Post Hole / Post Mold (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Archaeological Feature
One or more upright posts, remains of posts, or sockets usually associated with a larger feature or structure such as a building, fence, corral, stockade, pen, etc.
301-325 (762 Records)
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit...
Cultural Resources Assessment of 23 Archaeological Sites Located Along Reach 3 of the Fannin-McFarland Portion of the CAP Canal
The Bureau of Reclamation has developed an archaeological site database for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal main stem based on the Class III survey data that includes all previously recorded sites. An unknown number of these sites were either destroyed by construction or excavation, while others are no longer located within the CAP right-of-way (ROW). To assist Reclamation in checking the accuracy of its site database, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was asked to revisit...
A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for Range Upgrade Areas (MCA PN227) Range 6, 9, 11, 61, 65, 85 and 9300, Fort Dix, New Hanover and Plumsted Townships, Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey (1987)
The following report describes a cultural resources reconnaissance carried out in connection with the proposed upgrading of seven range areas at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Three of these areas (Ranges 6, 9 and 11, totalling 124 acres) are located in New Hanover Township, Burlington County. The remaining four areas (Ranges 61, 65, 85 and 9300, totalling 1026 acres) are located in Plumsted Township, Ocean County. These cultural resource studies were carried out by Hunter Research Associates under...
Cultural Resources Survey and Assessment of Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) From State Route 87 to US Highway 60 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (1997)
In conjunction with an Environmental Impact Statement analysis being 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. A Class I survey, or literature review, was first prepared for a 55-square-mile area to assist the initial alternative selection process. A Class III survey of all...
Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Peacekeeper Challenge Course, Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1992)
The following report summarizes the results of a Cultural Resources Survey of two parcels of land, totaling about 220 acres, for a proposed obstacle course - The Peacekeeper Challenge Course - on Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Cultural remains observed in and near the project area consist of a previously recorded site and a newly discovered site. LA 88087, recorded in 1988, consists of a low density scatter of historic trash probably dating to the 1930s. This...
Cultural Resources Survey for the SRP Palo Verde to Pinal West 500 kV Transmission Lines, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona (2007)
This report presents the results of Class III cultural resources surveys conducted for the Palo Verde to Pinal West Transmission Line Project. The work was sponsored by Salt River Project (SRP) in support of two proposed 500 kV transmission lines that will connect the existing Hassayampa Switchyard, west of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, and the proposed Pinal West Substation, western Pinal County, Arizona. The cultural resources studies described here include three previous archaeological...
A Cultural Resources Survey of 17.5 Miles of State Route 88, the Apache Trail, Between Apache Junction and Tortilla Flat, Pinal and Maricopa Counties, Arizona (1995)
Between April 15 and June 14, 1993, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. performed a cultural resources survey of State Route 88 (the Apache Trail). The right-of-way varies from 66 to 200 feet, but construction as-builts were not available. Therefore, the Arizona Department of Transportation requested that a 200 foot wide right-of-way be surveyed for the entire project length unless clearly marked property boundaries or other right-of-way indications were present. The 17.5 mile long survey...
Cultural Resources Survey of a Portion of Dead Horse Ranch State Park, and a Proposed Alignment for a New Access Road in Yavapai County, Arizona (1991)
An archaeological survey of a portion of Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Yavapai County, Arizona, was completed for the Arizona Department of Transportation and Arizona State Parks by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, under contract to Entranco Engineers, Inc., in July 1990. The project was undertaken for a proposed new access road to the park and a bridge across the Verde River as well as for proposed improvements within the park. Sites AZ N:4:18 (ASM) and AZ N:4:31 (ASM) had been formally...
A Cultural Resources Survey of Approximately 1,346 Acres of Private Land Within the Proposed Merrill Ranch Development Near Florence, Pinal County, Arizona (2004)
Carter & Burgess, Inc. (C&B) conducted a Class III, non collection cultural resources survey of approximately 1,346 acres of privately owned land within the proposed Merrill Ranch development, located northwest of Florence, Pinal County, Arizona (Figure 1). The survey was conducted at the request of Vanguard Properties as part of ongoing efforts to determine whether significant cultural resources exist within the Merrill Ranch development, prior to the proposed construction of...
Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl Archaeological Project
This archive contains all of the data derived from field research at the site of Dainzú-Macuilxóchitl in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico. This is a multi-year project consisting of intensive survey and mapping, as well as comprehensive excavations. The mapping and survey are designed to provide a detailed topographic map of the site and provide a basic temporal and spatial settlement description. Intensive excavations are focused on residential areas. This project has been financially supported...
Data Recovery at AZ EE:9:117, a Small Site along the Santa Cruz River North of Nogales, Arizona (2000)
The project along South River Road was conducted for Santa Cruz County prior to road improvements. The data recovery focused on a single site, AZ EE:9:117 (ASM), a small fieldhouse site along the Santa Cruz River, with a prehistoric and a historic-period component. The prehistoric component included two pithouse remnants, numerous extramural pits, and one unique mortuary feature. Dates recovered through several different methods suggest a long, low-intensity, prehistoric use of the site from...
Data Recovery at AZ T:12:413(ASM) for the Roeser Haciendas Development Project, Phoenix, Arizona (2016)
The site (AZ T:12:413[ASM]) was recommended as eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Avoidance to the site was not feasible so data recovery was conducted under an existing City-approved Plan, entitled “General Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Archaeological Projects Within the Boundaries of the City of Phoenix, Arizona” (Montero et al. 2008). A Supplemental Data Recovery Work Plan submitted to the City (see Mitchell 2011) was approved and implemented. As a...
Data Recovery at CTD#1 and NM-H-46-66 Adjacent to Captain Tom Dam, Navajo Nation, San Juan County, New Mexico: Report (2008)
At the request of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Bureau of Reclamation–Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) designed and constructed a new dam downstream of the existing Captain Tom Dam located near Newcomb on the Navajo Nation, San Juan County, New Mexico. Data recovery was conducted by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd., at two sites to mitigate the impacts of this undertaking. This report presents the results of the project. The radiocarbon dating report is available in the...
Data Recovery at Pinnacle Peak Village, AZ U:5:3 (ASU), Phoenix, Arizona (1997)
This report presents the results of archaeological data recovery conducted by SWCA, Inc. on a portion of Pinnacle Peak Village (AZ U:5:3 [ASU]), a large, Preclassic Hohokam site located in north Scottsdale, Arizona. The archaeological work was done at the request of Desert Troon Companies of Scottsdale, Arizona, owners of Troon Village, a residential development that includes portions of Pinnacle Peak Village. The project is located within Parcel 02 , a unit of Troon Village that is subject to...
Data Recovery Excavations at 38BU1419: A Historic Site on Belfair Plantation, Beaufort County, South Carolina (1996)
Site 38BU1419 was identified during the June 1994 survey of the Belfair Plantation Tract, conducted by Brockington and Associates, Inc. Testing to refine the site's NRHP status was conducted in October 1994. Artifacts recovered during testing suggested high status and considerable wealth for the site occupants. The site was recommended as eligible for the NRHP, and a data recovery plan was developed. Data recovery investigations were carried out in 1995. Archival research revealed the occupants...
Data Recovery Excavations at Dublin/Richmond Plantation, (Sites 9BN44, 9BN174, 9BN177), Bryan County, Georgia (2003)
Proposed development at the Ford Plantation L.L.C. will impact archaeological sites 9BN44, 9BN174, and 9BN177 (Dublin/Richmond Plantation). Archaeological survey (Wapora 1983) and testing (Whitley et al. 1999) investigations determined these sites contain significant archaeological research potential. Sites 9BN44, 9BN174, and 9BN177 are located within the Henry Ford National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) District (listed under Criteria B and C). These archaeological sites were also...
Data Recovery Excavations of the Carriage House, Greenhouse, and Greenhouse/Carriage House Well at Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts (2011)
Excavations and ground penetrating radar at Gore Place in Waltham, Massachusetts, examined the original 1793 carriage house site, the 1806 greenhouse, and the greenhouse/carriage house well, all associated with Christopher and Rebecca Gore. The carriage house was moved in 1968, and its cellar was filled at that time. Mechanical removal of the fill in a portion of the carriage house cellar revealed that the lower portion of at least the rear (north) foundation wall is well preserved along with...
Data Recovery for the 49ers Reclaimed Transmission Main Project, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2005)
The City of Tucson and Pima County have proposed installation of a reclaimed waterline along Speedway Boulevard in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. The line will affect several archaeological sites, and a data recovery plan (Elson 2004) recommended data recovery projects at three prehistoric sites — AZ BB:13:68 (ASM), AZ BB:13:123 (ASM), and AZ BB:14:4 (ASM). Monitoring was suggested as the appropriate mitigation at a fourth site, AZ BB:13:444 (ASM). Results of the data recovery excavations...
Data Recovery Investigations at 38BU165, Bloody Point, Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina (1995)
Data recovery investigations were carried out by Brockington and Associates, Inc., at archaeological site 38BU165 during January 1992. This work was conducted in compliance with federal and state legislation regarding impact to cultural resources as a result of development. Site 38BU165 is located at Bloody Point on the southern end of Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The proposed selling of lots for development would have resulted in impact to 38BU165. Mitigation of the...
Data Recovery Investigations at Waterford Plantation (38GE550) (2005)
"Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at portions of site 38GE550 in the Allston Bluffs tract, Georgetown County, South Carolina in February through April 2003....These investigations recovered considerable information about the colonial and antebellum occupations of 38GE550. We employed this information to address all of the research questions outlined in the approved Treatment Plan for 38GE550, as well as other issues that the data provided...
Data Recovery Investigations in the Marsh Lots of the Callawassie Burial Mound and Village Site (38BU19), Callawassie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina (1998)
Site 38BU19 is a large prehistoric site located on Callawassie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The two most pronounced features of 38BU19 is a burial mound and numerous shell middens scattered across the site; it has been assumed that the shell middens represent the remains of an associated village. The research potential of the site has been recognized for over 100 years, and the site has been recommended as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, at the national level...
Data Recovery Investigations of 30 Archaeological Sites at Talking Rock Ranch, Williamson Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona (2010)
This document details the data recovery results for mitigation of adverse effects to 30 archaeological sites within the 3,185-acre private development known as Talking Rock Ranch located approximately 17 miles northwest of Prescott in Williamson Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. EnviroSystems Management, Inc. conducted archaeological data recovery investigations at these sites at the request of Harvard Investments, Inc. (the landowner and developer). The development required an Individual Permit...
Data Recovery Investigations within the Northeast Portion of Pueblo Del Rio (AZ T:12:116[ASM]), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2011)
This report provides documentation for archaeological data recovery within a 6.9 acre parcel located near the northeastern edge of the prehistoric Hohokam village Pueblo del Rio (AZ T:12:116[ASM]). The work was conducted by Northland Research, Inc., for McCall & Associates prior to commercial development of the property. The purpose of the project was to collect information and analyze materials from a sample of features at the site. Features identified include three pit houses, a...
Data Recovery Plan for AZ U:10:123 (ASM) Within the Proposed Red Mountain Freeway Corridor, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2000)
This document presents a data recovery plan to mitigate adverse effects to cultural resources within AZ U:10:123 (ASM) that will result from construction of the proposed Red Mountain Freeway (RMF), Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). The data recovery will be completed by Entranco, and was requested by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). The project is to be completed as part of the...
Developing Perspectives on Tonto Basin Prehistory (1992)
This monograph is a collection of papers presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans. These papers present preliminary results after two years of work on the eight year mitigation program investigating Salado Platform Mound Villages in the Tonto Basin, Arizona. Each paper constitutes an individual chapter. They include: 1. Introduction 2. Pursuing Southwestern Social Complexity in the 1990s 3. Modeling the Development of Complexity in the...