Data Recovery / Excavation (Investigation Type)

These investigations include substantial field investigation of an archaeological site (or sites) involving the removal, and systematic recording of, archaeological matrix. These activities often mitigate the adverse effects of a public undertaking. This includes the description, analysis, and specialized studies of artifacts and samples recovered during excavations.

23,351-23,375 (27,308 Records)

Results of Archaeological Testing and a Plan for Data Recovery for the Phoenix Bioscience Center, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell.

This document contains the results of archaeological testing and a plan for data recovery on a portion of site AZ T:12:70 (ASM) (Pueblo Patricio). Archaeological investigations of the project area are being conducted in advance of construction of a portion of the Phoenix Bioscience Center. In a preliminary report of testing results (Sorrell 2006b), EcoPlan recommended data recovery excavations within the project area. Despite substantial disturbances from construction/demolition activities...


Results of Archaeological Testing and Data Recovery Plan for the Hillcrest Development, Avondale, Maricopa County, Arizona: The Cashion Site, AZ T:11:39 (ASM) (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard. David R. Abbott. Cory Dale Breternitz. John D. Gooding. Gary Huckleberry.

Archaeological testing was conducted in seven parcels of private land in two contiguous areas in and near the large prehistoric village known as the Cashion Site, AZ T:11:39 (ASM). The area is planned for development that will result in impacts to cultural resources. Part of the project area was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) because it includes the approximate location of the prehistoric site, but the boundary of the area nominated was arbitrarily drawn using...


Results of Archaeological Testing and Data Recovery Plan for the New Warehouse Building at the Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility, Pima County, Arizona (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David B. Tucker.

This document combines the preliminary results of archaeological testing at AZ AA:12:111 (ASM) with a data recovery plan-of-work based on the results of testing. This document was prepared at the request of Linda L. Mayro, the Cultural Resources Manager for Pima County. All work was conducted under contract no. 70-04-S-131110-0602, work order HYX-726. The proposed location for a new warehouse building at the Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility is located on the periphery of a previously...


Results of Archaeological Testing and Data Recovery Plan For Two Sites at Sahuarita Unified School District, Pima County, Arizona (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lee Terzis. Jon M. Shumaker.

The project involved archaeological testing of two sites on a 32.27-acre parcel owned by Sahuarita School District No. 30 in Pima County. Both sites-AZ EE:1:87 (ASM) and AZ EE:1:140 (ASM)-will be impacted by the construction of a new high school. The sites are located in Pima County, and are mapped on the Sahuarita, Arizona USGS 1.5' quadrangle. The work was done by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants of Tucson in February of 1997, at the request of Dr. Jay C. St. John of the Sahuarita Unified...


Results of Archaeological Testing and Monitoring at the Union Monopole Telecommunications Tower Site, within the Boundaries of Las Moradas, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Adrienne Tremblay. Ronald Ryden.

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) was contracted by Communication Services, Inc. (CSI), to conduct archaeological testing and monitoring at the Union Monopole telecommunication tower site, which is located within the boundaries of AZ T:12:3 (ASM), Las Moradas. The project area is located in Maricopa County, Arizona. T-Mobile is installing a new utility line from an existing tower to a nearby power box. In 2004, Aztlan Archaeology, Inc. (Aztlan), conducted a cultural resources survey of the...


Results of Archaeological Testing at Site AZ T:8:157 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell. Bruce G. Phillips. William Bryce.

The project area is located within the Phoenix Basin, part of the Basin and Range physiographic province (Chronic 2002). The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) intend to construct a new traffic interchange (TI) in the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The new TI is part of a larger ADOT project that ultimately will increase the traffic capacity and allow access to the freeway as urban development continues to expand in the...


Results of Archaeological Testing at Site AZ U:1:164 (ASM), Near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Andre LaFond. Lisa Folb.

Principal Development Group (PDG) plans to construct a shopping center in the vicinity of Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona. The construction will impact site AZ U:1:164 (ASM), a scatter of prehistoric artifacts. PDG requested that EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) conduct archaeological testing at site AZ U:1:164 (ASM) to determine the site’s eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). During archaeological testing, EcoPlan identified and recorded a single...


Results of Archaeological Testing at the Hog Farm Ball Court Site, AZ AA:11:12 (ASM), near Marana, Pima County, Arizona: The Trico Circuits 12 and 18 Rebuild Project (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. R. Barr. S. Jerome Hesse.

Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Trico), plans to use federal funding from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to rebuild overhead Circuits 12 and 18 near Marana in unincorporated Pima County, Arizona. Seventeen new poles and pole-anchors will be erected in Hog Farm Ball Court site, AZ AA:11:12(ASM). An additional 11 poles will be replaced in the same location as existing poles (in-place replacement). RUS consulted with the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and it was determined...


Results of Archaeological Testing at the Periphery of Honey Bee Village, AZ BB:9:88 (ASM), and at AZ BB:9:450 (ASM), Oro Valley, Pima County, Arizona (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Archaeological investigations were conducted along the periphery of Honey Bee Village, AZ BB:9:88 (ASM), and in the floodplain of Honey Bee Wash prior to construction activities by Mattamy Arizona, LLC. Honey Bee Village is a large, National Register-eligible site that contains a plaza, a ballcourt and more than 380 pit structures and 277 excavated mortuary features. The goal of the current project was to identify any mortuary features and to excavate them respectfully, before they might be...


Results of Archaeological Testing for Site AZ T:12:184 (ASM) Associated with the USA Fee Property Relocation that is Part of the Proposed City of Phoenix Improvements, Maricopa County, Arizona (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Matt McDermott.

The City of Phoenix (COP) plans to make improvements will include roadway widening, storm drain installation, the addition of curbs and gutters, and landscaping along the west side of the road. EcoPlan Associates, Inc., (EcoPlan) completed cultural resource survey of the COP’s Van Buren improvement project area (McDermott 2003). Archaeological Consulting Services, Inc., (ACS) surveyed the contiguous portion of the BOR irrigation lateral USA fee property (Fangmeier 2002). Both surveys...


Results of Archaeological Testing for the City of Phoenix 67th Avenue Improvements, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karl R. Huebchen. Bruce G. Phillips.

Archaeological investigations of the testing area were conducted in advance of ground disturbing activities for road improvements along 67th Avenue, Phoenix. The targeted testing area includes the projected locations of three canals, and a minimum of 250 ft on either side of their trajectories, to allow for error in their plotted locations. At the northern end of the northern testing area, testing out to 250 ft north was hampered by the dramatic narrowing of the road shoulder, and the ubiquity...


Results of Archaeological Testing for the Proposed San Xavier Farm Cooperative Water Pond, San Xavier District, Tohono O’odham Nation: Letter Report (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert J. Stokes.

This is part of the San Xavier Farm Rehabilitation Project. Additional entries related to this project can be found at the following link: https://core.tdar.org/collection/27482 Reclamation is assisting the San Xavier District and the San Xavier Farm Cooperative in the extensive rehabilitation of approximately 1,700 acres of active and fallow farmland along the Santa Cruz River at San Xavier. While some present and former fields will be modified to better accommodate water application from...


Results of Archaeological Testing for the South Phoenix Village Project, Maricopa County, Arizona (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report describes the results of archaeological testing at the South Phoenix Village (SPV) project. The testing was requested by 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 the number PGM 2003-9 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Two prehistoric canals were mapped within the project area in the early 20th century. The testing strategy...


Results of Archaeological Testing of a Portion of AZ U:10:2 (ASM), the Southwest Germann Site, for the Proposed Rittenhouse Ranch Development, Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul M. Rawson. Caitlin F. Hayden.

Arcus Private Capital Solutions, LLC (Arcus) is proposing development of the 24-acre Rittenhouse Ranch parcel, located in Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona. A prior pedestrian survey of the project area demonstrated that a portion of a large prehistoric Hohokam archaeological site, AZ U:10:2 (ASM), also referred to as the Southwest Germann Site, covers the entire parcel. The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and other State and Federal agencies consider the Southwest Germann...


Results of Archaeological Testing on a 60-acre Parcel, Marana, Pima County, Arizona (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Herr.

This report documents the findings of archaeological testing conducted for Bourn Partners as part of their due diligence assessment of approximately 60 acres of land. Archaeological testing was conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., between 25 July and 2 August 2005. A total of 18 person-days was spent on the field investigations by Sarah Herr, Greg Whitney, Richard Antone, and Sarah Luchetta. William H. Doelle, Ph.D., of Desert Archaeology, Inc., was the principal investigator. Cultural...


Results of Archaeological Testing, Research Design and Data Recovery Plan at Site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM) for Part of Phase I Expansion at The Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility, Pima County, Arizona (1998)
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...


Results of Archeological Investigations of the Portions of the Rattlesnake Midden Site, 8SR73, Which Would Be Afffected By the Disking of Existing Nav (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Glen H. Doran.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of Archeological Testing at Sites 5Me4959, 5Me1524 and 5Me4778, Rifle-Grand Junction Segment of the Rifle-San Juan Transmission Line Project (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul R. Nickens.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of Archeological Testing at the Julia Sprigg House, 1992–1993, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Sangamon County, Springfield, Illinois (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Vergil E. Noble.

This report summarizes the methods and results, as well as the initiating purpose, of archeological excavations carried out at the Julia Sprigg House in the summers of 1992 and 1993. That structure was one of several extant historic buildings within Lincoln Home National Historic Site scheduled for restoration. Limited testing confirmed the presence of intact cultural remains at the rear of the lot, but could not confirm the survival of evidence relating to certain historic elements of the main...


Results of Archeological Testing Procedures at Site 5Cc62, Clear Creek County, Co, Arapaho National Forest, USFS (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathie Joyner.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of Archeologoical Investigations of the Portions of the Rattlesnake Midden Site, 8SR73, Which Would Be Affected By the Disking of Existing Naval Live Oaks Reservation Fire Breaks, GINS (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Glen H. Doran.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of Construction Monitoring and Phase 1 Data Recovery at the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network Project Tower Site, City of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2014)
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...


Results of Cultural Resource Inventory of Cherry Creek Reservoir (1983)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of Cultural Resource Investigations at Site 5Ah. 416 Within the E-470 Project Area, Arapahoe County, Colorado (1990)
DOCUMENT Citation Only L. E. Rhodes.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Results of Cultural Resource Monitoring During Installation of FAA Runway Status Lights (Shelter 3 and Associated Duct Banks and Conduits) with the Site of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47[ASM]) at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2011)
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...