Records Search / Inventory Checking (Investigation Type)
An activity involving the review of records, files, and other information about the sites recorded in a particular area. Typically, such studies involve checking the site files and other archives in an agency's database, or SHPO's office, or State Archaeologist's office.
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The preliminary draft of the Andrews Air Force Base Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP). The document summarizes the history and prehistory of the base, and reviews past historical and archaeological survey efforts. This plan outlines and assigns responsibilities for the Management of Cultural Resources, and discusses related concerns and standard operating procedures for Andrews Air Force Base.
Preliminary Draft: National Register of Historic Places Evaluation of 47 Archaeological Sites, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, Kirtland, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2008)
In the period between October 2005 and June 2006, engineering-environmental Management, Inc. (e2M) conducted a cultural resources update and testing project of 47 sites at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) to determine their eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Eleven of the 34 sites recommended eligible are threatened from modern disturbances (LA 69885, LA 137933, LA 137981, LA 137985, LA 137987, LA 137988, LA 137995, LA 138002, LA 138016, LA 138028 and LA 138029)....
Preliminary Field Report 3: Data Recovery at Eleven Prehistoric Sites in the Carlota Mine Area, Miami, Arizona (1997)
This report discusses the results of archaeological data recovery conducted at eleven prehistoric sites within the proposed Carlota Copper Mine (Carlota). The project area is located west of Miami, Arizona, principally on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service, Tonto National Forest. In order to comply with the appropriate federal legislation regarding the cultural resources within the project area, Carlota contracted with SWCA to conduct archaeological investigations. A series of...
A Preliminary Field Report for Archaeological Mitigation within the Sierra Vista Project Area, Maricopa County, Arizona (1999)
Archaeological mitigation was conducted within the proposed Sierra Vista development located three miles southwest of the Town of Cave Creek, Arizona. The proposed development will impact six sites, AZ U:l:315 (ASM), AZ U:1:316 (ASM), AZ U:1:317 (ASM), AZ U:1:318 (ASM), AZ T:4:243 (ASM), and AZ U:1:244 (ASM). The six sites are Hohokam rock features and artifact scatters. The sites were originally recorded as Loci 1-6 within AZ U:1:308 (ASM) (AZ U:1:2 ASU). During the current mitigation project...
Preliminary Report of Findings: Phase 1 Data Recovery at AZ T:7:366(ASM) for the Northern Parkway Project, Near El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona (2013)
MCDOT plans to improve Northern Avenue to be a parkway in the Phoenix metropolitan area where no freeways are planned. At the request of Mr. Robin Shishido of Parsons, a cultural resource assessment of the project area of potential effects (APE) was conducted by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS). The purpose of the cultural resource assessment was to identify any historic properties in the APE that could be affected by the undertaking (Schilling and Jones 2012). Two historic...
Preliminary Report of SUNY-Buffalo Investigations at La Quemada, Zacatecas, 1987 and 1988 Seasons (1989)
Fieldwork from the 1987 and 1988 seasons at La Quemada
A Preliminary Report on Archaeological and Historical Resources within the Recent Addition to Bald Point State Park (2004)
DHR archaeologists made several visits to Bald Point State Park from 1999 through 2001 to look for and better document historical resources within this newly acquired park (Wisenbaker and Swann 2001 ). In 2003, however, Bald Point State Park grew by 2,851 acres, more than tripling the size of the park. Early in 2004, Park Specialist Bonnie Allen called us to tell us about several unrecorded sites that she had discovered within this addition. In so doing, she invited us to come to the park to...
Preliminary Report: Archaeological Data Recovery for the Phoenix Bioscience Center, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2007)
This preliminary report briefly summarizes the results of an archaeological data recovery program implemented by EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) on a portion of multicomponent (prehistoric and historic) cultural resource site AZ T:12:70 (ASM) in downtown Phoenix. Data recovery at AZ T:12:70 (ASM) - the prehistoric components of which are referred to as “Pueblo Patricio” - commenced following archaeological testing within the project area (refer to Sorrell 2006a). This document is intended to...
Preliminary Report: Archaeological Testing of Nine Sites near the Mouth of Pima Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, with a Data Recovery Plan for Two Sites (1996)
In September and October of 1995, a team of archaeologists from the Tucson office of SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted testing operations at nine sites located on private lands at the mouth of Pima Canyon, north of Tucson, Arizona. The sites-AZ BB:9:227, 228, 229, 230, 232, 233, 234, 235, and 236 (ASM)--were originally recorded in 1987 during a survey conducted by SWCA (Seymour 1992). Testing was done according to a SHPO-approved plan of work submitted in July, 1995. The work was...
Preliminary Results of Archaeological Testing and Data Recovery Plan for AZ BB:9:360 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona (2002)
This document combines the preliminary results of archaeological eligibility testing at AZ BB:9:360 (ASM) with a data recovery plan-of-work based on the results of testing. This document was prepared at the request of Merry, Carnell, Schlecht, Inc., on behalf of the Tanque Verde Unified School District. Archaeological testing at AZ BB:9:360 (ASM) involved controlled surface collection and the excavation of three backhoe trenches totaling 77 m in length. Three archaeological features including...
Preliminary Results of Archaeological Testing and Recommendations for Monitoring, Additional Testing, and Data Recovery: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Center Runway (7L-25R) Reconstruction Project (2001)
Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS), of Tempe, Arizona, has completed Phase I archaeological testing and small-scale data recovery at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The “Phase I” testing and data recovery is actually the second of a multi-phase project. The first monitored geotechnical boring and coring (Ryan et al. 2001); subsequent phases will include additional monitoring, testing, and data recovery. ACS carried out these activities as a subcontractor to Kimley-Horn...
Preliminary Results of Archaeological Testing For Phase 1 of the Civic Plaza Expansion Project, Phoenix, Arizona (2004)
The City of Phoenix is renovating and expanding the Civic Plaza in downtown Phoenix. The project involves demolition of the North Hall and construction of a larger, replacement facility in the same area, as well as construction of a new Terrace Building on Symphony Terrace. Symphony Hall also will be refurbished. The project is not a federal undertaking subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The State of Arizona will provide up to $300 million to match City of Phoenix...
Preliminary Results of Phase 1 Data Recovery and a Phase 2 Data Recovery Plan for Archaeological Sites within Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2005)
Pima County and the City of Tucson have developed a Master Plan for the expansion of facilities at Christopher Columbus Park, located on the northwestern side of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Previous cultural resource surveys and test excavations have identified the presence of archaeological sites within the expansion area that will be affected by implementation of the Master Plan. Phase 1 data recovery excavations were conducted to determine the extent and distribution of subsurface cultural...
Preservation Briefs #36 - Protecting Cultural Landscapes: Planning, Treatment and Management of Historic Landscapes (1994)
Preservation Recommendations, treatment, and management of cultural and historic landscapes from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
Preserving America's Heritage, Program Comment for Wherry and Capehart Era Family Housing at Air Force and Navy Bases (2004)
This Program Comment, adopted pursuant of 36 CFR § 800.l4( e), demonstrates Department of the Air Force (Air Force) and Department of the Navy (Navy) compliance with their responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to the following actions in the management of the Wherry and Capehart Era family housing: maintenance repair, layaway, mothballing, privatization and transfer out of federal agency ownership, substantial alteration through renovation,...
Proclamation 8336 of January 6,2009 Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Nation Document (2009)
Proclamation 8336 mandated by the president of the United States which established the Pacific Remote Islands, including Wake Island, as Marine National Monuments.
Proposed pit inside Great House (1962)
This document is regarding a proposed 12 foot deep pit to be dug in the center room of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It is a series of communications regarding the risks vs the rewards of this proposed project. The communications are between the park archaeologist and the regional archaeologist and the document includes a construction project proposal.
Public Architecture in the Greater Cibola Region (2018)
Table of sites in the greater Cibola region (ca. AD 1000-1400) with public architectural features. This table also provides information on the specific form of those public architectural features. The data are confidential as they include site locations. These data accompany Chapter 8 of: Peeples, Matthew A. (2018) Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ.
Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 11, Van Buren and 44th Streets: Soil Systems, Inc. DMB Property Testing and Data Recovery
Between 4 and 28 April, 1997, Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) archaeologists completed archaeological test excavations (SSI Project No. 97-02) in an 8.42-ac (34.07 ha) area (Unit 11) northeast of the corner of 44th and Van Buren Streets, Phoenix, Arizona for the DMB Corporation. Based on previous research, the parcel lies along the north edge of the large Hohokam urban site of Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1[ASM], see Bostwick and Downum 1994a; Downum and Bostwick 1993; Breternitz 1994). Because archaeological...
Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 11, Van Buren and 44th Streets: SSI DMB Testing and Data Recovery, Ceramic Rough Sort (RS_CERAMICS) Data (1997)
The DMB Property Testing and Data Recovery Ceramic Rough Sort (RS_CERAMICS) Data sheet contains data from the rough sort analysis of ceramics recovered during the DMB testing and data recovery project (SSI Project No. 97-02) at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. It contains information on ceramic types, tempers and counts; it also records vessel and rim forms where applicable. The data sheet also contains rim circumference and rim diameter measurements when possible.
Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 11, Van Buren and 44th Streets: SSI DMB Testing and Data Recovery, Faunal (FAUNAL) Data (1997)
The DMB Testing and Data Recovery: Faunal (FAUNAL) Data sheet contains data on the faunal remains recovered during SSI's testing and data recovery projects (SSI Project No. 97-02) at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. The data set lists the provenience designation (PD) and Field Specimen (FS) number of the remains (Note that it is essential that the PD and FS remain associated to identify a given faunal specimen). If the specimen was recovered from an identified feature, the data set also provides the...
Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 11, Van Buren and 44th Streets: SSI DMB Testing and Data Recovery, Field Specimen (FS) Data (1997)
The DMB Property Field Specimen Data sheet contains basic data on the artifacts recovered during this project's testing and data recovery efforts at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. It presents data by artifact type for each PD unit (and associated feature). It lists the PD number, the specimen (FS) number (specimen numbers range from 1 to n for each PD unit), and the point location (PL) number (if applicable). The table then provides artifact type, lithic material (if applicable), lithic condition (if...
Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 11, Van Buren and 44th Streets: SSI DMB Testing and Data Recovery, Provenience Designation (PD) Data (1997)
The Pueblo Grande DMB Testing and Data Recovery Provenience Designation (PD) data sheet summarizes the PD's excavated during this testing and data recovery project (SSI Project No. 97-02) at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. It is the master list for all excavated contexts in the DMB property testing and data recovery project. It contains information about each PD and the features recorded during excavation.
Pueblo Viejo: Archaeological Investigations at a Classic Period Cemetery in El Reposo Park, Phoenix, Arizona (1993)
The City of Phoenix sponsored a voluntary archaeological project at the proposed location of a new recreation building. The project area is within the large Hohokam village of Pueblo Viejo, AZ T:12:73(ASM). The village was occupied from the Colonial period through the Classic period and covers about 640 acres. Field work at the site was conducted between March 30 and April 14, 1992, by a crew of four. Post-excavation monitoring of utility trenches by a single archaeologist took place September...
Puerco Ruin 2005 Stabilization Project, Petrified Forest National Park (2007)
This report documents recent stabilization work at Puerco Ruin, Petrified Forest National Park. The work was completed in three phases over four years. Phase I was the detailed topographic mapping of the 100-plus room pueblo in 2002, followed by Phase II, the condition assessment of standing masonry walls by Dr. James Kendrick in 2003. Phase III was the 2005 wall treatment. Each wall was treated with un-amended mud mortar as needed and loose stones were reset. Pre-treatment as well as...