to provide services for design of the reconstruction and extension of Runway 12L-30R. A number of archaeological sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) extend within the construction zone. Therefore, WGAA was required to take into account the potential for its undertakings to affect those archaeological sites under the terms of its lease agreement with the Air...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Henry D. Wallace.

During the portion of the San Xavier Survey which covered parts of Black Mountain, the petroglyphs reported by Fontana and others (1959) and Ferg (1979) were encountered, as were several new elements and localities. This report documents the petroglyphs found and provides limited interpretations of their significance, dating, and stylistic relationships to other petroglyphs in the Tucson area. Data gathered from the Black Mountain site (AA:16:12) contribute toward the development of a regional...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce B. Huckell. Brenda G. Randolph. Danielle Desruisseaux.

This report presents the results of the Phase 1 testing of seven prehistoric archaeological sites falling within the proposed right-of-way for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Sycamore Creek Project, within the Tonto Basin, Gila County, central Arizona. The project is funded by the Federal Highway Administration and occurs on Arizona Department of Transportation right-of-way across Tonto National Forest land. The seven tested sites include a late Preclassic pithouse village [AZ...

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Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) has planned and partially constructed an 88-mile-long 500-kV extra-high-voltage transmission line linking the Pinal West, Duke, Pinal Central, Abel, and Dinosaur substations (Arizona Corporate Commission Certificate of Environmental Compatibility, Case No. 126) in south-central Arizona. The transmission line between the Dinosaur and proposed Pinal Central substations has already been constructed; the portion connecting the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost.

A total of 26 sediment samples from agricultural field contexts were submitted for phytolith analysis from the site of Las Capas (AZ AA:12:111), which is located near Tucson, Arizona. Las Capas is an early agricultural period site that utilized canal irrigation for maize and possibly other cultivated plants. The sediments submitted for phytolith analysis are from Stratum 504, which spans a date range of 950 B.C. to 800 B.C., and places them within the San Pedro Phase Early Agriculture period....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Yost. Melissa K. Logan. Linda Scott Cummings.

Three “stone combs” from three different features from the Upper San Pedro Village (AZ EE:12:60) in southern Arizona were submitted for phytolith, protein, and organic residue analysis to determine the materials processed by these tools (Table 1). These analyses were undertaken in an effort to provide information that would indicate their function. Since possible “hafting” areas were visible on at least two of the three tools, protein and organic residue analysis were performed on both the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

The A-Mountain drainage system is being designed by Parsons Brinkerhoff, Inc., for the City of Tucson to alleviate flooding in the residential neighborhood between A-Mountain and the Santa Cruz River. As part of the planning process, Desert Archaeology, Inc., performed an archaeological survey and archival study of the parcel of land on which the drainage system will be placed (Thiel 1993a). On the basis of this preliminary work, Desert Archaeology recommended that an archaeological testing...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings.

Site AZ T:12:413(ASM) contains evidence of occupation during at least the Pioneer, Sedentary, and Classic periods. Ceramics, which were primarily plainware, did not provide good temporal resolution. The area probably was used for farming and related activities over a period of centuries. Pollen samples were collected from a variety of locations at this site, and samples were selected for analysis from the Pioneer, Sedentary, and Classic periods. The samples represent a variety of protein in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Linda Scott Cummings.

Site AZ B:16:0911 is located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon near the mouth of Monument Creek. Fill from a small masonry structure was examined for pollen and macrofloral remains. Macrofloral analysis also was conducted on fill from an ash lens in the masonry structure and from a small thermal feature. Mesquite charcoal in the macrofloral sample from the masonry structure was submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. Pollen and macrofloral analyses provide information concerning plants utilized by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Chad Yost. Melissa K. Logan.

An archaeological site located in the San Pedro River Valley, near Fairbank, Arizona, yielded two projectile points that were submitted for protein residue analysis to identify animals that might have been killed using these points. In addition, one of these points also was tested for organic residues using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in an effort to identify use of poisons. Finally, a single soil sample was submitted for pollen analysis. This sites lies in the Sonoran Desert...

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This study is the first of two volumes that describe the results of archaeological investigations undertaken within the Tempe Section of the Outer Loop Freeway system. This work was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation and conducted under Contract 86-102. Three sites were investigated as part of this project, including La Cuenca del Sedimento, a farmstead/fieldhouse site, and AZ U:9:69(ASM) and AZ U:9:71(ASM). All three sites were crossed by portions of the Las Acequias-Los Muertos...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth.

This study presents the results of archaeological investigations undertaken within the proposed corridor of State Route 87 on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation and Tonto National Forest, in northeastern Maricopa County, Arizona. This work was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation (Contract 89-28) and conducted under the aegis of the Tonto National Forest. Six archaeological sites were investigated for this project, including three prehistoric lithic procurement sites, a Hohokam...