Late Colonial Period (Temporal Keyword)
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The monitoring and data recovery efforts described in this report were performed in conjunction with the city of Tempe's installation of three new irrigation water lines to support operation of the Ken McDonald Golf Course, located in Tempe, Arizona. The water lines were installed beneath the Western Canal; to do this, two bore pits were required at each of the three water line bridge locations. The initiate bore pits were excavated west of the canal and measure approximately 13- by 32-foot in...
An Archaeological and Historical Survey of Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia: Final Report and Appendices (1985)
An archaeological inventory was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to be justified. This...
An Archaeological and Historical Survey, Fort Lee (FL1985.001)
An archaeological inventory was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to be justified. This...
Archaeological Excavations at 38BU96, a Portion of Cotton Hope Plantation, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina (1990)
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Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad de Los Hornos: Lassen Substation Parcel (1990)
The archaeological investigations at the Lassen Substation were designed to address four primary research issues: 1) the structure of and changes in domestic household arrangements, 2) chronology and dating of the early Hohokam occupation at Los Hornos, 3) subsistence, and 4) architectural construction and variability. The methods employed during the excavation and the subsequent analyses were selected with these research objectives in mind.
Archaeological Investigations at La Lomita, AZ U:9:67 (ASM) (2004)
In conjunction with plans for a sewer line to be constructed by the City of Phoenix Water Services Department under east Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona, cultural resource data recovery was undertaken within a 3.9-acre portion of La Lomita, AZ U:9:67 (ASM). The site, located in south-central Arizona, is north of the Salt River within the Phoenix Basin. Additionally, construction monitoring was also conducted along portions of the sewer line south of the site boundaries, and irrigation...
Archaeological Investigations at Pueblo Viejo: The Paradise Palms Component Phoenix, Arizona (2000)
Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed archaeological testing of a 6.4 acre parcel of private land for the Paradise Palms II development. The purpose of the testing was to determine the nature, extent, and potential significance of buried cultural resources within the Paradise Palms II parcel. The testing was necessary because the housing development is partially located within the recorded boundary of Pueblo Viejo, a large prehistoric Hohokam settlement that is eligible for the...
Archaeological Investigations at the Outpost Estates II Parcel of AZ BB:10:59 (ASM)—An Early Agricultural Period San Pedro Phase Site in the Eastern Tucson Basin (2008)
In June 2005 and September-October 2005, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA), under contract with Outpost Development, conducted archaeological testing and data recovery at AZ BB:10:59 (ASM), located in the eastern Tucson Basin, near Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona. Outpost Development, which has subsequently sub-divided the 10-acre project parcel into nine individual house lots, a development known as Outpost Estates II, funded the archaeological excavations to comply with Pima County’s...
Archaeological Investigations in Northern Los Pozos, AZ AA:12:91 (ASM), for the Pima County Bleeder Channel Project, Pima County, Arizona (2014)
Pima County Wastewater proposed construction of a bleeder channel on a City of Tucson-owned parcel in Pima County, Arizona. The parcel is within the northern boundary of the prehistoric site of Los Pozos, AZ AA:12:91 (ASM), a National Register of Historic Places-eligible property dating primarily to the Early Agricultural period (1200 B.C.-A.D. 50). The channel was planned from a bridge culvert on an access road to the RWRD Sweetwater Reclamation Campus to an existing rip-rap drainage channel...
Archaeological Investigations: Arizona Nuclear Power Project, Salt River Project, Bureau of Land Management and Private Lands, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Investigations at NA15,137 and NA15,142: Two Sites Along the Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System (1979)
The Museum of Northern Arizona conducted archaeological investigations at two sites along the Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System, northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. NA15,137 is an extensive Hohokam sherd and lithic scatter dating to the late Colonial and Sedentary Periods. The remains indicate a seasonal occupation with an agricultural subsistence base. NA15,142 is the remains of a late 1920s to early 1930s homestead. Recovered material and archival research confirm these dates. Apparently...
Archaeological Investigations: Arizona Nuclear Power Project, Salt River Project, Bureau of Land Management, State, and Private Lands, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission System: An Intensive Survey of the Transmission Line and Access Roads (1977)
Seven archaeological sites and 26 isolated finds were recorded during a recent survey of the right-of-way and access roads for the proposed Palo Verde to Westwing Transmission Line. The sites ranged from Hohokam camps and special-purpose, limited activity sites to Anglo homesteads of the early 20th century. Other archaeological loci usually consisted of isolated sherds or a pot-drop, though one flaked tool and several pieces of ground stone were also found. The three prehistoric sites were...
Archaeological Research Design for the Proposed Rancho Sahuarita Development, Pima County, Arizona (1997)
This document constitutes a plan for the treatment of prehistoric and historic archaeological properties located within the bounds of the proposed Rancho Sahuarita Development, a 2,800-acre planned recreational and residential community being developed by Sharpe & Associates within the incorporated limits of the town of Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona. The purpose of the research design is to assure compliance by all aspects of the Rancho Sahuarita Development with all applicable Cultural...
Archaeological Testing and Data Recovery at AZ EE:1:221 (ASM) and EE:1:222 (ASM), Rancho Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona (1999)
Archaeological testing and data recovery was conducted at AZ EE:1:221 and :222 (ASM), two of several known Hohokam sites in and near the Rancho Sahuarita Block Plat. Both are Rincon phase habitation sites with pithouse, mortuary, extramural storage, and other remains. Located along the Santa Cruz River, they were farming hamlets within a larger, dispersed settlement. Archaeological testing was conducted at AZ EE:1:221 and :222 (ASM) November 9-20, 1998. On November 19, 1998, human remains found...
Archaeological Testing of a Water Pipeline Corridor Within AZ U:1:308 (ASM), Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona (1998)
This document presents the results of archaeological testing conducted to assess the impact of a proposed waterline on AZ U:1:308 (ASM). The project area is located in the Town of Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona. SWCA, Inc. conducted the testing at the request of United Homes, Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona to assess the nature and extent of the site within the proposed pipeline corridor. The testing was confined to the portion of AZ U:1:308 (ASM) within the proposed water pipeline corridor,...
Artifact Catalog, Archaeological and Historical Survey, Fort Lee (2011)
Aritfact catalog for the archaeological inventory that was conducted by MAAR Associates. Inc. at Fort Lee, Prince George County. Virginia. This study resulted in the identification of 99 prehistoric and historic sites. A total of 3609 acres was examined constituting a 66.7 percent sample of the facility including all area undisturbed by recent military activity. Initial projections of the resource base were largely confirmed, and the use of an environmentally-based sampling strategy was found to...
The Cortaro Road Site: 2800 Years of Prehistory in the Northern Tucson Basin (2005)
Between November 9, 2001 and May 31, 2002, SWCA archaeologists conducted a series of testing and data recovery investigations at the Cortaro Road Site (AZ AA:12:232 (ASM)) for Arizona Pavilions Development in the Town of Marana, Pima County, Arizona. This work was conducted to comply with the Town of Marana's regulations for a grading permit. Archaeological features dating to the Early Agricultural (pre-San Pedro, San Pedro, Early Cienega, and Late Cienega phases) and Early Ceramic (Tortolita...
A Cultural Inventory of the Proposed Granite Reef and Salt-Gila Aqueducts, Agua Fria River to Gila River, Arizona (1969)
One of several construction programs proposed for inclusion in the Central Arizona Project was a system of aqueducts to link Parker Dam on the Colorado River in western Arizona and the Charleston Damsite on the San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona. Since the possibility existed that archaeological remains might be destroyed by necessary subjugation of lands for the aqueduct, the Southwest Archaeological Center of the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, made arrangements...
A Cultural Inventory of the Salt River Indian Reservation, Arizona (1972)
This document consists of site descriptions for sites located on the Salt River Indian Reservation Lands. Those contributing content to the report include Gerald Bair, Susan B. Belt, Dav Buge, Thomas Cartledge, William G. Holiday, Susanne LaFollette, Minnabell E. Laughlin, Chad Phinney, Erwin R. Ray, Linda Richards, Helen P. Wells, Regge N. Wiseman, Robert York, and Betsy R. Zeligs.
Fish Canyon Survey (1988)
An archaeological survey of slightly more than 1.25 square miles (approximately 840 acres) of land located at the eastern edge of the Coronado National Forest (Nogales Ranger District) approximately 4.2 miles northwest of Sonoita has been performed by the Cultural Resource Management Division (CRMD) of the Arizona State Museum. The survey was done at the request of Genesis Real Estate and Development, Incorporated, as part of a proposed land exchange with the Coronado National Forest.
A Letter Report on Archaeological Testing on the Prologis Property at Pueblo del Alamo, Site AZ T:12:52 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2009)
The Cultural Resource Division of the Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Berger) was retained by ProLogis to conduct archaeological testing on private land for the subsequent sale and future development of 160 acres of farmland located at Lower Buckeye Road and 55th Avenue in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. This letter report details the results of the archaeological testing conducted on this property. Report revised September 4, 2009 and final report submitted September 30, 2009
Mesquite Flat Arizona Site Steward File (1997)
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Mesquite Flat site, comprised of a Hohokam village with accompanying artifact scatter, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site may have seen additional use by Southeastern Yavapai or Apache. The file consists of a site data form, two maps of the site location, an unlabeled site information form, and a preliminary inventory form. The earliest dated document is from 1987.
Migrants and Mounds: Classic Period Archaeology of the Lower San Pedro Valley (2012)
The results of archaeological research conducted as part of the Center for Desert Archaeology's (now Archaeology Southwest) San Pedro Preservation Project are presented in this volume. The fieldwork component of this project was conducted in the northern, or lower, San Pedro Valley from 1990 through 2001. Fieldwork included an extensive survey of the terraces overlooking the Lower San Pedro Valley floodplain (1990-1995). In the second phase of the project (1999-2001), test excavations were...
Mitigation Plan for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct (1979)
In 1978, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) directed the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) to complete an intensive archaeological survey of the proposed alignment for the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, a feature of the Central Arizona Project. The survey area was 11,115 acres and included the 60 mile-long transmission line (with a typical width of 200 meters), three proposed utility line locations, one flood retention dike location, 11 possible spoil or realignment areas, and a subsidence well....
A Research Design for Tucson Aqueduct, Phase B Data Recovery (1986)
In 1985, the Bureau of Reclamation directed the Cultural Resource Management Division of the Arizona State Museum to develop a research design for data recovery at 15 selected archaeological sites along the Phase B alignment of the Tucson Aqueduct portion of the Central Arizona Project. Phase B included Reaches 4, 5, and 6 of the alignment. The sample included five Hohokam settlement sites: Fastimes (AZ AA:12:384 [ASM]), Waterworld (AZ AA:16:94[ASM]), AZ AA:16:97(ASM), AA:16:104(ASM), and...
A Supplemental Class III Archaeological Survey of the Phase A, Reach 3 Corridor, Tucson Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project: Late Sedentary and Early Classic Period Tucson Basin Hohokam Occupation in the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin, Marana to Rillito, Arizona (1984)
Approximately 600 acres of additional right-of-way in Reach 3 were surveyed in late 1983 and early 1984. Fourteen new sites were identified, of which nine received ASM site numbers. The remaining five sites were not given an ASM site number, but merit reevaluation for assignment of a site number. This supplemental survey has altered considerably an earlier view of prehistoric occupation in Reach 3 that resulted from the original 1982 survey of the reach. Reach 3 now appears to pass through a...