South Mountains (Geographic Keyword)
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This report presents an archaeological survey and assessment of the proposed Highline Canal Corridor Beautification Project. The project is located just north of a significant archaeological site, AZ U:9:35(PG). This site contains a Pioneer period Hohokam occupation in an unusual geographic location. An archaeological survey of the project, an area 1200 m in length and 25 m in width, revealed no surface indications of buried archaeological resources. No further archaeological investigations are...
An Assessment of Cultural Resources for the Proposed APS Kyrene EHV Transmission Line Project (1980)
At the request of Judith Imhoff of the Environmental Management Department of Arizona Public Service Company, Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) initiated a cultural resource survey for the proposed 230 kV transmission line extension in the vicinity of the Kyrene Steam Power Plant. Dr. Richard W. Effland and Margerie Green of ACS served as co-principal investigators and field directors for the project. Johna Hutira and Shereen Lerner assisted in the field investigation. The purpose of...
A Class III Cultural Resource Survey of Five Alternative Alignments in the South Mountain Freeway Corridor Study Area, Maricopa County, Arizona (2005)
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) initiated preparation of a new Environmental Impact Statement and Location/Design Concept Report in 2001 to consider alternatives to the findings of the 1988 South Mountain Freeway concept (SMCT 2001). In the summer of 2001, HDR Engineering, Inc. was contracted to provide services in connection with this project. The GRIC-CRMP was subcontracted to provide a Class I cultural resource overview of the study area (Burden 2002) and subsequently to...
A Cultural Resource Inventory for the Southwest Loop Freeway Project: Phases One and Two of the Inventory and Planning Study for the Southwest Loop Project (1987)
The Arizona Department of Transportation began plans in 1985 to construct a new highway (State Route 218) in the Phoenix metropolitan area which would extend around the western and southern sides of South Mountain. This is a report on the historic and prehistoric cultural resources of the area. The construction of State Route 218 will be funded by the State of Arizona, and this work has been conducted under the State Historic ...
Monitoring Report for the Reel Men Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2015)
Using private funds, the Reel Men Rentals is constructing a new facility on a 1.185-acre parcel located at in Phoenix. The project involves the construction of a building, parking lot, loading docks, and associated infrastructure. The parcel is located at the north of the prehistoric site Las Canopas, AZ T:12:137(ASM). Since this is a village site there is the potential to uncover human remains during construction excavations. Therefore, the project needs to comply with the State burial law, ARS...
A Regional Archaeological Overview of the Montezuma Hydroelectric Pumped-Storage Project, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona (1975)
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...
Results of Archaeological Monitoring and Testing for the Broadway Road Gravity Sewer Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2015)
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...
Results of Archaeological Monitoring for Phase 1 of Rain Damage Repairs to the Platform Mound and Ball Court at AZ U:9:1 (ASM)/Pueblo Grande, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2016)
The project consists of repair of rain damage to the platform mound and ball court at Pueblo Grande. The repair will be done in two phases. Phase 1, which is covered within this report, repaired damage to the protective backfill/wall capping and drainage system around the perimeter of the mound, and removed excessive sediment from the drainage sump of the ball court. Phase 2, which will be conducted at a later date, will repair damage on the top of the mound consisting of erosion beneath the...