Rock Alignment (Site Type Keyword)

Parent: Archaeological Feature

Group of rocks which appear to have some cultural association. Use for possible walls, wall-like phenomena, human produced architectural oddities, rock piles, etc.

451-475 (1,025 Records)

A Cultural Resources Survey of 19.21 Acres and Geotechnical Monitoring for the Proposed Construction of Cabins, Roads, and Parking Lot at Patagonia Lake State Park near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Grant Fahrni.

Arizona State Parks and Trails (ASPT) requested Logan Simpson conduct a Class III cultural resources inventory of approximately 19.21 acres located on the south side of Patagonia Lake within Patagonia Lake State Park, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The survey and monitoring were conducted to facilitate ASPT’s proposed plan to construct several cabins with associated access roads and a parking lot. The survey consists of two distinct project areas—one for the proposed development and one for a...


A Cultural Resources Survey of 3,100 Acres for the Bureau of Reclamation Near Apache Lake, Tonto National Forest, Maricopa and Gila Counties, Arizona (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Reese Cook

As required under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Reclamation’s Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) requested a Class III (intensive) cultural resources inventory of 3,100 acres of Reclamation withdrawn land. The project area consists of five continuous, irregularly shaped survey blocks located within the boundary of the TNF, on the north and south sides of the Salt river near the north end of Apache Lake.


A Cultural Resources Survey of 32.26 Miles (719 acres) of the Salt River Project Coronado to Silverking 500-kV Transmission Line, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Coconino and Navajo Counties, Arizona (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tina Hart. Chris North.

Salt River Project (SRP) requested that Logan Simpson Design Inc. (LSD) conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of a 32.26-mile-long and 180- to 200-ft-wide (719-acre) segment of federal land along the existing SRP Coronado to Silverking 500-kV transmission line. This survey was requested in advance of proposed vegetation maintenance activities within the project corridor. Vegetation maintenance will be performed with mechanical mowing equipment, mounted on a track hoe or a rubber-tired...


A Cultural Resources Survey of 72.4 Miles (1,755 Acres) within the Tonto National Forest for the Salt River Project Coronado to Silverking 500-kV Transmission Line in Gila and Pinal Counties, Arizona (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Reese Cook. David Bustoz. Erik Steinbach.

SRP requested that Logan Simpson conduct an intensive cultural resources survey of a 72.4-mile-long and 200-ft-wide (1,755-acre) segment of the SRP Coronado to Silverking 500-kV transmission line within the TNF and private land. This survey was requested for general inventory purposes and also in advance of proposed vegetation-maintenance activities within the project corridor. In addition, SRP may conduct maintenance or construction projects within the limits of the project corridor. Vegetation...


A Cultural Resources Survey of 84.3 Acres of Tonto National Forest and Private Lands for the SRP Silver King to Goldfield 230kV Upgrade, North of Superior, Pinal County, Arizona (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Bild.

SRP is planning to upgrade the current carrying capacity of 18.3 miles of the existing Silver King to Goldfield 230kV line. In order to accomplish this, SRP plans to “bundle” the existing 230kV conductors by adding a second conductor to each of the three existing single-conductor phases. To add the new conductors, SRP will need to re-open some original access roads, and the selected wire, puller, sleeving, and anchor sites used during the original 1978 line construction. The existing...


A Cultural Resources Survey of a 10.92 Mile Long by 200 Feet Wide Segment of State Route 87 Right-of-Way North of Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael M. Gregory.

During July 28 through August 2, 1991, Archaeological Research Services, Inc., performed a cultural resources survey within the State Route 87 right-of-way between mileposts 177.86 and 188.78. This 10.92 mile long by 200 ft wide survey corridor crosses Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community land between McDowell Road and Shea Boulevard north of Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona (U.S.G.S. Mesa, Ariz. 7.5' 1967/1972/1973; U.S.G.S. Sawik Mountain, Ariz. 7.5' 1964/1982; U.S.G.S. Granite Reef Dam,...


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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text M. Zyniecki. Thomas N. Motsinger.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing. Korri Turner. Erin Davis.

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...


A Cultural Resources Survey of Approximately 27 Miles of the Existing and Proposed New Alignment of State Route 88 Between Tonto National Monument and Claypool, Gila County, Arizona (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Barz.

Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) performed a Class m (Intensive Field Inventory) cultural resources (archaeological) survey within a 300-to-600 ft wide corridor through both previously surveyed and unsurveyed Tonto National Forest (TNF), Tonto National Monument administered by the National Park Service (NPS), Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), and private land for the proposed upgrade of State Route 88 (SR 88) between Roosevelt and Claypool, Gila County, Arizona (ADOT...


Cultural Resources Survey of Electric Line Rights-of-way Along Germann and Kenworthy Roads East of Queen Creek, Pinal County, Arizona (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text T Kathleen Henderson.

This report presents the results of a Class III cultural resources survey of right-of-way easements for 12 kV distribution and 69 kV subtransmission lines that will extend to the west from the Dinosaur Substation, located east of the town of Queen Creek on the western side of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal in northern Pinal County, Arizona (Figure 1). Most of the surveyed property is on Arizona State Trust Land administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD Right-of-Way...


Cultural Resources Survey of Existing and Proposed Access Roads Along the Bonneville Power Administration's Buckley-Summer Lake Transmission Line Corridor, Central Oregon (1981)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kathryn Anne Toepel.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Cultural Resources Survey of Madera Canyon and Archeological Area IV Project Areas, Kirtland Air Force Base (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ted M. Payne.

In 1982, Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. conducted an on-ground prehistoric and historical archaeological cultural resources survey within the Madera Canyon and Archeological Area IV Project Areas on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. A total of 18 cultural resources were located. Sixteen of these sites were affiliated with Amerindian cultures spanning the early Archaic through the Historic periods. The remaining two sites consisted of a probable historic mine shaft and the second...


Cultural Resources Survey of Supplementary Parcels Totaling Approximately 140 Acres Between Gilbert and Higley Roads for the Red Mountain Freeway, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter R. Punzmann. Holly S. DeMaagd.

As part of the Red Mountain Freeway project, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is adding supplementary right-of-way and temporary construction easements between Gilbert and Higley Roads in Mesa. Much of the new land was previously surveyed during examination of various proposed alignments for the road (Macnider et al. 1999). However, nine new parcels located on private land and Arizona state trust land administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD)...


A Cultural Resources Survey of the Barnes Property Near Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) partnered with the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) on the FMIC Irrigated Farmland Development Project to develop new agricultural fields in accordance with the stipulations set forth in the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 101-628). As part of the environmental mitigation for the loss of animal habitat near the Verde River, Reclamation acquired approximately 163 acres of land in Pima County,...


A Cultural Resources Survey of the Barnes Property Near Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona: Photo Log (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Jones.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) partnered with the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) on the FMIC Irrigated Farmland Development Project to develop new agricultural fields in accordance with the stipulations set forth in the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 101-628). As part of the environmental mitigation for the loss of animal habitat near the Verde River, Reclamation acquired approximately 163 acres of land in Pima County,...


A Cultural Resources Survey of the Barnes Property Near Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona: Photos (2002)
IMAGE Thomas Jones.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) partnered with the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) on the FMIC Irrigated Farmland Development Project to develop new agricultural fields in accordance with the stipulations set forth in the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 101-628). As part of the environmental mitigation for the loss of animal habitat near the Verde River, Reclamation acquired approximately 163 acres of land in Pima County,...


A Cultural Resources Survey of the Barnes Property Near Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Pima County, Arizona: Report (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Jones. Maralee Wernz. Shirley Powell. Lourdes Aguila.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) partnered with the Fort McDowell Indian Community (FMIC) on the FMIC Irrigated Farmland Development Project to develop new agricultural fields in accordance with the stipulations set forth in the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 101-628). As part of the environmental mitigation for the loss of animal habitat near the Verde River, Reclamation acquired approximately 163 acres of land in Pima County,...


A Cultural Resources Survey of the Bush Highway for the Bush Highway Overlay Project: Power Road to State Route 87 (2015)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Hoski Schaafsma. Diane Fenicle. Jill Heilman.

The Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is planning a pavement preservation project along the Bush Highway from Power Road to just south of State Route (SR) 87 (also known as the Beeline Highway), Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). MCDOT tasked EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) with cultural resource survey in advance of road improvement. The results of the survey are presented in this report.


Cultural Resources Survey of the Madera Canyon Road Extension/Department of Energy (DoE), Sandia Ranger District, Cibola National Forest, R-3 New Mexico (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John S. Hayden.

This report documents the performance and findings of an archaeological survey conducted on approximately 7.6 acres of the Sandia Ranger District. This survey revisited the AR 03-03-05-167 and found that there were no conflicts with the proposed project


Cultural Resources Survey of the McMillian Property Fire Line in Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel Garcia.

SRP Water Rights and Contracts requested that Biological and Cultural Resources (BCRS) inspect a portion of the McMillan Property, in Camp Verde, Yavapai County, to determine if any cultural resources are present and would be impacted by proposed vegetation management aimed at reducing wildfire risks. BCRS staff Daniel Garcia and Nina Grimaldi conducted the inspection on January 13, 2022. As a result of the survey, one archaeological site (McMillan-1, believed to be NA3528 or the Verde Ballcourt...


Cultural Resources Survey of Two Tracts, 20.6 Acres, for Sandia National Laboratories Containment Test Technology Facility Expansion, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven R. Hoagland.

An archaeological survey of approximately 20. 6 acres situated within two tracts of land, yielded no significant cultural resources. A small portion of the northeast corner of Tract One (approx. 0.46 acres) was previously surveyed by the Center of Anthropological Studies (Franklin and Neal 1981). No cultural resources were located within Tract One during this previous inventory. The current inventory resulted in the recordation of nine isolated occurrences (IOs), one in Tract One (IO #1) and...


Data Recovery at 4 Historic Mining Sites at Twentynine Palms McAgcc, San Bernardino County, CA. 60PP (1998)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Ralph Giles. Donald L. Hardesty.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Data Recovery at CTD#1 and NM-H-46-66 Adjacent to Captain Tom Dam, Navajo Nation, San Juan County, New Mexico: Report (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Walter R. Punzmann. Paige B. Florie. Teresa L. Pinter. Glenn S. L. Stuart. Deborah L. Ferguson. Joanne C. Tactikos. Thomas E. Jones. Robert J. Stokes.

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 Four Sites in Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Yavapai County, Arizona (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Karolyn Jackman Jensen. Barbara S. MacNider. Mac McDonnell. Jerryll Moreno. John Rapp. Teresa L. Hoffman.

A data recovery program was completed at four archaeological sites (AZ N:4:37 [NA 25,511], N:4:65 [NA 25,512], N:4:66 [NA 25,513], and N:4:68(ASM) [NA 25,514]) by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) for the Phase 3 Roadway Improvement Project (North Campground Facilities) at Dead Horse Ranch State Park (Park) (Figure 1.1). This program represents the last of a series of mitigation actions conducted for an undertaking sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and...


Data Recovery at Six Sites in the Proposed 66 Acre Desert Rose Development in South Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Banks L. Leonard. Brandie M. Stork.

Soil Systems, Inc (SSI) contracted with Beazer Homes Arizona Division to conduct archaeological data recovery at six prehistoric sites in the 66 acres Desert Rose project area at the base of South Mountain in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The sites at which data recovery was conducted were exclusively prehistoric sites (AZ T:12:100 [ASM], AZ T:12:102-105 [ASM], and AZ T:12:108 [ASM]). Sites where data recovery was not undertaken (AZ T:12:101 [ASM] AZ T:12:106 [ASM], and AZ T:12:107...