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This report presents the results of archaeological investigations at AZ T:8:86 (ASM), a small Hohokam site located in the path of a proposed extension of 83rd Avenue in the City of Peoria. The project area is located in on Arizona State Trust Land, administered by the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD). The City of Peoria, on behalf of the Pivotal Group, applied to the ASLD for a 20 m (65 feet) wide right-of-way for the proposed extension (Application No. 16 104229). The archaeological work...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Albert H. Schroeder.

This document is letter from Regional Archaeologist Albert Schroeder to the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Superintendent. This 1864 letter portion is in regard to a communication from Charles Poston, who was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Arizona at the time. The letter was sent to Wm. P. Dole who was then the Commissoner of Indian Affairs. It is a general review of the condition of the Great House and a request for funds for excavation.

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This project contains documents relative to the 1892-1992 centennial of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument including a book and related documents and images from an administratve history of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument prepared by A. Berle Clemensen. Additional Documents include the scanned figures and images used in the publication. These documents were prepared for the National Park Service.

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These documents are a collection of administrative correspondence to and from Casa Grande Ruins National Monument between 1917 and 1930.

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This project includes images, documents and maps regarding yearly pageants held at Compound B at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument between 1926 through 1930.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harold S. Gladwin.

Harold Gladwin's 1928 Excavations at Grande Ruins includes Gladwins investigations in 1927 at Casa Grande Ruins, the Grewe site, and Adamsville. While still at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, Gladwin conducted excavations at sites along the middle Gila River in an effort to create a ceramic typology for the area.

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This project is documentation of excavations done at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument by Russell Hastings.

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This project includes compiled and scanned portions of reports from 1930-1940. Frank Pinkley, who was the superintendent of the Southwestern Monuments, frequently added a rumination portion to the Southwestern Monument reports. These ruminations provide a unique look into the personality, insight and sense of humor of Frank Pinkley

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This project contains hand drawn topographic maps from 1931. Due to the sensitive nature of this data, permission is required to access this data.

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This document is a detailed sketch and description of the shelter built over the Great House at the Casa Grande National Monument. The sketch and description detail the dimensions of the shelter along with materials used and the engineering firm, Allen Bros. Inc., Los Angeles, CA, that installed the shelter. The document also discusses difficulties encountered and the danger of damage to the Great House during construction.

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These images show various excavations related to the 1933 and 1934 Hastings CWA project at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The photographs detail many artifacts discovered along with pit houses. The photographs are poorly documented and do not list provenience of the excavations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Frank Pinkley.

This report discusses what was thought to be a "Throne" in a clan house at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.

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This report regards a feature in the clan house thought to be an adobe "throne". Pinkley's excavations in the 1920's revealed the "throne" may be a portion of wall that had eroded in such a way as to give the impression of a special seat.

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These images display the 1948 stabilization efforts on outer walls and buildings of Compound A at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Included are photographs of pre-stabilization, during stabilization and post stabilization. The photographs indicate the poor condition of structures prior to stabilization. The photographs also show the use and application of chicken wire to the structures.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Harold S. Gladwin.

This book regards the histories of the Southwest and its peoples from approximately 200 A.D. to 1450 A.D.

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These images are various division master plans for the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Included are topographic maps in reference to headquarter, interpretation, road and trail systems, archaeological base map, general utilities and general development. The information reflects a very comprehensive future endeavor to revamp the monument.

IMAGE H.A. Marsh.

These images are various division master plans for the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Included are topographic maps in reference to headquarter, interpretation, road and trail systems, archaeological base map, general utilities and general development. The information reflects a very comprehensive future endeavor to revamp the monument.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natt Dodge.

This document is a memorandum from the Regional Archaeologist of Santa Fe to the Superintendent of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It regards the April 1876 historic graffiti of Sheldon Jackson located in the Great House. It mentions a biography of Mr. Jackson written by a Mrs. Dodge.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roland Richert.

This document includes observations and recommendations from Roland Richert concerning the preservation of Compound B, a Hohokam compound site containing two platform mounds.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Martin T. Mayer.

This report references the stabilization of Compound B at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument done in April of 1967.

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This project contains architectural documentation prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk for the National Park Service. These documents were prepared as a deliverable under P.O. no 810060035. The sheets and images are also available in Wilcox and Shenk’s The Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by Davd Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

IMAGE David R. Wilcox. Lynette O. Shenk.

This image is a scanned document of architectural documentation of the Casa Grande Great House prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk. This project was prepared for the Western Archeological Center under P.O. PX810060035.

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This image is a 1979 view of the east exterior elevation of the Great House in compound A.

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This image is a 1979 view of the north exterior elevation of the Great House in compound A.

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This image is a 1979 view of the south to north cross section elevation of the Great House in compound A.

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This image is a 1979 view of the south exterior elevation of the Great House in compound A.

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This image is a 1979 view of the west exterior elevation of the Great House in compound A.

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This project contains scanned images of Architectural Documentation of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The documents were prepared by the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation at Ohio State University Columbus under the Direction of the National Park Service. The architectural documentation was prepared using terrestrial photogrammetry and a phototheodolite.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harold S. Gladwin.

This document includes correspondence between NPS archeologist John Andresen and Harold Gladwin on the location of Gladwin’s 1927 excavations within Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Due to the disclosure of site locations, this document requires permission to view

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This project contains architectural documentation prepared by David Wilcox and Charles for the National Park Service. The sheets and images are also available in Wilcox and Sternberg's "Additional Studies of the Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation.

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This document is a report regarding the radio carbon dating of the wooden beams used in the construction of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It was done through the National Park Service Purchase Order PX 8100-0-0076 P.O.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Gregory. Fred L. Nials. Patricia L. Crown. Lynn S. Teague. David A. Philips.

This volume presents the research design constructed to guide both the field work and analysis stages of the Las Colinas Project. It is the first in a series of seven volumes covering the project; the remaining volumes will document and interpret the substantive results of the research. The seven volumes are collectively designated as Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 162.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald A. Graybill. David A. Gregory. Fred L. Nials. Suzanne K. Fish. Charles Miksicek. Robert E. Gasser. Christine R. Szuter.

This volume is one of several substantive reports detailing the results of the 1982-1984 excavations at Las Colinas. This series of reports is collectively designated Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 162. The research design constructed to guide the investigations has been published as Volume 1. Other volumes deal with material culture, site structure, and the Mound 8 precinct. This volume presents the results of the environmental studies carried out as a part of project research.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David R. Abbott. Kim E. Beckwith. Patricia L. Crown. R. Thomas Euler. David A. Gregory. J. Ronald London. Marilyn B. Saul. Larry A. Schwalbe. Mary Bernard-Shaw.

The analyses of artifacts recovered during the 1982-1984 excavations at Las Colinas are described in this volume. Temporal variation was addressed using the traditional Hohokam chronology and the site-specific chronology defined in Volume 2. Spatial contrasts focused on distinctions between the Mound 8 assemblages and those of the surrounding residential area. A discussion of mortuary practices that emphasizes the nature of associated artifacts is presented in the final chapter.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Gregory. Barbara A. Murphy. William L. Deaver. Richard C. Lange. Martha Sullenberger. Christine R. Szuter. Mary Bernard-Shaw. Arthur W. Vokes. R. Thomas Euler. Charles H. Misicek. Marilyn B. Saul.

This is last of the seven volumes collectively designated Archaeological Series 162. In Part I of this volume, the provenience system used during the 1982-1984 excavations at Las Colinas and the computer procedures used in processing the enormous volume of data that resulted from those excavations are explained, and the results of some special analyses are presented. Artifact data are provided in tabular form in Part II. Other volumes in this series provide the project research design (Volume...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn S. Teague. William L. Deaver.

This is the sixth in a series of seven volumes reporting results of archaeological investigations at Las Colinas, a predominantly Sedentary and Classic period settlement on the Salt River within the boundaries of what is today urban Phoenix. Excavations at Las Colinas were funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, with the additional support of the University of Arizona during report preparation and publication phases of the project. Work was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Gregory. David R. Abbott. Deni J. Seymour. Nancy M. Bannister.

The principal focus of this volume is a reconsideration of the construction history and organization of the Mound 8 precinct at Las Colinas. Seven stages of mound construction were identified, with some changes in construction methods and mound configuration over time. As a consequence, Mound 8 provides a record of the transition from an earlier mound form, similar to some stages of the pre-Classic mound at the Gatlin Site, to a later form similar to patterns evident in other Classic period...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David A. Gregory. WIlliam L. Deaver. Suzanne K. Fish. Ronald Gardiner. Robert W. Layhe. Fred L. Nials. Lynn S. Teague. W. Bruce Masse.

In this volume the features and deposits discovered and excavated at Las Colinas outside the Mound 8 precinct are described. The nature of the sample recovered from Las Colinas, the chronology and history of the occupation, and the geomorphology and natural stratigraphy of the site area are covered in Chapters 1 through 4, providing the groundwork for the remaining chapters and for the other volumes in the report series. The major classes of features discovered at the site--structures,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John S. Cable. David E. Doyel.

This report will describe the results of archaeological salvage investigations at the prehistoric Hohokam site of Las Canopas, AZ T:12:16 (PGM), conducted by Pueblo Grande Museum between January 23 and February 28, 1986. Work at the site was initiated in response to notification made by a City of Phoenix, Engineering Department Inspector, Charley Marican, that prehistoric remains had been exposed in sewer line trenches at a construction site. Inspection of the museum site files indicated that...

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This project contains documents created during the University of Pennsylvania's conservation assessment program at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Resources within this project include: condition assessments, reports, architectural drawings, images, and other related documents. Project work began in 1996 and continued through 2000. This project was funded by the National Park Service under a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Pennsylvania #144CA125097001 and 7029-2-0001.

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The Tonto Creek Archaeological Project (TCAP) was conducted in the Tonto Basin of east-central Arizona on Tonto National Forest land. The project was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and conducted from 1992 through 1996, in advance of the realignment of Arizona State Route 188. The investigated area was a 61-m (200-ft) corridor that followed a 13.3-km (8-mi) stretch of the western terrace overlooking Tonto Creek. The project was divided into three sections based on the...

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2006 Aerial Image of Richinbar Ruin and Associated Racetrack

DOCUMENT Full-Text Will Russell.

The Arizona State University (ASU) 2007 field season at Perry Mesa lasted from January to May, 2007. Accompanying laboratory efforts are ongoing. Within this field season, archaeological survey efforts were focused on the area surrounding Pueblo la Plata. Additional survey work was conducted at Bull Tank Farm, Pueblo Pato and the interfluve located south of Pueblo la Plata where ecological control samples have been collected. This chapter relates specifically to architectural features and...

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This project contains ortho-rectified images created from 3D Lidar scanning & mapping. Images and maps are in multiple digital formats including PDF's and AutoCAD files. Work was completed by Western Mapping, a subcontractor of 4G Consulting. This project was funded by the National Park Service, Department of Interior, P.O. D8610080001.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark D. Elson. David J. Street. Jeffrey S. Dean. Michael H. Ort.

The tree-ring dating by Terah Smiley in 1958 of the eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano to the year A.D. 1064 was crucial to the interpretation of the archaeology, geology, and paleoecology of Wupatki and Sunset Crater Volcano National Monuments and the northern Southwest United States in general. Significantly, this was also the world's first calendrical dating of a prehistoric volcano eruption, creating a new application for tree ring data. The dating of the Sunset Crater eruption was based on...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian M. Fagan.

This chapter includes an analysis of the artifactual record that was recovered from the Gillespie Dam site 74-2 in Arizona. Through excavation for the project All American Pipeline artifacts included copper bells, fabric, shell, ground stone, bone, and carbonized plant remains.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Carlson. Jeanne Swarthout. Stan Freer.

This chapter discusses lithic artifacts recovered along the All American Pipeline. Along with a review of type of projectile points, it includes an analysis of the sourcing for obsidian for these projectile points.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carol Griffith.

All shell materials recovered from the AAPL project are included in this analysis. The shell assemblage consists of materials recovered from sites in four states along the pipeline path. Shell materials were recovered during both surface reconnaissance and later excavation. This is an incomplete chapter; missing pgs. 776-783.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew E. Hill, Jr..

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joanne C. Tactikos.

As authorized under the Arizona Water Settlements Act of 2004, the San Carlos and Irrigation Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project of its irrigation system. SCIDD is the non-Indian irrigation component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP), which provides irrigation water to the communities of Florence, Coolidge, and Casa Grande in Pinal County, Arizona. The Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) directed Archaeological Consulting...

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Archaeological fieldwork was conducted on Block 181, in the historic heart of downtown Tucson, at various times between 2003 and 2006. Work took place before and during the stabilization and restoration of the historic Siqueiros-Jácome House, built in the 1860s and 1870s. Work was also conducted in the backyard of the house and beneath an adjacent parking lot, once the location of the Dodge Boarding House (circa 1898-1954). Hundreds of features were located. Noteworthy were several Early...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd W. Bostwick. Douglas R. Mitchell.

The UMOM Additional Testing Project is located in Phoenix. The UMOM development project is a multi-phased development project that began in 2009 and involves the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing buildings, and the construction of multi-family housing and associated amenities. The project is on private property, but has received federal funding from Housing and Urban Development (HUD), so the effects of this undertaking on cultural resources have been considered in order to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Stubing. Douglas R. Mitchell.

Archaeological testing was conducted by SWCA, Inc. in September, 1998 within the Adamsville Ruin near Florence, Arizona. The site is a large Hohokam village containing a platform mound, ball court, numerous trash mounds, and a dense artifact scatter. The testing was done to assess the impact of replacing wood poles that are part of the Oracle-Coolidge 115 KV transmission line. The testing was done at the request of the Western Area Power Administration prior to replacement of three pairs of wood...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Mitchell. Peg Davis. Walter R. Punzmann. Lesley Rodriguez. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd..

In February 2017, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a site relocation effort (Mitchell et al. 2017) of 117 sites that had not been evaluated for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (Register). Fifteen sites were not relocated at the plotted site location or within 200 meters around the site boundary within the Central Arizona Project (CAP) ROW. It was decided that additional survey would be beneficial to determine if these sites were misplotted and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David R. Wilcox. Charles Sternberg.

This document contains architectural documentation prepared by David Wilcox and Charles Sternberg for the National Park Service.

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This is a collection of CAGR correspondence over time. This correspondence cover a wide variety of subjects including project proposals, project acceptance and project rejection. Their authors include superintendents, archaeologists, consultants and contractors.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James B. Rodgers.

The Flood Control District of Maricopa County has contracted separately for the production of a comprehensive plan that will eventually recommend alternatives for resolving certain hazardous flood control situations that presently exist in south-central Arizona. To assist in the development of that Adobe Dam-Desert Hills Area Drainage Master Plan, Scientific Archeological Services has just completed an assessment of all archeological sites known to occur in the resulting project area. This...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sam Henderson.

This report pertains to experimentation with amended adobe mixtures in an effort to find the most durable mix for stabilizing the Casa Grande Ruins. The amendment used was Bonell Soil Stabilizer. Various ratios of the stabilizer to water were mixed and mixed with caliche. A particular test area in Compound A was chosen. Results were analyzed, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were made.

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Aerial Image of Pueblo Pato, Outlying Structures, and Survey Boundary

IMAGE Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Aerial Image of Survey Areas Adjacent to Pueblo la Plata, Control Mesa, Bull Tank Farm/Fortified Garden, and Pueblo Pato

DOCUMENT Full-Text Todd Passick.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the agave surrounding three different pueblos located in the Agua Fria National Monument and to separate them into typologies which can then be compared to known species in the area to determine weather hyrbridiaztion had occurred. This analysis will help determine whether agaves on these three fields have been hybridized, either intentionally by early inhabitants, or by natural occurrences. This is done by placing the plants into groups based on...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Katie Johnson.

Many activities affect soil composition, wind, rain, volcanic activity, time, and mammals are just a few examples. Humans are one of the many organisms that affect soil; however they have a measurable impact in a short horizon of time compared to many of the other agents of soil formation. Human activities impact soil formation in many ways ranging from agricultural practices to building and mining, and even war. Understanding how agricultural processes impact the landscape is helpful as it...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa Kruse.

The prevailing interpretations of settlement patterns in the Perry Mesa region of central Arizona (ca. A.D. 1275-1400) focus on the defensive posture of the large aggregated villages. Other factors that may have influenced the locations of residential settlements, such as the distribution of agricultural land, have not been fully explored. This study addresses these issues by examining the relationship between residential site size and the distribution of agricultural land. The environmental...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Bibliographic references for research in the Agua Fria National Monument area

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Between October 1980 and February 1981, Northland Research, Inc. conducted an archaeological survey of undeveloped lands on the west half of the Ak Chin Indian Reservation (Ak Chin Community). In the slightly more than 7,000 acres surveyed, Northland field crews recorded 51 archaeological sites belonging to the prehistoric Hohokam and historic Papago cultures. Test excavations were undertaken at several of these sites, and the results demonstrate conclusively the presence of preserved subsurface...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul Shockey. Christopher Watkins.

Project Description: Archaeological ceramics were systematically collected from the surface of three archaeological sites (Richinbar Ruin, Pueblo Pato, and Pueblo La Plata) within the Agua Fria National Monument. The fieldwork was part of the National Science Foundation sponsored “Alliance and Landscape: Perry Mesa, Arizona in the Fourteenth Century” project (BCS-0613201), administered by Dr. David R. Abbott and Dr. Katherine Spielmann of the Arizona State University School of Human Evolution...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul Shockey. Christopher Watkins.

Archaeological ceramics were systematically collected from the surface of five archaeological sites (Las Mujeres [aka Squaw Creek Ruin], Big Rosalie, Polles Pueblo, Mercer Ruin, Ister Flat Ruin) within the Tonto National Forest. The fieldwork was part of the National Science Foundation sponsored “Alliance and Landscape: Perry Mesa, Arizona in the Fourteenth Century” project (BCS-0613201), administered by Dr. David R. Abbott and Dr. Katherine Spielmann of the Arizona State University School of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Anne I. Woosley. D. Carol Kriebel.

Our 1985 survey of the Willcox Playa environs resulted in a wealth of Archeological data, the findings of which are presented in the following chapters. We have added to the Archaic database from the Cazador through San Pedro stages of the Cochise sequence, and suggest a tentative Archaic settlement system integrated with local habitats and accompanying resources. Though it is a partial picture, the ceramic period settlement system is also beginning to emerge. Our knowledge of the early ceramic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert A. Benfer.

The Casas Grandes skeletal sample contains approximately 654 individuals. This excavated number represents one quarter or less of the probable total number of remains at the site. The collection arrived at The Physical Anthropology Laboratory of The University of Texas at Austin in 332 cardboard boxes. Many of the boxes were partitioned so that more than one individual was alloted to a box.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard A. Pailes.

The Fitch Site designated AZ:U:9:1 (ASU), is a Classic Period site of the Hohokam chronology. It is situated just north of Mesa, Arizona, on the second south terrace of the Salt River. The significance of the site to our knowledge of the Classic Period is in the fact that it is a small site consisting of a habitation structure with three rooms and connecting walls, the whole forming a compound unit. The emphasis of former research in this area had been on large sites such as Los Muertos and...

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Analytical Graphs and Data Derived from Rock Analyses from Transects at Pueblo la Plata

DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Analytical Graphs Derived from Artifact Analyses from Transects at Pueblo la Plata

DATASET Legacies on the Landscape Project, Arizona State University.

Analytical Graphs Derived from Woody Plant Analyses from Transects at Pueblo la Plata

DOCUMENT Full-Text Melissa Kruse-Peeples.

Understanding agricultural land use requires the integration of natural factors, such as climate and nutrients, as well as human factors, such as agricultural intensification. Employing an agroecological framework, I use the Perry Mesa landscape, located in central Arizona, as a case study to explore the intersection of these factors to investigate prehistoric agriculture from A.D. 1275-1450. Ancient Perry Mesa farmers used a runoff agricultural strategy and constructed extensive alignments,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Benham.

This image is a 1903 map of the Salt River Valley showing ancient canals and cities created by the Hohokam Indians. The map regards the excavations of H.R. Patrick between 1878 and 1905 and it was created for the Phoenix Free Museum.

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In March 1999, Desert Archaeology, Inc., was subcontracted by lnca Engineering to conduct archaeological testing along U.S. 70 between Safford and Thatcher at the behest of the Arizona Department of Transportation. Subsurface features associated with four prehistoric habitation sites (AZ CC:2:235, :289, :290, and :291 [ASM]), two prehistoric canal sites (AZ CC:2:296 and :297), and one late historic-period canal site (AZ CC:2:298) were identified. Except CC:2:291 that was removed from the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark L. Chenault. Douglas R. Mitchell.

The City of Phoenix requested that archaeological work be conducted at the location of the proposed Coral Pointe Apartments Project in Phoenix. The Project is on private property but will receive federal funding so the effects of this undertaking on cultural resources must be considered to comply with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. According to the City of Phoenix archaeological site files, several prehistoric canals cross the area of potential effect (APE). Although no...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Allen Dart. James P. Holmlund. Henry D. Wallace.

The greater Coyote Mountains archaeological district identified in this volume is located at the north end of the Altar Valley of Arizona and includes an extensive and varied complex of archaeological sites and features. These cultural materials are believed to represent the remains of one or more large, early-to-late Classic period (A D . 1150-1450) communities focused on at least 10 walled compounds-open spaces enclosed by adobe or masonry walls--interpreted as residential areas. Associated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian W. Kenny.

This research paper was prepared to assist Southwestern archaeologists working with rock features (e.g., trail shrines,cairns, claim monuments, etc).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel K. Newsome.

Between October 20 and 23, 2004, archaeologists from EnviroSystems Management, Inc. (EnviroSystems) conducted a Class III cultural resources inventory of 1,568 acres of private land between Coolidge and Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. The 1,568 acres are part of a 3,260-acre parcel proposed for residential development (the remaining 1,692 acres were not examined during this project because 442 acres of the parcel were under cotton cultivation at the time of the inventory and the other 1,250...

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Las Capas, AZ AA:12:111 (ASM), so named for its deeply stratified deposits, dates primarily to the San Pedro phase of the Early Agricultural period, circa 1200-800 B.C. Later, more sporadic occupation of the site extends from the Cienega phase (800 B.C.-A.D. 50) through the Hohokam sequence and the Protohistoric period. Occupation prior to approximately 2100 B.C. is suggested by several radiocarbon dates on maize found redeposited in younger contexts. Recent excavations at the site and its...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William S. Marmaduke. T. S. Hartzell.

In 1987, the Bureau of Reclamation directed Northland Research, Inc. to complete a Class I and III cultural resource literature search and survey for the proposed site of the Florence Water Treatment Plant and its associated delivery lines, an element of the Central Arizona Project located near the Salt-Gila Aqueduct. Three archaeological loci representing Hohokam use of the area were recorded in or near the project area. In order to evaluate the loci within the context of the intensive site...

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Under contract to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III survey of two canal alignments variously identified as the historic Utah Ditch or Utah Canal. Reclamation's original delivery order was for one alignment, but because of questions as to the actual location of the Utah Ditch, the survey area was expanded to include a second suspected alignment. Extensive archival research was completed to document the history and...

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Under contract to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III survey of two canal alignments variously identified as the historic Utah Ditch or Utah Canal. Reclamation's original delivery order was for one alignment, but because of questions as to the actual location of the Utah Ditch, the survey area was expanded to include a second suspected alignment. Extensive archival research was completed to document the history and...

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Under contract to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III survey of two canal alignments variously identified as the historic Utah Ditch or Utah Canal. Reclamation's original delivery order was for one alignment, but because of questions as to the actual location of the Utah Ditch, the survey area was expanded to include a second suspected alignment. Extensive archival research was completed to document the history and...

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This document summarizes the results of a phased archaeological data recovery program along a narrow pipeline corridor between the Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department’s existing Roger Road and Ina Road facilities. The work was conducted by Northland Research, Inc. prior to the installation of a new gravity-flow sewer line connecting the two wastewater facilities. Northland’s Pima County Plant Interconnect Project (PCPIP) investigated seven archaeological sites that have been...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Hackbarth. T Kathleen Henderson. Johna Hutira.

Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has conducted a cultural resources assessment of the Washington Park property for ANF Property Holdings, Inc. The property consists of a 25.2 acre lot located on the northeast comer in Phoenix, Arizona. The lot includes a portion of the Pueblo Grande archaeological site (AZ U:9:7[ASM]). The purpose of the Northland investigations was to provide an assessment of site preservation within the Washington Park property and to estimate the types and densities of...