Arizona (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text W. Bruce Masse.

During the period between 27 August and 21 November 1986, the Cultural Resources Management Division (CRMD) of the Arizona State Museum (ASM) conducted a seven-week long program of archaeological testing and data recovery within the Tempe Section of the proposed Outer Loop Freeway System (TSOLFS) corridor in Maricopa County. This program was coordinated through DeLeuw, Cather and Company, consultants to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) under ADOT Contract 85-14. Archaeological...

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Northland Research, Inc., (Northland) has completed Phase II archaeological data recovery within a portion of the Cactus Forest site (AZ AA:3:214[ASM]), located near Cactus Forest, Pinal County, Arizona (Figures 1.1 and 1.2). The work was undertaken in advance of planned improvements to the intersection of State Route 79 (SR 79) and Cactus Forest Road by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Northland performed the work under contract to Jones & Stokes and ADOT. The primary purpose of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael W. Diehl. Allison Cohen Diehl.

In February 1995, Parsons Brinckerhoff contracted with Desert Archaeology, Inc., to conduct archaeological investigations along the route of the A-Mountain storm drain. The A-Mountain testing phase was conducted concurrently with the first phase of testing on Rio Nuevo South and revealed a similar pattern of Early Agricultural features, prehistoric and historic canals, remnants of the brickyard, and a portion of an area occupied by Chinese gardeners. Significant features were found both in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sara Stebbins.

The Concho Well Field Water Transmission Pipeline, constructed by the Salt River Project, originates in the Concho Well Fields just north of Concho, Arizona, and extends to the Coronado Generating Station Power Plant three miles north of St. Johns, Arizona. The pipeline route either impinges upon or crosses 15 prehistoric and historic sites, including two possible Archaic or Basketmaker lithic sites and two Spanish-American homesteads. These four sites provide the basis for most of the analysis...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William S. Marmaduke. Steven G. Dosh.

On April 10, 1978, Steve Dosh, archaeologist at the Museum of Northern Arizona, surveyed three sets of pulling sites and one sleeving location in the right-of-way of the Coronado-Silverking Transmission Line in the Sitgreaves National Forest. The Salt River Project transmission line construction staff requested the work, which Dosh did as part of his duties as monitor for the National Forest portion of the Silverking line construction. Portions of the areas surveyed for the present report were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William S. Marmaduke. Steven G. Dosh.

On April 5, 1978, Steve Dosh, Assistant Archaeologist at the Museum of Northern Arizona, surveyed a pulling site and a sleeving location for the construction of the Silverking line within the APS-SRP joint corridor transmission system in the Sitgreaves National Forest. Jerry Shelley, of the Salt River Project Coronado-Silverking Transmission Line construction staff, requested the work, which Steve did as part of his duties as Archaeological Monitor for line construction on National Forest...

DOCUMENT Full-Text A. Stanley Granger.

A total of 21 proposed dike and ditch emplacements were surveyed along the Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad by the Museum of Northern Arizona between March 15 and July 26, 1977. The survey was performed at the request of Salt River Project. Although most of the emplacements were staked, a few were not. These required survey of a broad area of land around the supposed location of the emplacement to insure adequate coverage. One site, NA15,228, was recorded by the survey in Feature...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted archaeological investigations for the Salt River Project near St. Johns, Arizona. The excavation of 18 sites yielded architectural, ceramic, and lithic evidence in support of a general Anasazi cultural pattern. Nine sites showed definite ceramic affiliation with the Cibola Anasazi. The entire data base provides much additional information about the prehistory of east-central Arizona, specifically the Upper Little Colorado River Valley. This is the first...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bradford.

Acting as an archaeological consultant under contract with Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology, has prepared and submitted this report as part of the total input to the Federal Environmental Statement for the Coronado Generating Station Project. Information contained in this report is based primarily on Museum investigations conducted in 1974-75 during various phases of the Coronado Generating Station Project while under contract with both the Bechtel...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald R. Keller.

The Salt River Project Coronado-Dinosaur Transmission line, North End, Cholla Take-off to Forest Service Boundary segment was surveyed for cultural resources by the Museum of Northern Arizona between December 7 - 11, 1976. Twelve archaeological sites were recorded, two historic and ten prehistoric. All sites are recommended for some form of impact mitigation attention, ranging from avoidance for six sites to complete collection/excavation for at least one site. Field procedures, environmental...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard S. Sims.

On October 10, 1979, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological survey of one drill hole location (G-17) and proposed access roads for the Salt River Project Coronado Generating Station Project. No archaeological or historic sites were observed, and clearance is recommended. This is a final report.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald K. Yablon. Donald E. Weaver, Jr..

The Museum of Northern Arizona investigated four sites along the Silver King to Kyrene, East End, Transmission System. NA15,693 is the remains of a portion of the Magma Arizona Railroad Company narrow gauge line and associated features. The line was used between 1915 and 1923 to haul freight, passengers, and mail between Superior and Webster (Magma Junction). NA15,718 includes the remains of several Salado field houses and associated agricultural features. The site occupants practiced a mixed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven G. Dosh.

At the request of Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological survey of Tonto National Forest lands to be impacted by the construction of the Silverking to Kyrene 500 kV and 230 kV transmission lines near Superior, Arizona. The impact areas surveyed consist of tower anchoring locations, pulling locations, access roads, and a wire set-up location. What appeared to be prehistoric check dams were observed at the pulling location and designated site NA15,784. No...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald K. Yablon.

The Museum of Northern Arizona recently conducted an archaeological clearance survey on a ten acre parcel west of Superior, Arizona. No archaeological sites were recorded. One isolated non-site locus consisting of approximately ten sherds and lithics was located. Archaeological clearance is recommended. The documents include a revised final report and an addendum which contains related correspondence.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven G. Dosh. Mark Zyniecki. William S. Marmaduke.

During the spring of 1998, Northland Research, Inc. collected data from portions of seven archaeological sites adjacent to the present roadway of U.S. Highway 93, located in west-central Arizona.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan R. Dulaney.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted a clearance survey of two pulling locations on the Cholla segment of the Coronado-Silverking Transmission System. No archaeological remains were found at either location and clearance for construction activity at both sites is recommended.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William S. Marmaduke. Dana Hartman. Donna R. Howard.

At the request of The Salt River Project, archeologists from the Museum of Northern Arizona surveyed 24 tower locations and their associated access roads for the 7.5 mile segment of the Coronado-Silverking 500 kV transmission line in the Sitgreaves National Forest. The request for the survey came from Bettina Rosenberg, archeological administrator for The Salt River Project, in a letter dated January 12, 1978. The Coronado-Silverking transmission line is the main conduit to the Phoenix...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald K. Yablon. Donald E. Weaver, Jr..

The research plan outlines a framework for investigating 3 archaeological sites along the Silverking-to-Kyrene, East End, Transmission Line, a part of the Coronado Project. The 3 sites, initially recorded during a recent survey by the Museum of Northern Arizona, are a large lithic scatter associated with linear rock alignments, a possible 1-room structure associated with linear rock alignments, and an abandoned railroad grade. The plan discusses specific means by which the scientific potential...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven G. Dosh.

At the request of the Salt River Project the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological survey of State of Arizona lands to be impacted by the construction of the proposed Coronado Brown-Greer Wellfield access road approximately 8 mi west of St. Johns, Arizona. Only that potion of the proposed access road transecting State land was intensively surveyed. Since no archaeological or historic sites or materials were observed during the investigation, archaeological clearance can be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald Keller.

15 mi of Extra High Voltage transmission line corridor, 2 mi of access road, and 0.9 mi of 115kV transmission line from the Silverking Substation were surveyed for archaeological resources by the Museum of Northern Arizona in April, 1978. Twelve prehistoric and historic Anglo-American affiliation archaeological sites were identified along the EHV corridor between the Silverking Substation and the Tonto National Forest boundary. An isolated recent feature, not given a site designation, was found...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Williams S. Marmaduke. Steven G. Dosh.

On April 11, 1978, Steve Dosh, archaeologist at the Museum of Northern Arizona, surveyed three proposed sleeving locations for the construction of the Coronado-Silverking Transmission Line in the Sitgreaves National Forest. Jerry Shelly of the Salt River Project construction staff requested the surveys, and was present during their execution. This work is a part of Dosh's duties as transmission line construction monitor. All the sleeving locations inspected during the present survey are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald K. Yablon. Donald E. Weaver, Jr..

Tower locations and access road alignments were surveyed by Museum of Northern Arizona personnel. Only three non-site loci were recorded. No previously unrecorded sites were located.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

The following report contains the results of archaeological monitoring of two areas within the boundaries of AZ BB:9:14 (ASM) in the eastern Tucson Basin, near the confluence of the Rillito River and Pantano Wash. This project was conducted because the construction lies within the boundaries of a previously recorded archaeological site. The work complies with the City of Tucson Resolution Number 12443 (1983), an Administrative Directive titled Protection of Archaeological and Historical...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Greta J. Gomez.

Logan Simpson Design (LSD) conducted archaeological monitoring at the request of SRP during the demolition and replacement of the Combined building at Bartlett Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona. The building is located within AZ U:2:107 (ASM)/Middendrum site, a late Pioneer-Colonial period habitation site. Because dark midden deposits extending up to and beneath the Combined building were identified during previous ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert B. Neily.

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) monitored the realignment of the 1100 and 1103 pipelines across the Gila River below Gillespie Dam. The work was performed to determine if any buried archaeological deposits or features were present within the boundaries of previously recorded sites and to mitigate the effects of the project on such features. The work was conducted at the request of El Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG) and based on recommendations resulting from the initial survey of...