Agricultural Field or Field Feature (Site Type Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Owen Lindauer.

The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery 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 the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Owen Lindauer.

The Roosevelt Platform Mound Study (RPMS) was one of three mitigative data recovery 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 the Arizona State University Office of Cultural Resource...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter J. Reynolds.

The received picture of springtime in the remote past is of primitive farmers struggling to plough up their tiny fields with stick ploughs which do no more than scratch the surface of the soil. Looking at modern Iandscapes with multi-hectare sized fields, huge tractors and multi-shared ploughs, perhaps this picture is a forgivable one. Maybe forgivable, but is it true? Did Iron Age farmers have to struggle with primitive equipment which if not by definition, certainly by implication, was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter J. Reynolds.

In recent yeats the topsoil or ploughzone in the rural context has recevied increasing attention and today, because of the escalating costs of excavation and the dwindling resources provided for archaeology, that attention is being further intensified. Financial constraint, however, is not the only motivation. The results of aerial survey and organised field walking have shown that excavation can only examine a minimal percentage of the known sites, a percentage which rapidly decreases as modern...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter J. Reynolds.

Field walking has been and continues to be an important, if not critical, element of fieldwork in British archaeology, In practice this means systematically across ploughed fields, especially after heavy rain which washes clean objects on the soil surface, looking for evidence of occupation sites primarily by the discover of scatters or concentrations of pottery sherds.

PROJECT Elaine Dorset.

The Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston conducted a palynological analysis on six contiguous soil samples that were collected from the Fort Vancouver site. The samples were recovered from a location associated with the Hudson Bay Company's occupation that is situated in close proximity to what is today Fort Vancouver's Visitors Center, which is scheduled to undergo extensive renovations in the near future (Dorset 2010 Pers. Comm.)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Jacobucci. Heather Trigg.

The Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston conducted a palynological analysis on six contiguous soil samples that were collected from the Fort Vancouver site. The samples were recovered from a location associated with the Hudson Bay Company's occupation that is situated in close proximity to what is today Fort Vancouver's Visitors Center, which is scheduled to undergo extensive renovations in the near future (Dorset 2010 Pers. Comm.)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert J. Austin. Jacquelyn G. Piper.

A preliminary cultural resource assessment survey was conducted of the 106,210 acre Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida. The purpose of the survey was to provide base level data on the types, distribution, and potential significance of archaeological and historic period sites located on the APAFR. An extensive literature search and a systematic field survey were conducted by Piper Archaeological Research, Inc. A total of 37 archaeological sites were located...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Bild.

The City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department and Flood Control District of Maricopa County (FCDMC) are jointly funding a construction project to be undertaken in southwest Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project is located north of the historic Roosevelt Irrigation Canal and involves County-owned and private land to be acquired by COP and FCDMC. The project will involve the construction of a detention basin and conveyance channel. A review of site files and maps at Pueblo...

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 Chris Morehart. Dan Eisenberg.

Documenting the relationship between agriculture and political economy occupies the center of much research and debate in anthropological archaeology. This study examines this issue by focusing on maize at Xaltocan, a Postclassic community located in the northern Basin of Mexico. We consider how different mechanisms of distribution, circulation, and production can influence maize variation. We analyze maize variability through time at Xaltocan and the community’s chinampa system and interpret...

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.

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...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The Kitchell Testing Provenience Designation (PD) data sheet summarizes the PD's excavated during a preliminary testing phase of a parcel of land owned by the Kitchell Development Co. It is the master list for all excavated contexts in the Kitchell testing program. It contains information about each PD and the features recorded during excavation. Subsequently, SSI conducted additional testing and full data recovery at a nearby parcel (Unit 15) for the Kitchell Development Co. and the Lauth...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The AZ Federal Credit Union project Field Specimen (FS) Data sheet contains basic artifact data for the cultural material recovered in each PD unit. 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). Please note that a combination of a PD number AND FS number is necessary to identify an artifact specimen. The table then provides data on artifact type, lithic material (if applicable), lithic...

DATASET Maria Martin.

The AZ Federal Credit Union Testing Photography Log (PHOTO) Data sheet contains basic information about the photographs taken during this testing project at Pueblo Grande. The data set may be used to locate photographs for additional research. The photographs are curated at Pueblo Grande Museum.

DATASET Maria Martin.

The AZ Federal Credit Union Testing provenience designation (PD) data sheet summarizes the PD's excavated during the project's data recovery efforts. It is the master list for all excavated contexts in the AZ Federal Credit Union testing effort. It contains information about each PD and the features recorded during excavation.