Ground Stone (Material Keyword)

Lithic artifact formed or finished by polishing the body or edges with an abrasive

8,276-8,300 (10,205 Records)

Results of Archeological Survey at Sel-188, Kenai Fjords National Park, To Develop Site Protection Strategies Allowing Oil Spill Treatment (1990)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles M. Mobley.

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 of Seventeen Sites in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir Region, South Carolina and Georgia, Seventeen Sites in Richard B. Russell Reservoir 1980 (1980)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William M. Gardner. William P. Barse.

This report contains the results of the site testing program in the Richard B. Russell Reservoir, Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina. The purpose of this program was to test a number of selected archeological sites below the 430 foot contour interval. This interval was chosen because all lands below that elevation are expected .to be flooded by late 1981. Sites which were selected were drawn from those reported in Taylor et al (1978). Archeologists from the Interagency Archeological...


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 Continued Archaeological Investigations for the Thunder Creek Oil Field, Thunder Basin National Grassland, Campbell County, Wyoming (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Marcus Grant. Cynthia Wood.

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 for the Palm Oasis Rehabilitation Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristin L. Fangmeier. Michael Droz. Joanne C. Tactikos. Walter R. Punzmann.

At the request of Mr. John Cichon of President Partners LP, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring during rehabilitation of the Palm Oasis apartment complex in, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Rehabilitation activities would include replacing utility lines and demolishing five buildings. In the HUD-Funded Program Activities Archaeological Review prepared by the City Archaeology Office (CAO) for this project, dated December 20, 2011, it was noted...


Results of Cultural Resource Monitoring, Burial Recovery and Phase 1 Data Recovery (Data Testing) for the City of Phoenix Road Detention Basin Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas E. Jones. Victoria D. Vargas.

At the request of Ms. Homaira Parveen and Mr. Ed Checkley of the City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department (the City) and under Environmental and Safety Regulatory Consulting On-Call Contract #124947, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted archaeological monitoring, burial recovery, and Phase I data recovery for a Road Detention Basin project. The City’s project involved excavating a sloped 11-acre basin ranging from 4–7 ft deep and installing associated lighting and...


Results of Cultural Resource Phase I Data Recovery and Monitoring for the Lindo Park Recreation Center, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter Punzmann. Peg Davis.

COP Parks and Recreation Department is proposing to construct a recreation center at Lindo Park. An Archaeology Assessment conducted by the COP found that the proposed Lindo Park Recreation Center occurs within the boundaries of prehistoric archaeological site that is known to contain human remains. Given the proximity of the features investigated during the previous project, it was determined highly likely that archaeological features associated with the site may exist within the Community...


Results of Cultural Resource Survey and Significance Testing of SDI-12172, SDI-12265H, and SDI-1266H Within Carmel Valley Neighborhood 10 Precise Plan Area, San Diego, California (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Frank Ritz. Dayle Cheever.

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 Resources Monitoring Associated with the EPNG Line No. 1007 30-Day Anomaly Repairs at AZ AA:2:105 (ASM) and AZ AA:7:30 (ASM), Pinal County, Arizona (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text S. Jerome Hesse.

On December 16, 2003 and January 7, 2004, an archaeologist from SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) monitored construction excavations and activities associated with the EPNG Line 1007 30-day anomaly repairs as part of El Paso’s pipeline integrity project in Pinal County, Arizona. Archaeological monitoring was undertaken to ensure no potentially significant cultural resources would be adversely affected by construction activities within the archaeological sites, AZ AA:2:105 (ASM), located on...


Results of Cultural Resources Monitoring for Grand Canalscape Phase II (TIGER) Shared-use Pathway Project Construction, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Oslynn Benjamin. Glennda Gene Luhnow.

The Grand Canalscape Phase II (TIGER) Shared-use Pathway project is a City of Phoenix (City) pathway improvement project that completes a shared-use path along the Grand Canal from North 23rd Avenue south of West Indian School Road in Phoenix to the City of Tempe border at 56th Street. Pathway improvements were constructed along three discontinuous segments of the Grand Canal: • Segment 1: Grand Canal alignment between I-17 and 15th Avenue; • Segment 2: Grand Canal alignment between 16th...


Results of Cultural Resources Monitoring for Grand Canalscape Phase II (TIGER) Shared-use Pathway Project Construction, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Oslynn Benjamin. Glennda Gene Luhnow.

June 12, 2020 (Revised September 18, 2020) The Grand Canalscape Phase II (TIGER) Shared-use Pathway project is a City of Phoenix (City) pathway improvement project that completes a shared-use path along the Grand Canal from North 23rd Avenue south of West Indian School Road in Phoenix to the City of Tempe border at 56th Street. Pathway improvements were constructed along three discontiguous segments of the Grand Canal: • Segment 1: Grand Canal alignment between I-17 and 15th Avenue; • Segment...


Results of Data Recovery and Monitoring at AZ AA:12:1152 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:1153 (ASM) for Road Improvement Project, Pima County, Arizona (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Suzanne Griset. India S. Hesse. Paul M. Rawson.

Prior to widening, the City of Tucson (COT) Department of Transportation sponsored a series of investigations to identify archaeological sites that would be affected by the road project and to mitigate adverse effects to the sites, where needed. The first step in identifying archaeological sites was a cultural resources survey, conducted by SWCA Environmental Consultants in 2009. Although no archaeological sites were found during the survey, much of the study area was inaccessible due to...


Results of Data Recovery at AZ BB:13:471 (ASM), Located in the Los Reales Landfill, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Patricia Cook.

Desert Archaeology, Inc., conducted data recovery a prehistoric archaeological site located within the Los Reales Landfill, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Subsurface archaeological features were encountered in late May 2007, during normal landfill activity by landfill personnel to mine sediments. The exposure of four features caused the sediment excavation activities to cease. Desert Archaeology was contacted by landfill administrators on 25 May 2007, to assess the features and to determine if...


Results of Data Recovery at Pueblo Del Rio, AZ:T:12:116(ASM) for the El Paso Natural Gas 2039 Line Relocation/Removal Project Southwest Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lourdes Aguila.

Data recovery was completed at Pueblo del Rio as specified in the work plan developed after the testing phase. The purpose of the data recovery was to recover sufficient information from the portion of Pueblo del Rio within the EPNG right-of-way to answer general research questions as outlined in the treatment plan and to mitigate the adverse effect of the proposed EPNG undertaking on the cultural resources within the right-of-way. These goals were accomplished. However, the highly disturbed...


Results of Data Recovery in North Freeway Tuscon, Pima County, Arizona: AZ AA:12:85 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:911 (ASM) (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text M.L. Brack.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) purchased property at North Freeway, Tucson, Arizona, to facilitate improvements along the Interstate 10 (I-10) corridor. Following completion of construction, ADOT proposed selling the property lying outside the I-10 right-of-way. EcoPlan Associates, environmental consultants to ADOT, requested a cultural resources assessment of the property prior to sale. Desert Archaeology, Inc., identified potentially significant surface remains and initiated a...


Results of Eligibility Testing and Data Recovery Plan for Multiple Locations and Sites Along the Arizona Department of Transportation Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) Project Right-of-Way (State Route 87 to Gilbert Road) (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret Glass. Richard Boston. Stephen W. Yost. Gina Gage. Bruce G. Phillips. Stephen C. Reichardt. Karolyn J. Jackman.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to extend the Red Mountain Freeway through Mesa, Arizona from State Route (SR) 87 to US Route (US) 60. This project will result in the construction of a new limited access six-lane freeway. Construction on the right-of-way is currently confined to the area between SR 87 and Gilbert Road. The proposed route runs through an area of dense historic and prehistoric cultural resources south of McDowell Road, and passes through the northern edge of...


Results of Eligibility Testing and Data Recovery Plan for Two Archaeological Sites Along the Arizona Department of Transportation Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) Project Right-of-Way (SR 87 to Gilbert Road) (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen W. Yost. Margaret Glass. Karolyn Jackman. Gina Gage. Bruce G. Phillips.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to extend the Red Mountain Freeway through Mesa, Arizona from State Route (SR) 87 to US Route (US) 60. This project will result in the construction of a new limited access six-lane freeway. Construction on the right-of-way is currently confined to the area between SR 87 and Gilbert Road. The proposed route runs through an area of dense historic and prehistoric cultural resources south of McDowell Road, and passes through the northern edge of...


Results of Implementing the Historic Properties Treatment Plan for the Sierrita Pipeline Project, Pima County, Arizona: Volume 2, Data Recovery Investigations (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Suzanne Griset. S. Jerome Hesse.

On July 1, 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Sierrita Gas Pipeline LLC (Sierrita) notice to proceed with the construction of the Sierrita Pipeline Project (the Project), a new natural gas pipeline and appurtenant facilities in Pima County, Arizona, that deliver natural gas from El Paso Natural Gas Company’s existing pipeline system southwest of Tucson to an interconnect point at the U.S.-Mexico border near the town of Sasabe. Concurrent with the construction of the...


Results of Limited Excavation and In-situ Site Preservation at the Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael W. Lindeman.

This report details the results of limited excavation and in-situ preservation efforts at four loci located on the northern end of the Valencia site, AZ BB:13:15 (ASM), and at AZ BB:13:74 (ASM). Working together, Pima Community College, the City of Tucson, the State Historic Preservation Office, the Tohono O’odham Nation, and Desert Archaeology, Inc., were able to craft a strategy that maximized information gain and preserved these two important archaeological sites. The project contained three...


Results of Mesa Community College Spring 1996 - Field School at AZ U:10:1(ASU) and Plan of Work for 1997 Field School (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Shereen Lerner.

In the spring, 1996, Mesa Community College (MCC) undertook the second year of a field school at AZ U:10:1(ASU). The site is located in Maricopa County on land owned by the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (Community). The field school was conducted with the permission of the Community under a permit issued by the Cultural and Environmental Services Division of the Community Development Department. The Bureau of Indian Affairs issued an Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA)...


Results of Mesa Community College Spring 1997 - Field School at AZ U:10:1(ASU) (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Shereen Lerner.

In the spring, 1997, Mesa Community College (MCC) undertook the third year of a field school at AZ U:10:1(ASU). A field report summarizing the findings for the 1995 and 1996 field seasons has been submitted to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Cultural and Environmental Services Division of Community Development (CESD). The site is located in Maricopa County on land owned by the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (Community). The field school was conducted with the permission...


Results of Monitoring at AZ AA:16:39 (ASM) and Phase 2 Archaeological Data Recovery and Monitoring at AZ AA:16:410 (ASM), Avra Valley, Pima County, Arizona (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Helga Wocherl.

The results of archaeological monitoring at AZ AA:16:39 (ASM) and the results of phase 2 data recovery at AZ AA:16:410 (ASM) and subsequent monitoring are detailed in this report. Following recommendations from phase 1 data recovery (Wocherl 2000b), the work was conducted pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) initiated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as lead federal agency for this project. Under authority of Arizona State Museum (ASM) Permit Number 2000-107ps(A1), Desert...


Results of National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Four Sites at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Garcia. S. Jerome Hesse.

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority (PMGAA) proposes the Northeast Area Development Plan (NADP), which would relocate the existing airport passenger terminal complex to the northeastern corner of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (the Airport), in the City of Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. Ricondo and Associates, Inc., under contract to PMGAA, retained SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing at four archaeological sites—AZ...