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DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Kathleen Henderson. Tiffany C. Clark.

The purpose of this report is to summarize the methods and findings of Desert Archaeology, Inc.'s, recent data recovery effort at the Crismon Ruin, due to be impacted by construction of the Red Mountain Freeway, Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment; and to provide a recommendation that the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) be allowed to proceed with construction activities as planned in said freeway corridor. The project was authorized by the Federal Highway Administration and ADOT, as...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chris North. Tina Hart. Michael S. Foster.

Logan Simpson Design Inc., under contract to SRP, completed Phase I archeological data recovery at five sites and Phase II data recovery at two of the sites along the Pinal West To Pinal Central Extra-High Voltage Transmission Line and at the Pinal Central substation site, Pinal County, Arizona. The sites are located south and east of the town of Casa Grande. Three of the sites—AZ AA:1:104(ASM), AZ AA:2:301 (ASM), and AZ AA:2:303(ASM)— are Historic era and two—AZ AA:2:284(ASM) and AZ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel H. Sorrell.

The City of Phoenix’s (COP) Downtown Development Office plans to construct facilities related to the Phoenix Bioscience Center on COP-owned land in downtown Phoenix. The COP cost center number for the project is ED10000012. Because project activities may cause adverse impacts to subsurface cultural resources - both prehistoric and historic - the COP Parks and Recreation Department Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM), which coordinates archaeological projects for all COP departments (Bostwick 2004)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erin Davis. Laurene Montero. Michael Stubing. Mary-Ellen Walsh.

Entranco conducted archaeological testing at AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM) during October and November 2000. The testing was done to assess the eligibility of the two sites for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The project was completed at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation prior to the proposed construction of the Red Mountain Freeway Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment, which will impact both AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing.

Entranco conducted archaeological data recovery at AZ U:10:123 (ASM) during January and February 2001. AZ U:10:123 (ASM) is a Hohokam habitation and limited activity site located within the corridor of the proposed Red Mountain Freeway, Gilbert to Higley Road segment in east Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. As a result of testing, the site was previously recommended as eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. The data recovery was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Boston.

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 in 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, including the northern edge of the Lehi...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ellen Ruble.

Pima County and the City of Tucson have developed a Master Plan for the expansion of facilities at Christopher Columbus Park, located on the northwestern side of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Previous cultural resource surveys and test excavations have identified the presence of archaeological sites within the expansion area that will be affected by implementation of the Master Plan. Phase 1 data recovery excavations were conducted to determine the extent and distribution of subsurface cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew Vorsanger. Chris Whiting.

The PMGAA proposes to develop a portion of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (Airport) for an airline service center. This proposed development would affect Locus 2 of site AZ U:10:69(ASM), a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)–listed archaeological site. The Airport is located at the former Williams Air Force Base in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. The PMGAA manages historic properties within the Airport in accordance with a Programmatic Agreement established in 1995 between the U.S. Air...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah A. Herr.

This report describes known sites in the project area and provides a plan of work appropriate for their testing. The discussion is organized by site type (for example, lithic scatter, artifact scatter, multicomponent site, historic structure) and generalized work plans are provided for these sites based upon what is known of other similar sites in the project area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas B. Craig. David R. Hart.

This document presents a research design and data recovery plan for seven archaeological sites located along a 36-mile-long natural gas pipeline that the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) is planning to construct between Gilbert and Coolidge, Arizona. All of the sites are associated with the prehistoric Hohokam culture and are considered eligible for the Arizona and National Registers of Historic Places, based on their potential to contribute important...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Soil Systems, Inc..

This document contains two tables that serve as a guide to the archaeological projects conducted at Pueblo Grande from 1990 to 2008. The tables contain information on the post-Hohokam Expressway projects from SSI's Pueblo Grande Cultural Park Testing project to ACS' Lightrail Preconstruction project. The Master Provenance Table lists project names and numbers, the unit number(s) for each project, the provenience designation (PD) numbers used during each project, and the feature numbers used...

PROJECT City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department. Cory Dale Breternitz. Michael Foster.

During July 1994, Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) conducted an archaeological data recovery project at Pueblo Grande, AZ U:9:1(ASM). The project area was immediately west and north of the original Pueblo Grande museum building. The data recovery project carried out by SSI was conducted under contract to the City of Phoenix and was associated with the expansion of the museum facilities at the Pueblo Grande Museum and Cultural Park, which are administered by the City of Phoenix Parks, Recreation, and...

DATASET Heidi Moore. Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande Museum Expansion Data Recovery Faunal (FAUNAL) data sheet contains data on the faunal remains recovered during SSI's additional recovery work in Unit 8 of Pueblo Grande. The data set lists the provenience designation (PD) and Field Specimen (FS) number of the remains (Note that it is essential that the PD and FS remain associated to identify a given faunal specimen). If the specimen was recovered from an identified feature, the data set also provides the feature number and...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande Museum Data Recovery Field Specimen data sheet contains data about the artifact types recovered in each PD unit during this investigation (SSI Project No. 94-11) at Pueblo Grande. It lists the PD number, the field specimen (FS) number (specimen numbers range from 1 to n for each PD unit), and the point location (PL) number (if applicable). The table then provides artifact type, lithic material (if applicable), lithic condition (if applicable), and Vessel ID (if applicable)...

DATASET JoAnne Miller. Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande Museum Expansion Data Recovery flotation data sheet provides data on botanical remains that were recovered from flotation samples (or other environmental samples) during the project. It presents the taxon of remains, the condition and completeness, and the weight and volume. The data set also offers data on the samples from which the remains were recovered. Please the Pueblo Grande Museum Expansion Data Recovery final report (http://core.tdar.org/document/373084) for a...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande Museum Expansion Data Recovery Provenience Designation (PD) data sheet summarizes the PD's excavated during the project (SSI Project No. 94-11). It is the master list for all excavated contexts in the PG Museum Expansion data recovery effort. It contains information about each PD and the features recorded during excavation. Please see the Pueblo Grande Museum Expansion Data Recovery final report (http://core.tdar.org/document/373084) for a full discussion of all excavated...

DATASET David Abbott. Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande Museum Data Recovery project Ceramic Rough Sort (RS_CERAMICS) data sheet contains data from the rough sort analysis of ceramics recovered during the PG Museum Expansion data recovery project. It contains information on ceramic types, tempers and counts; it also records vessel and rim forms where applicable. The data sheet also contains rim circumference and rim diameter measurements for some ceramic specimens. Please see the Pueblo Grande Museum Data Recovery Project final...

DATASET Lorrie Lincoln-Babb. Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande Museum Expansion Data Recovery project rough sort lithic data set presents basic information on the chipped and ground stone artifacts recovered during this investigation. It provides information about the artifact type, the lithic raw material type, and the lithic condition (whole or fragmentary) for sets of lithic artifacts.

PROJECT Cory D. Breternitz. Banks L. Leonard.

Between 4 and 28 April, 1997, Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) archaeologists completed archaeological test excavations (SSI Project No. 97-02) in an 8.42-ac (34.07 ha) area (Unit 11) northeast of the corner of 44th and Van Buren Streets, Phoenix, Arizona for the DMB Corporation. Based on previous research, the parcel lies along the north edge of the large Hohokam urban site of Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1[ASM], see Bostwick and Downum 1994a; Downum and Bostwick 1993; Breternitz 1994). Because archaeological...

DATASET Maria Martin. David Abbott.

The DMB Property Testing and Data Recovery Ceramic Rough Sort (RS_CERAMICS) Data sheet contains data from the rough sort analysis of ceramics recovered during the DMB testing and data recovery project (SSI Project No. 97-02) at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. It contains information on ceramic types, tempers and counts; it also records vessel and rim forms where applicable. The data sheet also contains rim circumference and rim diameter measurements when possible.

DATASET Maria Martin.

The DMB Testing and Data Recovery: Faunal (FAUNAL) Data sheet contains data on the faunal remains recovered during SSI's testing and data recovery projects (SSI Project No. 97-02) at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. The data set lists the provenience designation (PD) and Field Specimen (FS) number of the remains (Note that it is essential that the PD and FS remain associated to identify a given faunal specimen). If the specimen was recovered from an identified feature, the data set also provides the...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The DMB Property Field Specimen Data sheet contains basic data on the artifacts recovered during this project's testing and data recovery efforts at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. It presents data by artifact type for each PD unit (and associated feature). It lists the PD number, the specimen (FS) number (specimen numbers range from 1 to n for each PD unit), and the point location (PL) number (if applicable). The table then provides artifact type, lithic material (if applicable), lithic condition (if...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande DMB Testing and Data Recovery Provenience Designation (PD) data sheet summarizes the PD's excavated during this testing and data recovery project (SSI Project No. 97-02) at Pueblo Grande, Unit 11. It is the master list for all excavated contexts in the DMB property testing and data recovery project. It contains information about each PD and the features recorded during excavation.

PROJECT Cory D. Breternitz. Banks L. Leonard.

Pueblo Grande Unit 12 (Gateway Lot 4 at the southeastern corner of Gateway Blvd and 44th Streets) is a 3.8 ac parcel that was scheduled for commercial development in 1997. The parcel is located less than 300 ft (91 m) northeast of Unit 7 of the prehistoric site of Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)), where archaeological features including burials had been encountered (Breternitz et al. 1990). Because of its proximity, there was a likelihood that archaeological remains including burials would also be...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 15, 48th and Washington; Kitchell Testing: Photography Log (PHOTO) Data sheet contains basic information about the photographs taken during the testing phase of the Kitchell project at Pueblo Grande. The data set may be used to locate photographs for additional research. The Kitchell Testing photographs are curated at the See Archaeological Testing at Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)): Unit 15, The Former Maricopa County Sheriff's Substation, Washington...