Settlements (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Locations, or the remains of multiple structures or features, that were inhabited by humans in the past. Use more specific term(s) if possible.
8,476-8,500 (9,126 Records)
Describes an 1858 Discovery by two Spanish creole farmers in Chirique of a cash of golden artifacts and eventually a graveyard. The two excavated the artifacts without being discovered until May of 1859. After they were discovered thousands of people looted the graveyard located in Huscal (25 miles from the current city of David). Thousands of pounds of gold were reportedly taken from the gravesite. This document also contains bulletins from the subsequent meetings.
Research Design for Data Recovery at La Ciudad de Los Hornos: The Superstition Freeway and Priest Drive Locale (AZ U:9:48 ASM) (1991)
The following document presents a research design for archaeological investigations sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) at the site of La Ciudad de Los Hornos (Los Hornos). The project consists of two phases: testing and data recovery. The testing phase has been completed and a report (Chenault et al. 1991) of the results submitted to ADOT. In addition, the testing results are briefly summarized below. The proposed ADOT undertaking involves the planned reconstruction of...
Research Design for the Archeological Survey of Cape Cod National Seashore, McManamon 1979 (1979)
This research has two general goals: first, to identify the physical characteristics and estimate the numbers and locations of archeological sites within Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO); second, to assess the significance of these sites according to the information they might provide about history, prehistory, specific past ways of life and general patterns of human behavior.
Research Design for the Investigation of Cultural Resources Along the Granite Reef Aqueduct and Transmission Lines, Central Arizona Project (1978)
Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed a general research design for completion of archaeological survey and mitigation of cultural resources that would be impacted by the construction of the Granite Reef Aqueduct for the Central Arizona Project. Because it was not possible to specify the extent of the work to be completed at the initiation of the project, general...
Research Design for the Roosevelt Community Development Study (1992)
The Roosevelt Community Development Study (RCD) was one of three data recovery mitigative studies that the Bureau of Reclamation funded to investigate the prehistory of the Tonto Basin in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The series of investigations constituted Reclamation's program for complying with historic preservation legislation as it applied to the raising and modification of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Reclamation contracted with Desert Archaeology, Inc. to complete the research for...
A Research Design for Tucson Aqueduct, Phase B Data Recovery (1986)
In 1985, the Bureau of Reclamation directed the Cultural Resource Management Division of the Arizona State Museum to develop a research design for data recovery at 15 selected archaeological sites along the Phase B alignment of the Tucson Aqueduct portion of the Central Arizona Project. Phase B included Reaches 4, 5, and 6 of the alignment. The sample included five Hohokam settlement sites: Fastimes (AZ AA:12:384 [ASM]), Waterworld (AZ AA:16:94[ASM]), AZ AA:16:97(ASM), AA:16:104(ASM), and...
Research Design: For Archaeological Data Recovery Along the Salt River Project Coronado Coal Haul Railroad (1990)
The following document constitutes a research design for archaeological data recovery within planned expansions of the Salt River Project Coronado Coal Haul Railroad.The project area is located in Apache County, Arizona, south of Interstate 40 near the town of Navajo. Three sites were listed in the project RFP and specific information regarding the impacts to those sites and the location of the sites in relation to the Coal Haul Railroad were provided in that document. The research design is...
A Research Report and Restoration Considerations for the Interpretive Development of Historic Resources at Brigham City, A.T. (1980)
Brigham City, a fortified Mormon settlement on the Little Colorado River near the City of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, was established in 1876 as a United Order community and abandoned by the Church in 1881. The property was subsequently incorporated into the La Prade farm and dairy, which was in operation from about 1897 until the mid-1940's. At present, the site is owned by the City of Winslow. Much of the arable land surrounding the site has been leased to a Winslow resident for...
Resource Study Proposals (1964)
This document is a brief memorandum regarding resource study proposals at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument for the 1965 fiscal year. There are 4 projects proposed including: a stratigraphic test of Compound A, excavation of Compound B, a Soho phase study, and the excavation and stabilization of the ball court.
Resources, Mobility, and Cultural Identity in Norse Greenland, Vatnahverfi Project – Report from The Field Work 2008 (field report) (2008)
The summer of 2008 was the fourth season with archaeological field work in the Vatnahverfi region in the Norse Eastern Settlement. The main purpose of the project is to investigate and discuss cultural, social and economic strategies of the Norse Greenland settlement from landnam in the late 980´ties to depopulation in the later part of the 15th Century with Vatnahverfi as case study area. Knowledge of the culture landscape are prerequisite for the project and high resolution and GPS surveys...
Results of a 7,770-Acre Cultural Resources Inventory for the Peg Leg Well Tailings Storage Facility Alternative, Pinal County, Arizona (2019)
The Tonto National Forest (TNF) is currently conducting National Environmental Policy Act analysis of the proposed Resolution Copper Project (the project) located near Superior, Pinal County, Arizona. As part of this analysis, the TNF has identified several alternative areas proposed for potential development into tailings storage facilities (TSFs). WestLand Resources, Inc. (WestLand), was contracted by Resolution Copper to conduct a cultural resources inventory of TSF Alternative 5 – Peg Leg...
Results of a Five-Year Monitoring Program of Six Archaeological Sites for the Sierra Pacific Falcon Project (2011)
From July 2005 to November 2009, six archaeological sites were annually visited by Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. (Summit) to monitor their condition after the completion of the Falcon transmission line. The purpose of the monitoring program was meant to provide documentation of any cumulative post-construction effects to the selected sites. This was to be used in the future to evaluate the effects that increased visibility and/or accessibility may have on the disturbance, inadvertently and/or...
Results of Archaeological Monitoring at Pueblo del Alamo, Site AZ T:12:52 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2012)
In preparation for building construction, the Salt River Project (SRP) is reconfiguring an irrigation facility on Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) easement in Phoenix, Maricopa County. Specifically, existing above ground irrigation canals are being abandoned and replaced with subsurface concrete pipes. Because Reclamation is a federal agency, the project is subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended. The project area is located within the...
Results of Archaeological Testing at Site AZ U:1:164 (ASM), Near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona (2001)
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...
Results of Archaeological Testing at the Hog Farm Ball Court Site, AZ AA:11:12 (ASM), near Marana, Pima County, Arizona: The Trico Circuits 12 and 18 Rebuild Project (2010)
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...
Results of Archaeological Testing for the Installation of Utility Poles at the Hog Farm Ballcourt Site, AZ AA:11:12 (ASM), near Marana, Pima County, Arizona (2006)
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...
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)
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 Phase 2 Data Recovery at the Southern Margin of the West Branch Site, AZ AA:16:3 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona (2005)
Current excavations at the West Branch site, AZ AA:16:3 (ASM), by Desert Archaeology, Inc., focused on a small portion of the southern end of the site prior to private construction. Artifacts will be curated at the Arizona State Museum (ASM) with accession number 2003-0382. Forty-one features identified within the project area included: 7 structures, 2 extramural surfaces, 3 trash concentrations, 1 horno, 1 roasting pit, 6 burial features, and 21 additional extramural pits. The horno and...
Results of Testing Archaeological Site AZ T:14:161 (ASM) for the State Route Landfill Stormwater Control Project, Maricopa County, Arizona (2008)
The Solid Waste Disposal Management Division of the City of Phoenix Public Works Department (City) has constructed Phases 1 and 2 of the State Route (SR) landfill and will construct additional disposal cells in the future. Development of the landfill necessitates construction of channels and basins around the landfill perimeter to control stormwater flows, and a preliminary drainage report identified concepts for perimeter and interim stormwater controls. A survey conducted for the project...
Return to Siphon Draw: Archaeological Investigations Along the Browning to Dinosaur 500kV/230kV Transmission Line, Pinal County, Arizona (2009)
The results of archaeological investigations at three prehistoric Hohokam sites within the right-of-way corridor for the Salt River Project Browning to Dinosaur Transmission Line, east of Mesa and Queen Creek, Arizona, are presented in this report. The sites include the Siphon Draw site, AZ U:10:6 (ASM), a pre-Classic period (circa A.D. 800-1000) village; AZ U:10:8 (ASM), a classic period (circa A.D. 1150-1450) wild resource-processing and habitation site; and AZ U:10:172 (ASM), a Colonial...
Review Draft: Archaeological Test Excavations at Seven Sites along the Santan Expansion Project Pipeline Corridor from Gilbert to Coolidge, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona (2003)
Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed archaeological testing at seven sites along a proposed natural-gas pipeline at the request of the Salt River Project (SRP). The purpose of the testing was to determine the extent and eligibility status of the seven sites for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Two of the sites, AZ U:10:2(ASM) and AZ U:14:74(ASM), have been previously determined NRHP eligible based on their potential to inform on the prehistory of the region, but...
Reward Mine and Associated Sites: Historical Archaeology on the Papago Reservation (1980)
This is the final report of the Vekol Hills Archeological Project. The project was done to lessen the impact of proposed open pit copper mining on archeological resources within an area of the Papago Indian Reservation, Pinal County, Arizona. Archeological resources comprise the remains of Reward Mine, another turn-of-the-century mining camp, and a Papago camp of the same period. A program of data recovery, including mapping, surface collection, and excavation, was undertaken during 1979 in...
Reymart Townsite Arizona Site Steward File (1988)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Reymart Townsite, comprised of the remnants of a mining town from circa 1890 to 1899, located on Bureau of Land Management land. Features include stone structures, walls, and platforms. The file consists of a site data form, cultural resource site record form, hand drawn site map, five maps showing the site location, and a site information sheet. The earliest dated document is from 1988.
Ridge Ruin Part One Arizona Site Steward File (1990)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Ridge Ruin site (Part One of Two), located on Coconino National Forest land. The site is comprised of a multitude of pit house villages, pueblos, and ball courts with accompanying artifact scatter, trash middens, and petroglyphs. The file consists of 36 site data forms.
Rincon Canyon Arizona Site Steward File (1995)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Rincon Canyon site, comprised of villages, located on Bureau of Land Management land. The file consists of a site data form and map of the site location.