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DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie L. Stone. M. A. Wetherill. R. C. Euler.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Running Deer Village site, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site is comprised of a masonry pueblo, platforms, bedrock metates, petroglyphs, and artifact scatter. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, two Museum of Northern Arizona forms, and 20 black and white photographs of the site and its features. The earliest dated document is from 1957.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deni J. Seymour.

Between March 11 and 21, 1991, SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted a cultural resources survey of approximately 2,300 acres of Pima -Maricopa Indian Community Lands in Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey was conducted in order to locate and describe cultural remains within the project area that might be adversely affected by proposed development of the area in conjunction with the Central Arizona Project, Water Distribution Facilities. A total of 20 sites (AZ U:5:41 through AZ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. James Trott. Gale M. McPherson.

During the months of April and May, 1976, Salt River Project requested that the Museum of Northern Arizona inspect a number of test pit and bore hole locations along the proposed Coronado Generating Station Coal Haul Railroad. Proposed test locations were examined along three alternative alignments, Realignment 1, Realignment 2, and the Western Alignment. A total of 19 archaeological sites were found during these investigations. Based on the data collected during this time, numerical evaluations...

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Under the sponsorship of the Bureau of Reclamation, the New Waddell Dam Borrow Areas Mitigative Data Recovery Project, more simply known as the Waddell Project, performed data recovery at 17 sites in the vicinity of Lake Pleasant, Arizona. Supplemental surveys conducted under the same contract added two sites to the inventory slated for investigation. The project area, composed of multiple survey areas, was spread across two drainages, the Agua Fria and New River, in what is considered the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. L. B. H..

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Seven Springs Pueblo site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of several Early Classic Period Hohokam masonry habitations, as well as artifact scatter indicative of Post-Depression Euroamerican activity, possibly related to ranching or the CCC. Additional features include terracing, checkdams, sherd and lithic scatter, petroglyphs, rock piles, and a grinding feature. Artifacts include tooth powder, tobacco, and sardine cans,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin Boness. Al Hendricks. John Madsen. Keith Pajkos. E. Pasanea. Ken Rozen.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Sheep Hill site, comprised of Sinagua pit houses and a field house with accompanying artifact scatter, located on State Trust land. The file consists of 11 Arizona State Museum archaeological survey forms. The earliest dated document is from 1986.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Louis Hirsdh. Sheila Donnelly. Stan Krok. Olivia Krok.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Silver Springs Cabin site, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The site is comprised of the remains of nine basalt cabins with accompanying sherd and lithic scatter. The file consists of an Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form, Arizona Site Steward Program cultural resource vandalism report, a map of the site location, and 12 color and four black and white photographs documenting site vandalism. The earliest dated document is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James D. Gallison.

Report summarizing the field investigations of LA 152062 for determination of disturbance extent.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David B. Tucker. David P. Doak.

Between November 2000 and February 2001, a crew from SWCA® Environmental Consultants (SWCA) of Tucson conducted archaeological testing operations at twenty-one sites lying within a 1570-acre parcel near Toltec, a subdivision of Eloy, in Pinal County, Arizona. The work was done at the request of Mr. Jason Burgess of B&R Engineering, Inc., acting on behalf of Sun Lakes-Casa Grande Development, LLC, an affiliate of Robson Communities, Inc., who intend to construct a planned community of housing and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Vicki Collins. Elaine Zamora. Vicki Collins. Ed Maslyn.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Sycamore Canyon site, comprised of a large Hohokam masonry pueblo and accompanying artifact scatter, located on Tonto National Forest land. The file consists of a site data form, cultural resources preliminary inventory form, maps of the site location, a cultural resource vandalism report, a site map, four black and white photographs, and a note concerning a possible new related site. The earliest dated document in this file is from 1991.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie L. Stone.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Tamarisk Site, comprised of lithic and sherd scatter, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, and a page of field notes, including a hand drawn site map. The earliest dated document is from 1997.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David B. Tucker.

Archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, conducted test excavations at AZ AA:12:869 (ASM) on privately owned property of the Shannon Business Park Development. Fieldwork was conducted from October 18 to October 27, 2000. David Tucker served as SWCA's project manager and also directed the fieldwork. Anastasia Gutierrez and Victoria Evans assisted with the fieldwork. The backhoe used to dig test trenches was operated by Manuelito "Betto" Navaro of Lamb Excavation. Ms. Linda...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Catherine B. Johnson.

Arizona State Parks proposes to add several hiking and equestrian trails in Patagonia Lake State Park that will also lead to the Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The land surveyed is partially owned by Arizona State Parks with other areas leased from the Arizona State Land Department. This report represents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey completed under ASM Blanket Permit #2001-22bl. Included is a resurvey of a proposed trail segment that...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Holly S. DeMaagd.

At the request of Janice Cunningham of U.S. West Communication (US West), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) performed subsurface testing along a proposed utility (fiber optic communication cable) right-of-way. The right-of-way will be located within the southern access road for the Grand Canal, which passes through Pueblo Grande Historic Landmark (Pueblo Grande). The canal is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and administered by the Salt River Project (SRP)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text India S. Hesse.

SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted limited archaeological data recovery at site AZ AA:11:80 (ASM) within the Ironwood Forest National Monument between March 15 and March 18, 2004. The purpose of the work was to mitigate potential adverse effects to the site prior to proposed power line improvements in the area by Trico Electric Cooperative (Trico). Specifically, Trico proposes to replace 39 existing power poles and install 2 new power poles along the existing overhead power line....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeremy Moss. Jennifer Parks. Bill Cox.

The purpose of the site visit was to assess the presence and nature of archaeological sites near springs in the new addition to the Natural Area. This was not a systematic survey hut a quick check of the area surrounding three springs; Coal Mine Spring, George Wise Spring, and Matachin Spring. We spent over an hour at each spring. This initial site visit was useful for understanding the potential for buried cultural remains, geomorphological/erosion Issues, and other factors that may affect the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barry V. Rolett.

Unlike classroom instruction, university-sponsored archaeological field schools offer students a unique, hands-on outdoors experience. Field schools combine the excitement of a treasure hunt with rigorous training in scientific methods for collecting and interpreting the remains of humanity's past. These field schools are a mainstay of archaeology programs at American universities, allowing students and professors to work together on excavations that are both research projects and training...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Wood. F. Olson. A. Olson. Mark Zyniecki. E. A. Wood. Elaine Zamora.

This contains the Arizona Site Steward file for the Upper Mayfield Canyon site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of masonry room blocks; compounds, including one of quartzite and limestone; a limestone pueblo; and houses. Areas between residential structures contain abundant trash deposits. Human graves and one dog burial are also located on site. The file consists of two site steward data forms, two heritage inventory forms, an Arizona State Museum archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christine Thiel. J. Scott Wood. Denise Ryan.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Valentine Pueblo site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a Preclassic Hohokam room block with accompanying petroglyoph, plaza, and lithic and sherd scatter. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, hand drawn site map, map of the site location, and site data form. The earliest dated document is from 1997.

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The on-the-ground survey of the ditches was designed to locate any remnants of prehistoric activities and to note the historic and historic/modern structures and use areas which reflect the past and intertwine with the ditches and fields to create the ambient that is the San Juan Valley. The notations and locations have been used to ensure that carrying out Stage III of the project would disturb or destroy as few resources as possible and to contribute to the general knowledge of the history of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. R. Barr.

Phase II data recovery was conducted at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:682 (ASM) on the Villages of Tortolita property after Phase I data recovery revealed the presence of subsurface cultural deposits. Forty-five features were identified during Phase II data recovery at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM), including pit structures, roasting pits, miscellaneous extramural pits, middens, surface rock concentrations, and cremations. At AZ AA:12:682 (ASM), five highly ephemeral, poorly defined features (charcoal...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie L. Stone.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for West Bank site, comprised of sherd and lithic scatter, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form, hand drawn site map, and map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1997.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter J. Pilles.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file that contains the Winona Village site, located on Coconino National Forest and privately owned land. The site is comprised of pithouse villages, pueblos, a kiva, a ball court, both sheet and mound trash middens, and multiple human burials. The file consists of 12 site data forms.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Connie L. Stone.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Yucca Fields on Black Mesa site, comprised of sherd and lithic scatter, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, four pages of field notes with hand drawn site maps, and two black and white photographs. The earliest dated document is from 1997.