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DOCUMENT Full-Text Danielle Desruisseaux. Kevin D. Wellman.

This testing report and data recovery plan has been assembled to address issues specific to the construction of a pipeline and headworks associated with the Phase I expansion of Pima County’s Ina Road Wastewater Pollution Control Facility (treatment plant). It comprises three chapters sections, the first of which presents a project introduction and overview. The second chapter summarizes the results of the testing project and includes a discussion of eligibility of the archaeological properties...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William M. Gardner. William P. Barse.

This report contains the results of the site testing program in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir, Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina. The purpose of this program was to test a number of selected archeological sites below the 430 foot contour interval. This interval was chosen because all lands below that elevation are expected .to be flooded by late 1981. Sites which were selected were drawn from those reported in Taylor et al (1978). Archeologists from the Interagency Archeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul M. Rawson. S. Jerome Hesse.

The Pima County Information Technology Department and the Pima County Sheriffs Department have joined with a number of public safety entities to develop and put to use the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network (PCWIN)—a regional public safety radio system. The PCWIN project included establishment of more than 30 tower sites and/or dispatch centers, the majority of which involved the collocation of new facilities onto existing tower structures and/or within existing buildings. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda M. Schilling.

MCDOT plans to improve Northern Avenue to be a parkway with gradeseparated intersections at major cross streets to provide a higher-speed, higher-capacity, east-west route in the northwestern portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area where no freeways are planned. At the request of Mr. Robin Shishido of Parsons, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted construction monitoring pursuant to recommendations presented in a plan of work for cultural resources previously identified...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Renee Kolvet. Richard Deis. Susan Stornetta. Mary K. Rusco. Fred Nials.

The Cactus Flat Lakeside Margine Study was conducted on the Tonopah Test Site of the Nevada Test and Training Range a the Nellis Air Force Base. The goal was to: 1) identify the types of cultural resources around the margins of this dry lake system; 2) test a geomorphological model relating specific landforms to the distributions of prehistoric cultural resources; and 3) determine the hydrographic history of this closed basin through examination of stratigraphic sequences. The model and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda M. Schilling. Paige B. Florie.

The project involved excavations of trenches at the Sky Harbor International Airport. Areas of ground disturbance for this project included Field Lighting System (FLS) shelters and associated duct banks and conduits. Shelter 3 is located in the western portion of the airport and is partially located within the archaeological site of Pueblo Salado, AZ T:12:47(ASM), a Hohokam village that contains numerous features including adobe structures, pithouses, pit features, cremation and inhumation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Droz. Andrea Gregory. Thomas Jones. Paige B. Florie. Kristin L. Fangmeier. Victoria D. Vargas.

At the request of Ms. Homaira Parveen and Mr. Ed Checkley of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department and under Environmental and Safety Regulatory Consulting On-Call Contract #124947, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring of the installation of a storm drain, catchment basins, paving, sidewalks, busbays, and other roadway improvements along Southern Avenue. In the Archaeological Assessment reports prepared by the City Archaeology Office...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristin L. Fangmeier.

At the request of Ms. Alissa Tarkington of the George Gervin Prep Academy (GGPA) and Peter Hemingway of Wood/Patel, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring of ground disturbing activities during construction of the George Gervin Youth Center on private land in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. In the Archaeological Assessment report prepared by the City Archaeology Office (CAO) for this project, which was dated March 5, 2012, it was noted that the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Schilling. Joanne C. Tactikos.

At the request of Chris Ewell, City of Phoenix (COP) Parks and Recreation Department, and Laurene Montero, City Archaeologist, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring of ground disturbing activities during renovations at Hermoso Park in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. In the Archaeological Assessment report prepared by the City Archaeology Office (CAO) for this project, dated August 29, 2012, it was noted that a prehistoric canal was projected to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristin L. Fangmeier. Michael Droz. Joanne C. Tactikos. Walter R. Punzmann.

At the request of Mr. John Cichon of President Partners LP, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring during rehabilitation of the Palm Oasis apartment complex in, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Rehabilitation activities would include replacing utility lines and demolishing five buildings. In the HUD-Funded Program Activities Archaeological Review prepared by the City Archaeology Office (CAO) for this project, dated December 20, 2011, it was noted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda M. Schilling. Douglas R. Mitchell.

Central and Fillmore Associates, LP oversaw improvements to the Westward Ho building and infrastructure. Rehabilitation required replacement and realignment of sewer pipelines below the property courtyard and the replacement of sidewalks in the courtyard. A total of 170.9 cubic meters were excavated from 32 units associated with rehabilitation activities in the courtyard area of the Westward Ho Hotel and Apartments. All of the units were excavated to locate and expose existing underground...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter R. Punzmann.

At the request of Leticia Vargas and Ed Checkley of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring of ground disturbing activities during the installation of two fire hydrants. Based on information provided by the City Archaeology Office (CAO), the fire hydrants are location within the boundaries of AZ T:8:7(PG)/AZ T:8:219(ASM), a Hohokam Late Sedentary/Classic period artifact scatter with possible...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Jones. Victoria D. Vargas.

At the request of Ms. Homaira Parveen and Mr. Ed Checkley of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department (the City) and under Environmental and Safety Regulatory Consulting On-Call Contract #124947, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring, burial recovery, and Phase I data recovery for a Road Detention Basin project. The City’s project involved excavating a sloped 11-acre basin ranging from 4–7 ft deep and installing associated lighting and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter Punzmann. Peg Davis.

COP Parks and Recreation Department is proposing to construct a recreation center at Lindo Park. An Archaeology Assessment conducted by the COP found that the proposed Lindo Park Recreation Center occurs within the boundaries of prehistoric archaeological site that is known to contain human remains. Given the proximity of the features investigated during the previous project, it was determined highly likely that archaeological features associated with the site may exist within the Community...

DOCUMENT Full-Text S. Jerome Hesse.

This report contains the results of archaeological monitoring associated with the latter stages of construction of a new courthouse in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. The courthouse was constructed within a known archaeological site (AZ U:15:252 [ASM]) on Pinal County lands. Following the discovery of human remains and associated funerary artifacts during construction, Pinal County Department of Public Works contracted SWCA environmental Consultants to monitor construction, as needed, in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text S. Jerome Hesse.

On December 16, 2003 and January 7, 2004, an archaeologist from SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) monitored construction excavations and activities associated with the EPNG Line 1007 30-day anomaly repairs as part of El Paso’s pipeline integrity project in Pinal County, Arizona. Archaeological monitoring was undertaken to ensure no potentially significant cultural resources would be adversely affected by construction activities within the archaeological sites, AZ AA:2:105 (ASM), located on...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Droz. R. Gordon Carlton.

Under contract to the City of Phoenix, ACS monitored installation of a storm drain trunk line. Catch basin and connector pipe were added from to the river: pipe, structure, and grading occurred in the Salt River. Previous research (Howard and Huckleberry 1991) indicated several prehistoric irrigation canals were projected to cross the project area at two locations. Therefore, the City Archaeology Office recommended monitoring of the pipe installation lo confirm the location or the projected...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Christina Carpenter.

The monitoring involved three discrete areas of excavation within the boundaries of Pueblo Salado. First, a vault was excavated via backhoe to install a new manhole, and then two trenches were hand-excavated to install fiber optic lines. The monitoring was conducted by ACS archaeologist Christina Carpenter. The work took place over five discontinuous night shifts between May 16 and June 13, 2005. In total, five person-days were expended in the field. No cultural resources were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Adam Archual. Kristin L. Fangmeier.

The City of Phoenix Aviation Department plans to install a new 1,100-ft-long duct bank at Sky Harbor International Airport, a portion of which falls within the site of Dutch Canal Ruin (AZ T:12:62[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by Desert Archaeology in this area of Dutch Canal Ruin uncovered pithouses, roasting pits, and extramural surfaces (Henderson 2000a, 2000b). Because...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Linda Schilling.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to install two new 60-ft-tall (18.3 m) antenna towers at its Remote Transmitter No. 3 (RT-3) facility at Sky Harbor International Airport. The project’s area of potential effect (APE) is located near the site of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by SWCA, Environmental Consultants (SWCA) near this area of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila. Andrew B. Bockhorst. Kristin L. Fangmeier.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to install two new fiber optic lines and associated duct banks and manholes at Sky Harbor International Airport. The project’s area of potential effect (APE) extends within the site of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]), an extensive Hohokam village that is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. Previous investigations by SWCA, Environmental Consultants (SWCA) in this area of Pueblo Salado uncovered...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Suzanne Griset. India S. Hesse. Paul M. Rawson.

Prior to widening, the City of Tucson (COT) Department of Transportation sponsored a series of investigations to identify archaeological sites that would be affected by the road project and to mitigate adverse effects to the sites, where needed. The first step in identifying archaeological sites was a cultural resources survey, conducted by SWCA Environmental Consultants in 2009. Although no archaeological sites were found during the survey, much of the study area was inaccessible due to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia Cook.

Desert Archaeology, Inc., conducted data recovery a prehistoric archaeological site located within the Los Reales Landfill, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Subsurface archaeological features were encountered in late May 2007, during normal landfill activity by landfill personnel to mine sediments. The exposure of four features caused the sediment excavation activities to cease. Desert Archaeology was contacted by landfill administrators on 25 May 2007, to assess the features and to determine if...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila.

Data recovery was completed at Pueblo del Rio as specified in the work plan developed after the testing phase. The purpose of the data recovery was to recover sufficient information from the portion of Pueblo del Rio within the EPNG right-of-way to answer general research questions as outlined in the treatment plan and to mitigate the adverse effect of the proposed EPNG undertaking on the cultural resources within the right-of-way. These goals were accomplished. However, the highly disturbed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Adrienne M. Tremblay. Michael S. Foster. Ronald Ryden.

This report presents the results of data recovery at two Historic period sites and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing at one Prehistoric site within the proposed Sun Haven development in northwest Maricopa County, Arizona. A residential development is planned for the privately owned 2,124-acre property by Element Homes of Phoenix. In 2002, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS), performed a cultural resource survey that identified seven prehistoric and...