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DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Four archaeological sites were investigated in advance of road realignment and improvements along State Route 260, between Cottonwood and Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona. The work was done at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation, as part of a larger project. Two sites were located in Segment 1A (AZ O:5:173 (ASM)/AR-03-09-05-378) and Segment 1B (AZ O:5:143 (ASM)/AR-03-09-05-249) on land administered by the Prescott National Forest. The other two sites (AZ O:5:131...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David H. Greenwald. M. Zyniecki.

This report presents the results of archival and archaeological document studies and archaeological testing for the Sky Harbor International Airport Master Plan Improvements project. Investigations were initiated on April 9, 1992, and completed on May 15, 1992, by SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants, under contract to Griener, Inc. Griener was under contract to the City of Phoenix Aviation Department to complete an environmental impact statement for expansion of airport facilities. The Federal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. Thomas Euler. Earl W. Sires.

This report presents project background information and the results of investigations conducted at five archaeological sites located in the Tinaja Hills of southern Arizona. These investigations (SWCA Project No. 88-15) were conducted during January, February, and March of 1989, by SWCA, under contract with Celia Barr Associates of Tucson, Arizona. These investigations were necessitated by the fact that the project area is currently under development as the Arizona Proving Grounds for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Baerreis. John E. Dallman.

During the months of July and August, 1956, excavations were conducted by a University of Wisconsin field party at four village sites on the Missouri River in the vicinity of Mobridge, South Dakota. The field work formed part of the salvage operations in this region which was soon to be flooded by water impounded behind a dam constructed near the city of Pierre. The selection of the sites for study was based on a brief reconnaissance of the area made in April, 1956, in the company of Paul L....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric C. Gibson. Courtenay J. Jones. Dennis A. Knepper.

During April 1982, archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio conducted a cultural resource survey and evaluation of 31.68 acres slated as an expansion area for the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. This was accomplished through two research methods: (1) a literature and archival search supplemented by interviews of knowledgeable persons; followed by (2) a planned subsurface archaeological testing program. One...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Wiliam R. Bowen.

"This report describes the archaeological investigations of the Augusta Railroad Demonstration Project (GDOT Project #RR-0001-Ol(OOl)) in Richmond County, Georgia, and Aiken County, South Carol ina. Project, environmental, historical, and archaeological backgrounds are given and the archaeological research design, describing purpose and methodology, is set forth. Survey results are described and interpreted and National Register determination requests are made and mitigation discussed. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Foster. Chris D. North. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report discusses the results of archaeological testing at AZ T:16:19 (ASM) by SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA). Previous archaeological survey in the area of a proposed residential development identified prehistoric Hohokam artifacts, more recent O’odham sherds, and a few Euroamerican artifacts that were collectively grouped into site AZ T:16:19 (ASM). Miller Holdings, Inc. (Miller Holdings) of Scottsdale, Arizona requested that SWCA conduct archaeological testing to determine if the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

Historic Block 94 was a scene of controversy in the late 1980s as the City of Tucson planned the demolition of the historic Catalina Hotel. An elevated highway was to pass the block, and the Catalina Hotel was in its path. This building served as housing for many of the town's indigent population, and its inexpensive rooms and sparse surroundings were much better than life on the streets. Advocates wanted to know what was to become of these people. At first, the preservationists failed. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Barber.

Between December 2006, and March 2007, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., personnel conducted a phase III mitigation of Sites 12D508, 12D520, and 12D585, located in the historic Germantown neighborhood of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana. The mitigation was conducted at the requests of Randee Bach, Vice President of Design and Contract Administration of the Argosy Gaming Company and Michael McGrew, Vice President of Construction of the Penn National Gaming Company, Inc. Three historic sites...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan R. Dulaney.

The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological survey of proposed pulling locations and a sleeving location on the Tonto National Forest. Since no artifacts or sites were observed, clearance is recommended. This is a final report.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard D. Holmes.

Mariah Associates Inc. (Mariah) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, performed limited Phase II site testing at four historic sites at McGuire Air Force Base (AFB) in Burlington County, New Jersey. The sites are depicted on the New Egypt, New Jersey. The sites are 28-Bu-458 (HS-29), 28-Bu-459 (HS-31), North Run Refuse Midden, 28-Bu-460 (HS-46). The context for archaeological research at these sites was provided by the Pinelands Cultural Resource Management Plan for Historic Period Sites (New Jersey...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

The Calabazas and Guevavi Units of the Tumacacori National Historical Park preserve valuable cultural resources dating to Prehistoric, Protohistoric, Spanish, Mexican, American Territorial, and American Statehood times. These units are located in southern Arizona in Santa Cruz County. Plans are underway to install visitor paths at the Calabazas Unit. Concerns regarding visitor impacts to the surface of the site led the National Park Service (NPS) to request a program in which all artifacts on...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah L. Swartz.

The following report contains the results of archaeological monitoring of two areas within the boundaries of AZ BB:9:14 (ASM) in the eastern Tucson Basin, near the confluence of the Rillito River and Pantano Wash. This project was conducted because the construction lies within the boundaries of a previously recorded archaeological site. The work complies with the City of Tucson Resolution Number 12443 (1983), an Administrative Directive titled Protection of Archaeological and Historical...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Lindly.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring and testing E. Pierce in Phoenix. The project area includes an approximately 5400 square foot lot with a residence. This project was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 101005) and was assigned project number PGM 2003-36 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. This project will receive...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Daniel H. Sorrell.

At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted to remove existing gravels and grass at Diamond St., within a previously documented Hohokam habitation site (AZ T:12:1 [ASM] / La Ciudad) in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as monitoring, testing, or data...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jewel Touchin. Michael Stubing.

Records in the PGM database indicate that the APE is located within 250 ft. of the archaeological site and within 50 ft. of a possible prehistoric canal. The COP Archaeology Office guidelines require that archaeological monitoring and/or testing be conducted for ground-disturbing projects that are located within 250 ft. of a prehistoric site or within 50 ft. of a prehistoric canal. Due to the possible presence of cultural resources, the COP Archaeology Office requested that cultural resource...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Daniel H. Sorrell.

This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring conducted for a City of Phoenix (COP) rehabilitation project. Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations for installation of a fence line. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) determined that excavations associated with the proposed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas R. Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring at a project area located along Roeser Road. The monitoring was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc, (Contract no. 90034) and was assigned project number PGM 2000-14 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during trench excavations along Roeser Road because...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard.

At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted to install irrigation, remove a stump, install vegetation, and clear the house stem wall at Sunland Avenue, within 50 feet of the boundary of a reported prehistoric canal in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Daniel H. Sorrell.

Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations for the removal and addition of plants and the removal of gravels. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at PGM determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with a reported prehistoric canal. For this reason, the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alexandra Howard. Daniel H. Sorrell.

Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations for the removal and addition of plants, the addition of three air conditioner unit posts, and removal of gravels. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at PGM determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia L. Keller. Douglas Mitchell.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring of a project off West Portland Street. The monitoring was conducted at the request of 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 project number PGM 2002-11 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. Archaeological monitoring was conducted during auguring and hand excavations at the site....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce G. Phillips. Jill Heilman.

AZ T:12:397 (ASM) is a historic canal exposure uncovered on the north side of McDowell Road. Archaeological monitoring of the excavations for waterline improvement uncovered a historic canal (AZ T:12:397 [ASM]). The canal was minimally exposed and its National Register eligibility cannot be assessed at this time. No further archaeological work is recommended for this project. EcoPlan recommends, however, that if future ground disturbing projects are proposed in the vicinity of the canal,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a construction project along 11th Avenue in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The monitoring was conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (Jacobs) at the request of the City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department (STD), and was completed in two phases (Phases 1 and 2).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cassandra J. Albush. Chad V. Kirvan. Kirsten Johnson. A. E. (Gene) Rogge.

The City of Phoenix Project Number WS85500323 involved installation of a buried water main, 76 centimeters (cm) (30 inches) in diameter, from the intersection of 6th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. The City of Phoenix Archaeology Office recommended that construction excavation be archaeologically monitored within the original Phoenix townsite, AZ T:12:42(ASM), and at the crossing of the alignment of the historic Phoenix Street Railway, AZ T:12:224(ASM). The City of Phoenix Street Transportation...