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DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth. Lesley Rodriguez.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring of ground-disturbing activities for a COP NSD residential rehabilitation project. The project involved excavation of a new sewer line, the removal of a chain link fence with posts, excavation of footers for a block wall (including pilaster foundations), and removal of two trees. The property is located within 50 ft of an unnamed prehistoric canal that is projected to cross the northeastern corner of the property. The property is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rebecca J. Hill.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a residential rehabilitation project. The project involved the replacement/installation of a gas line, sewer line, and water line in addition to the excavation of block fence footers, removal of topsoil to make room for landscaping gravel, and the excavation of a hole for planting a tree in the residence’s front yard. LSD monitored ground disturbing activities within the boundary of AZ T:12:217(ASM), the Dennis Addition, and a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Justin P. Rego.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring for the 11th Street Pedestrian Improvements Project along 11th Street . The federally funded project involves improves to bus stops with new benches; installation of permeable paving and shade trees; construction of wider sidewalks with accessible ramps; and installation of pedestrian level street lighting and way-finding signage (including the installation of utility conduits for new street lamps) and removal and installation of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rebecca J. Hill.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a residential rehabilitation project. The project involved the connection of a washing machine drain to the sewer line. LSD monitored ground-disturbing activities within the buffer zone surrounding an unnamed prehistoric canal projected to traverse the southwest corner of the project area. Field investigators examined exposed substrate for the presence of cultural deposits. No cultural resources were encountered.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leigh Davidson.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during ground-disturbing activities. The project involved the removal of concrete slabs, footings, concrete pad and fence posts, as well as structural demolition and lot grading. Ground-disturbing activities included the mechanical removal of a tree, two cinder block wall extensions, and a portion of the house foundation; hand removal of two metal posts for a chain link fence; and hand and mechanical grading across the exposed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leigh Davidson.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during ground-disturbing activities. The project involved two tasks: lot grading and hand excavations, and excavation within the residence beneath the tub catch-basin in the bathroom. Ground-disturbing activities outside the residence included hand excavation with shovels to grad a portion of the backyard for a proposed gravel parking area. Hand excavations were used within the residence's bathroom to remove and repair the existing...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leigh Davidson.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during ground disturbing activities at the site. The planned project involved the installation of a water sprinkler system, the installation of an AC pad and drainage swell, vegetation removal, grading in the backyard, and landscaping in the front yard. Monitoring was conducted during all trenching and general ground-disturbing activity within the project area. Field investigators examined vertical and horizontal exposures of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Christopher Garraty.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring in advance of Sun State Builder’s (Sun State) anticipated construction of warehouse facilities within an L-shaped area. This project area is situated within a Hohokam village habitation site with a known platform mound. The project area also encompasses a historic residential property that has not been evaluated for National Registry of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility. The project involved excavation (mechanical grading and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lesley Rodriguez.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a housing improvement project. The project involved the installation of a new sewer system and a fence. Logan Simpson Design (LSD) monitored 13 ft (3.9 m) of excavated trench and eleven post holes within the Casa Buena site (AZ T:12:36[ASM]). Monitoring was conducted during all ground-disturbing activity within the area of potential effects. Construction activity occurred both inside and outside of the residence. Field...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leigh Davidson.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during ground disturbing activities for the installation of approximately 12 linear meters of block fence. The project involved the excavation of two trenches, one averaging 0.33 m wide by 13.75 m long by 0.29 m deep, and the other measuring 0.39 m wide by 1.25 m long by 0.29 m deep. The trenches were expanded in 7 locations to accommodate pilasters. The pilaster footers ranged in area from 0.12 m2 to 0.4 m2 and depths from 0.32 m to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rebecca Hill.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring during ground-disturbing activities for the installation of concrete footers. The project involved the excavation of three holes for footers, each one 0.46 m deep. LSD monitored the ground-disturbing activities as the property is located within the boundaries of Leo’s Site, P:3:8(GP). Archaeological monitoring was conducted during the ground-disturbing activities related to the installation of concrete footers along the southern...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rebecca Hill.

This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring during ground-disturbing activities conducted for the rehabilitation of an existing public park within Sherman Parkway. The project involved monitoring ground disturbing activities at two locations within the Sherman Parkway Park: a 250-ft-wide buffer zone that surrounds the prehistoric village site of Casa Chica, AZ T:12:412(ASM) and within a 50-ft-wide buffer zone on either side of a prehistoric canal. The site number AZ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul M. Rawson.

The City of Tucson (COT) proposes to widen Silverbell Road. The project would entail construction of a four-lane divided roadway with raised medians, paved shoulders, a multi-use path, pavement markings, striping and signing, and drainage improvements. Funding for the project would be provided by the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA). The area of potential effects (APE) for this 1.15-mile-long project is located between the west bank of the Santa Cruz River and the toe of the Tucson...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Allen Dart.

From March 8 through March 17, 1988, archaeologists from the Institute for American Research spent 22 person-days conducting exploratory excavations at two archaeological sites within the proposed Continental Ranch development in Marana, Arizona. This subsurface testing project, referred to hereafter as the "CR-WAPA testing" project, was sponsored by the American Continental corporation, developer of the property that contains the two archaeological sites. The archaeological sites tested during...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David M.R. Barr.

In June 2005, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an archaeological survey for Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Trico), along the east side of North Trico Road for a proposed underground utility line (Barr 2005). Because the proposed utility line was located within the known site boundaries of the Hog Farm Ballcourt site (AZ AA:11:12 [ASM]), Trico redesigned the project as an overhead power line to minimize impacts to the archaeological site. SWCA developed an archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly.

This document presents the results of limited archaeological testing for a segment of the Salt River Valley Canal that would be affected by the City Hotel project located in Phoenix. The testing was requested by the City of Phoenix Downtown Development Department on the advice of the City Archaeologist under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 110326). Archaeological testing documented remnants of three features in the project area: the...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...