Shade Structure / Ramada (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Domestic Structures
All temporary shelters (e.g. lean-tos, windbreaks, brush enclosures, sun shades etc.).
26-50 (78 Records)
This document is the first of three volumes presenting the results of a two-phase data recovery program conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), at 29 prehistoric sites and segments of 2 historical-period roads—Reno Road and the old Bush Highway—along a 25-mile-long segment of State Route 87 (SR 87, or the Beeline Highway), between Saguaro Lake Road and the Gila County Line. A fourth volume presents the findings of a study of the historical-period roads within the project area performed by...
From the Desert to the Mountains: Archaeology of the Transition Zone, The State Route 87–Sycamore Creek Project, Volume 2: Analysis of Prehistoric Remains (2003)
This document is the second of four volumes presenting the results of a two-phase data recovery program conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), at 29 prehistoric sites and segments of 2 historical-period roads—Reno Road and the old Bush Highway—along a 25-mile-long segment of State Route 87 (SR 87, or the Beeline Highway), between Saguaro Lake Road and the Gila County Line. A fourth volume presents the findings of a study of the historical-period roads within the project area performed by...
The Grewe Archaeological Research Project, Volume 3: Synthesis (2001)
This is the third and final volume documenting the results of the Grewe Archaeological Research Project (GARP). The Project was carried out by Northland Research, Inc. (Northland), under contract to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Portions of three prehistoric sites were investigated on the project - Grewe, Horvath, and Casa Grande Ruins. Each of the sites represents a separate spatial and temporal component of the Grewe-Casa Grande settlement, one of the preeminent Hohokam...
Hecla I: A Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Investigations at the Lakeshore Project, Papago Reservation, South Central Arizona (1973)
Late in 1971, the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University was contacted by the Hecla Mining Company regarding impending construction of plant facilities at the Lakeshore Mine Project. The latter operation is located 28 miles southwest of Casa Grande, Arizona. The existence of many archaeological remains within the construction zone was known as a result of surveys conducted by Mr. Garland Gordon of the Arizona Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Tuscon. Investigations...
Historic Cultural Resources in Relation to the Central Arizona Water Control Study (1983)
Flooding along the Salt, Gila, Verde, and Agua Fria Rivers in February and March of 1978 resulted in extensive damage to property in Central Arizona and in the disruption of ground transportation and commerce in the greater Phoenix area. Major flooding also occurred along these rivers in December, 1978 and February, 1980. The recognition of this flooding problem, and of requirements for the regulatory storage of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water, prompted the U.S. Department of the Interior,...
Historic Navajo Studies in Northeastern Arizona (1976)
Archaeological excavations along the north rim of Canyon del Muerto, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, were conducted during 1972 by the Museum of Northern Arizona. The preliminary objective was to salvage 28 archaeological sites located within the rights-of-way of Route N64, the Chinle to Tsaile Lake road, and four associated spur roads. Research designs for the excavations are broken into historic Navajo and prehistoric Anasazi sites; this report is concerned with the former. This...
Hohokam Archaeology along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Central Arizona Project, Volume I: Research Design (1982)
This volume is the first in a series of publications associated with the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Archaeological Data Collection Studies and Supplemental Class 3 Survey Project (SGA). The project focuses principally upon data recovery at those sites potentially subject to impact as a consequence of Central Arizona Project construction along a route extending 97 km from a point south of Apache Junction, Arizona, to the Picacho Reservoir. This initial volume incorporates the results of test excavations...
Hohokam Archaeology along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct Central Arizona Project, Volume VIII: Material Culture (1984)
This is the eighth volume of a nine-volume series reporting archaeological investigations in south-central Arizona along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (SGA), conducted for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) under Contract No. 0-07-32-V0101. The SGA is a 58-mile-Iong component of the Central Arizona Project that begins east of Phoenix and extends to the vicinity of the Picacho Mountains. Specialized analyses of artifacts recovered from 45 sites excavated along the SGA are reported in this volume. The...
Hohokam Farming on the Salt River Floodplain: Excavations at the Sky Harbor Airport North Runway (2003)
Archaeological monitoring, testing, and data recovery in advance of construction related to the expansion of Sky Harbor International Airport's North Runway, including the realignment of 24th Street north of Buckeye Road. The work was authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the purpose of compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and conducted in accordance with a Memorandum of Agreement (1993) executed by the FAA with the...
Hohokam Farmsteads Along Cave Creek, Arizona (2002)
In 1998 and 1999, archaeologists from SWCA and volunteers from the Desert Foothills Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society conducted archaeological investigations at four sites in the Estado de Cholla project area, located southwest of the town of Cave Creek, Arizona. Three isolated Hohokam habitation structures were fully excavated at two of the sites. Each of the three houses was catastrophically burned and each contained intact, abundant, floor-contact artifact assemblages. More than...
Investigations of the Baccharis Site and Extension Arizona Canal: Historic and Prehistoric Land Use Patterns in the Northern Salt River Valley (1988)
This report presents the results of intensive data recovery through excavation of an early pre-Classic Hohokam site and an in-depth archival study of historic features, including the Extension Arizona Canal. The project was sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) with the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) serving as consultants to ADOT for these archaeological and historical studies. Field work was conducted during May and June, 1987. Investigations of the Baccharis site, a...
The Kayenta Anasazi: Archaeological Investigations Along the Black Mesa Railroad Corridor, Volume 1 - Specialists' Reports (1986)
In 1969 the Salt River Project contracted the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to excavate the prehistoric and ethnohistoric remains in the vicinity of the Navajo Generating Station (Page, Arizona), along the Black Mesa-Lake Powell railroad corridor, and in the immediate vicinity of the coal loading facility at the east end of the rail line south of Navajo National Monument. One hundred and twenty-three sites were identified, with 51 of those prehistoric sites excavated or tested. (The...
The Lake Pleasant Project: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Beardsley Canal Site, a Colonial Hohokam Village on the Agua Fria River, Central Arizona (1971)
The following preliminary report outlines the archaeological investigation of a site within the right-of-way of Arizona Highway Department Project S-434-505 (Lake Pleasant Section) on State Route 74, the Morristown-New River Highway. The excavated portion of the site will be destroyed by construction of the roadway. Excavation was carried out by the Arizona State Museum in cooperation with the Arizona State Highway Department under the Statewide Archaeological Highway Salvage Program.
The Lehi Historic District Along the Red Mountain Freeway, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2000)
In conjunction with an Environmental Impact Statement analysis conducted for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Red Mountain Freeway by Entranco Engineers, Inc., Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) performed cultural resource investigations of proposed alternative alignments. Much of one alternative had been previously surveyed by Soil Systems, Inc. (Landis 1987; Mitchell 1988). Additional alternative alignments and modifications thereof were examined by ACS....
The Lower Verde Archaeological Project
The Lower Verde Archaeological Project (LVAP) was a four-year data recovery project conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) in the lower Verde River region of central Arizona. The project was designed to mitigate any adverse effects to cultural resources from modifications to Horseshoe and Bartlett Dams. The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Project’s Office sponsored the research program in compliance with historic preservation legislation. The LVAP’s...
The Navajo Project: Archaeological Investigations, Page to Phoenix 500 kV Southern Transmission Line (1980)
In the spring of 1970, the Museum of Northern Arizona contracted with Arizona Public Service Company to provide archaeological investigations for the Navajo Project 500kV Southern Transmission Lines from Page to Phoenix, Arizona. The right-of-way, 330 feet wide and approximately 256 miles long, crossed four major environmental zones - plateau, mountain, transition, and desert - and portions of five prehistoric culture areas. Eighty-eight sites were recorded along the line, 20 of which were...
The Neighborhood 12 Data Recovery Project: Archaeological Investigations at AZ BB:9:148 (ASM), Oro Valley, Arizona (2000)
AZ BB:9:148 (ASM) was a Hohokam seasonal or temporary habitation and resource procurement and processing locale located in the northwestern Tucson Basin in the southern half of Neighborhood 12 of the Rancho Vistoso Property within the limits of the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona. Between August 25 and September 22, 1999, SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants conducted excavations at the site as a combined testing and data-recovery effort. Eighty-one features were identified during the project,...
Papago Park EcoPlan Appendix C: Inventory and Assessment of Cultural Resources (2009)
At the request of Olsson Associates, Inc. (Olsson), EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) cultural resource specialists relocated and assessed where possible National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility for known cultural resources within both the Phoenix- and Tempe-owned portions of Papago Park, Maricopa County, Arizona. This research was done in support of a new regional master plan for the park. The master plan is being developed cooperatively by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian...
Phase 1 Archaeological Data Recovery Report and Phase 2 Data Recovery Proposal For the Slate Creek Section, ADOT State Route 188 Project, Tonto Basin, Arizona (1994)
This report presents the results of Phase 1 data recovery of nine archaeological sites along the proposed right-of-way for the Slate Creek Section of State Route 188. The Slate Creek Section is one part of a multiyear Arizona Department of Transportation project to realign and improve a 29-km long portion of SR 188, the principal road passing through the Tonto Basin, Gila County, Arizona. The entire project corridor extends north from Sycamore Creek to the junction of SR 188 with SR 87. The...
A Plan for the Management of Archaeological Sites in the Tempe Papago Park Area (1988)
Papago Park in the City of Tempe extends from Tempe Butte northward across the Salt River bed into the southern portion of the Papago hills. The archaeological sites in the park are relatively small, but they represent both the Indian and Anglo occupation of the Salt River Valley, and span more than one thousand years of history (A.D. 800 to late 1800s and early 1900s). Excavations at two of the sites have produced artifacts dating to a) the prehistoric Indian period, b) the early historic...
Prehistoric Agricultural Activities on the Lehi-Mesa Terrace: Excavations at La Cuenca del Sedimento (1989)
This study is the first of two volumes that describe the results of archaeological investigations undertaken within the Tempe Section of the Outer Loop Freeway system. This work was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation and conducted under Contract 86-102. Three sites were investigated as part of this project, including La Cuenca del Sedimento, a farmstead/fieldhouse site, and AZ U:9:69(ASM) and AZ U:9:71(ASM). All three sites were crossed by portions of the Las Acequias-Los Muertos...
Prehistory of the St. Johns Area, East-Central Arizona: The TEP St. Johns Project (1981)
The TEP (Tucson Electric Power) St. Johns Project was conducted by the Cultural Resource Management Section of the Arizona State Museum under contract to Tucson Electric Power Company and was designed to mitigate impacts to cultural resources located within a proposed railroad right-of-way corridor east of St. Johns, Arizona. The proposed corridor begins at a point 8 miles northeast of St. Johns and extends 27 miles southward to the proposed TEP SpringerviIle Generating Station north of...
Preliminary Data Recovery Results at Pueblo del Rio, AZ T:12:116 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
The results of backhoe trenching and data recovery excavation at the site of Pueblo del Rio within SunState Builders’ parcel. The area consists of 77.72 acres of land previously tested in 2005 (Lots 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14) and in 2006 (Lots 8, 9, 10, and 11). Following the completion of extensive backhoe trenching in the various lots, twelve feature areas containing likely habitation structures, relic canals, and burials were selected for data recovery— three along the planned road corridors in...
Preliminary Report of Archaeological Data Recovery in the Preacher Canyon Section and Sharp Creek Campground, State Route 260 - Payson to Heber Archaeological Project, Gila County, Arizona (2000)
Archaeological investigations and data recovery by Desert Archaeology, Inc. at six sites in the Preacher Canyon/Sharp Creek Campground sections of the State Route 260 - Payson to Heber project.
Pueblo Grande Site Map, with Spatial Unit Numbers and Well-Defined Cultural Features/Areas (2012)
This composite map depicts the entirety of Pueblo Grande (AZ U:9:1(ASM)) in Phoenix, AZ. The map shows the locations of the spatial units that SSI and other cultural resource firms defined to bound their archaeological projects and associated cultural features. In addition, the map displays the locations of well-defined prehistoric cultural features (platform mound, ballcourt, compounds) and areas (habitation areas, burial groups) within the known site boundaries. Finally, the map depicts modern...