This collection serves as a digital archive of archaeological investigations carried out by faculty, staff, and students from the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.
The collection includes resources from projects around the globe and includes documents, images, and data.
SHESC strives to meet the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsible, Ethical) principles of data stewardship.
Site Name Keywords
Swarts •
Mattocks •
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument •
Eby •
Perry Mesa •
Pueblo Grande •
AZ U:9:1(ASM) •
AZ U:9:7(ASM) •
Jan-79 •
Flying Fish - LA 37767
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Archaeological Feature •
Domestic Structures •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Artifact Scatter •
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features •
Settlements •
Pit •
Agricultural or Herding
Other Keywords
MimPIDD •
Ceramic Analysis •
Artifact Analysis •
Pollen Analysis •
Salt River Project •
SRP •
Archaeological Monitoring •
OBAP •
Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project •
EMVPP
Culture Keywords
Mogollon •
Mimbres •
Hohokam •
Historic •
Huhugam •
Ancestral Puebloan •
Archaic •
Salado •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American
Investigation Types
Collections Research •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Systematic Survey •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Archaeological Overview •
Historic Background Research •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Architectural Documentation
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Ground Stone •
Fauna •
Shell •
Macrobotanical •
Dating Sample •
Mineral •
Wood •
Pollen
Temporal Keywords
Early Mogollon Pithouse Period •
Late Mogollon Pithouse Period •
Mimbres Reorganization Phase •
Black Mountain Phase •
Classic Mimbres Period •
Classic Period •
Prehistoric •
Sedentary Period •
Historic •
Pueblo IV
Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) •
United States of America (Country) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
USA (Country) •
US (ISO Country Code) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
Maricopa County (County) •
Palomas Drainage •
Southwest New Mexico •
Eastern Mimbres
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 5,001-5,100 of 5,282)
- Coding Sheets (119)
- Datasets (398)
- Documents (2,062)
- GIS (14)
- Images (2,537)
- Ontologies (13)
- Projects (139)
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Settlement History Along Pinal Creek in the Globe Highlands, Arizona, Volume 4: Synthesis and Conclusions (2006)
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As part of the State Route 88-Wheatfields (SR 88-Wheatfields) project, Archaeological Consulting Services, Inc., (ACS) was provided the opportunity to investigate portions of 20 prehistoric and historic archaeological sites in the Globe Highlands of central Arizona (Figure 1, Table 1). These resources represented a broad spectrum of the cultural trajectory that distinguished this region, extending from the Late Archaic-Historic periods. Most sites were occupied between the Late Formative and...
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Settlement Patterns, Source-Sink Dynamics, and Artiodactyl Hunting in the Prehistoric U.S. Southwest (2012)
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Numerous studies in the US Southwest suggest that prehistoric artiodactyl populations in areas of dense human settlement experienced population reductions which substantially reduced their availability to human hunters. Although most assemblages from villages in this region are dominated by lagomorphs, some settlements maintained greater access to artiodactyls. Factors influencing this variability include both local settlement history and settlement location relative to productive source areas...
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Settlement Trends in the Middle San Pedro Valley: A Cultural Resources Sample Survey of the Fort Huachuca Military Reservation (1990)
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The results of an 8,600-acre survey on the Fort Huachuca Military Reservation are presented. This survey was conducted as part of a larger inventory project, which in total encompassed 12,000 acres of the 73,000-acre fort. The report focuses on two objectives: presenting the descriptive results of the 8,600-acre survey and integrating the results from all surveys conducted on Fort Huachuca into a predictive model of prehistoric site location. The survey design had three main components. First,...
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Settling the Salt River Floodplain: Perspectives from the Community Noise Reduction Program, Phoenix, Arizona (2016)
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Archaeological and historical studies were undertaken by Desert Archaeology, Inc., selected and procured via a professional services procurement process approved by the FAA, to address legal compliance of the City of Phoenix Community Noise Reduction Program (CNRP) with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The purpose of the CNRP is to offer noise mitigation services to residential neighborhoods most severely impacted by noise from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The...
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SHA ceramics (DAI) (2001)
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Ceramic data from the Sky Harbor excavations by Desert Archaeology, Inc in 2000. Loci related to the Dutch Canal Ruin.
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Shaping Space: Built Space, Landscape, and Cosmology in Four Regions (2010)
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In this article, the authors seek to understand cosmological expressions in architecture and the built landscape in Mesoamerica, Northern Mexico, the US Southwest, and the US Southeast.
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The Shaw Butte Hilltop Site: A Prehistoric Hohokam Observatory (1996)
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The Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona was once occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam, a group of agriculturalists who constructed thousands of kilometers of irrigation canals as well as public architecture, including platform mounds and bailcourts. They also appear to have been keen astronomical observers, although the subject of Hohokam archaeoastronomy remains underexplored. This paper summarizes previous Hohokam archaeoastronomy studies, discusses O'odham (Piman) Indian calendar systems,...
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Shelltown and the Hind Site: A Study of Two Hohokam Craftsman Communities in Southwestern Arizona, Volume 2: Appendices (1993)
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Shelltown and The Hind Site were excavated as part of the construction of the Santa Rosa Canal, a large distribution aqueduct intended to bring water to several irrigation districts and two American Indian communities in central Arizona, and also as part of the fabrication of the delivery canals for the Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation and Drainage District, which is one of those recipient districts. The Santa Rosa Canal originates at the Tucson A Division of the main CAP aqueduct a little...
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The Silverbell Golf Course Data Recovery Project, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2007)
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Desert Archaeology, Inc., conducted data recovery at the Silverbell Golf Course, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, in anticipation of renovations to the golf course. The work was undertaken in 2005, at two known archaeological sites within the project area: AZ AA:12:93 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:95 (ASM), as well as in an interstitial area between the two sites. During data recovery, two additional archaeological sites were encountered — AZ AA:12:980 (ASM), a Historic era ditch identified previously, and AZ...
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Similarity in Design Symmetry and Style Between Trincheras Rock Art and Hohokam Ceramic Design: Implications for Parallel Meanings (1986)
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There are petroglyphs from Cerro Calera, Caborca, Sonora whose stylistic structure indicates planning and characteristics identical to banded patterns found on Hohokam pottery. Symmetry is used to make formalized descriptions and comparisons between this Trincheras rock art and Hohokam ceramic two-dimensional patterns. The quality of planning of the petroglyphs is used to describe the derivation and context of the designs. Specific similarities between rock art and pottery design are identified...
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Site Boundary Identification Testing in Northern Los Pozos AZ AA:12:91 (ASM), for the Pima County Flood Control Drainage Channel Extension, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2017)
DOCUMENT [not managed] Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
In 2013, Pima County planned to construct a temporary channel in a small City of Tucson parcel along the northwestern margin of Los Pozos, AZ AA:12:91 (ASM). A limited data recovery program conducted in the parcel revealed a new portion of a known paleochannel complex related to the Santa Cruz River eastern floodplain and a small area with Hohokam era features, including several burials and a possible ceramic kiln. The discovery of these significant cultural features, with the potential to...
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Site Survey, Casas Grandes River Valley, Chihuahua, Mexico (1972)
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Correspondence between Eleanor M. Carey and The Amerind Foundation, Inc. including two reports and a site survey written by her late husband, Dr. Henry Ames Carey. Both reports, 1953 and 1954, are of the Casas Grandes culture in Chihuahua, Mexico. The site survey is from the Corralitos Ranch.
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Site Survey: Whetten Pueblos, Piedras Verdes, Chihuahua (1969)
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Notes, maps, and correspondence regarding the Bert Whetten Ranch.
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The Sky Harbor Project, Early Desert Farming and Irrigation Settlements, Archaeological Investigations in the Phoenix Sky Harbor Center, Volume 3: Pueblo Salado (1995)
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Investigations at Pueblo Salado were part of the data recovery phase for the Phoenix Sky Harbor Center Project, sponsored by the City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development Department. Pueblo Salado (AZ T: 12:47, ASM) lay within the southern half of the Phoenix Sky Harbor Center. During the testing phase and previous work by SWCA and BRW (1989), archaeologists examined the available areas using systematic and judgmental trenching. Project investigators based their data recovery efforts on...
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The Sky Harbor Project, Early Desert Farming and Irrigation Settlements, Archaeological Investigations in the Phoenix Sky Harbor Center, Volume 4: Special Studies, Synthesis, and Conclusions (1996)
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This volume, which presents the results of special studies, a project synthesis, and overall conclusions for the Phoenix Sky Harbor Center archaeological investigations, is the last of four. The City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development Department sponsored the project, which was coordinated by Mr. Robert J. Wojtan of the City of Phoenix and David H. Greenwald of SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants. The project area, approximately 800 acres located immediately west of Phoenix Sky...
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Small Site Analysis in the Southwest: A Comparative Analysis of Two Communities on Perry Mesa, Arizona (2007)
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Landscapes across the American Southwest are littered with prehistoric structures of less than 10 rooms used for a variety of functions – from seasonal field houses, to storage, to year-long residences, to boundary markers. These structures, while largely ignored in much of the archaeological literature, can provide information on the human impact across an entire landscape, instead of simply focusing on the pueblo itself or on the agricultural fields. How, then, can these small architectural...
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The Sobaipuri Indians of the Upper San Pedro River Valley, Southeastern Arizona (1953)
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This report is an attempt to combine the ethnohistory of the Sobaipuri with archaeological findings. By using the descriptions of these natives penned by their Spanish contemporaries I have endeavored to correlate the archeological remains found at the Sobaipuri sites. To define this effort I have taken the liberty to coin the word "archaeohistory." Each chapter is a complete unit within itself, containing an introduction, a description of materials, and a summary. The other chapters will...
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Social Differentiation at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua Mexico: An Archaeological Analysis of Mortuary Practices (1984)
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Excavations at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico have produced 576 burials dating between the 12th and 14th centuries. Social differentiation was investigated among Casas Grandians by analyzing a series of burial attributes defined from the society's mortuary program. An attempt was made to determine the manner degree to which social life at Casas Grandes was hierarchically structured during the Medio Period (ca. A.D. 1060 to 1340). Specifically, the hypothesis that Casas Grandes was organized on...
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The Social Significance of Mimbres Painted Pottery in the U.S. Southwest
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Supporting data for "The Social Significance of Mimbres Painted Pottery in the U.S. Southwest" by Michelle Hegmon, Will G. Russel, Kendall Baller, Matthew A. Peeples, and Sarah Striker. (2021) American Antiquity 86(1):23-42. doi:10.1017/aaq.2020.63 All of the data for this article are derived from the Mimbres Pottery Images Digital Database (MimPIDD) at https://core.tdar.org/collection/22070/mimbres-pottery-images-digital-database-with-search. Data for specific analyses are compiled in...
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Soil Compaction Data from Pueblo la Plata, Pueblo Pato, and Richinbar Ruin (2004)
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Soil Compaction Data from Pueblo la Plata, Pueblo Pato, and Richinbar Ruin
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Soil Sample Analysis (1988)
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This document is a report regarding soil analysis and breakdown of damage caused to Compound walls. The soil analysis seeks to find the optimum combination of properties favorable to ruin repair and stabilization. Soil analysis methods and results are outlined within this report.
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Soil Sediment Data from Pueblo la Plata, Pueblo Pato, and Richinbar Ruin (2004)
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Soil Sediment Data from Pueblo la Plata, Pueblo Pato, and Richinbar Ruin
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Soil Systems, Inc. Cremation Summaries for the DMB/Pueblo Grande Project (1997)
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Data regarding grave form, dimensions, integrity, & placement of human remains within the feature were collected in the field by burial excavators using Soil Systems, Inc.'s cremation summary form. This form & coding sheets derived from it can also be found in tDAR. Bone mass data were collected in the lab by one of SSI's osteologists. Five cremations were excavated during this project. All remains & associated artifacts were repatriated to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
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Soil Systems, Inc. Cremation Summaries from the Kitchell & Lauth/Pueblo Grande Projects (2011)
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Data regarding the grave form, dimensions, integrity, & placement of human remains within the feature were collected in the field by burial excavators using Soil Systems, Inc.'s cremation summary form. This form & coding sheets derived from it can also be found in tDAR. Bone mass data were collected in the lab by one of SSI's osteologists. Twenty-seven cremations were excavated during this project. All remains & associated artifacts were repatriated to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Inhumation Summaries for Kitchell & Lauth/Pueblo Grande Projects (2011)
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These data were recorded in the field by burial excavators using Soil Systems, Inc.'s inhumation summary form. This form & coding sheets derived from it can be found in tDAR. Types of data collected included variables related to grave form & dimensions, position & orientation of the human remains contained within, and integrity of the feature & associated human remains. Fourteen inhumations were excavated during this project. All remains & associated artifacts were repatriated to the Salt River...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Inhumation Summaries for the DMB/Pueblo Grande Project (1997)
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These data were recorded in the field by burial excavators using Soil Systems, Inc.'s inhumation summary form. This form & coding sheets derived from it can be found in tDAR. Types of data collected included variables related grave form & dimensions, position & orientation of the human remains contained within, & the integrity of the feature & associated remains. Fifty-seven inhumations were excavated during this project. All remains & associated artifacts were repatriated to the Salt River...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande Age at death coding sheet
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Age categories used in demography/paleopathology data sets from Soil Systems, Inc.'s Pueblo Grande projects that post-date the Hohokam Expressway Project and involved private lands.
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande AZFCU Cremation Summary (2003)
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This dataset contains information regarding the only cremation found on this project.
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande AZFCU Unit 13 BG20 Paleopathology & Demography dataset (2003)
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This dataset contains demographic and health data regarding individuals recovered from burial features from this project.
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande AZFCU Unit 13 Inhumation Summaries (2003)
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This dataset contains information regarding inhumations (all subfeatures of a single burial feature) found during this project.
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande Burial Time Period Assignments Coding Sheet
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Assigning burials from Pueblo Grande to time periods was accomplished solely through ceramic seriation using data collected by Dr. David Abbott and methods developed by him (Abbott et al. 1994) during the Hohokam Expressway project. The ceramic seriation method used information about the burial ceramics' temper, vessel form, and pottery type (e.g., red ware, red-on-buff, polychrome). The burials were identified as “Early” or “Late” because assignment to a particular cultural phase based on...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande Burial Types Coding Sheet
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Burial type categories used in the demography/paleopathology data sets from Soil Systems, Inc.'s Pueblo Grande projects that post-date the Hohokam Expressway Project and involved private lands.
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande DMB BG19 paleopathology & demography dataset (1997)
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Pueblo Grande demography/paleopathology data sets are by burial group (BG) under each project heading. If the burial group for a feature is unknown, the data are identified only at the project area or stripping area level. Data contained include age, sex, stature, and presence/absence of various indicators of stress and infectious disease listing elements affected. Stature estimates (when preservation allowed for measurements of femur and/or tibia length) were calculated using corrected...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande DMB BG25 Demography & Paleopathology dataset (2011)
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Pueblo Grande demography/paleopathology data sets are by burial group (BG) under each project heading. If the burial group for a feature is unknown, the data are identified only at the project area or stripping area level. Data contained include age, sex, stature, and presence/absence of various indicators of stress and infectious disease listing elements affected. Stature estimates (when preservation allowed for measurements of femur and/or tibia length) were calculated using corrected...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande DMB Unknown BG demography & paleopathology dataset (2011)
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Pueblo Grande demography/paleopathology data sets are by burial group (BG) under each project heading. If the burial group for a feature is unknown, the data are identified only at the project area or stripping area level. Data contained include age, sex, stature, and presence/absence of various indicators of stress and infectious disease listing elements affected. Stature estimates (when preservation allowed for measurements of femur and/or tibia length) were calculated using corrected...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande Kitchell BG 35 demography & paleopathology dataset (2011)
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Pueblo Grande demography/paleopathology data sets are by burial group (BG) under each project heading. If the burial group for a feature is unknown, the data are identified only at the project area or stripping area level. Data contained include age, sex, stature, and presence/absence of various indicators of stress and infectious disease listing elements affected. Stature estimates (when preservation allowed for measurements of femur and/or tibia length) were calculated using corrected...
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Soil Systems, Inc. Pueblo Grande Sex Identification Coding Sheet
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Sex categories used in the demography/paleopathology data sets from Soil Systems, Inc.'s Pueblo Grande projects that post-date the Hohokam Expressway Project and involved private lands.
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Soils Data from Excavations at Site 04-761 (Note: UTM Coordinates are Incorrect) (2004)
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Soils Data from Excavations at Site 04-761 (Note: UTM Coordinates are Incorrect)
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South Wall Stabilization (2002)
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This document contains a form for the assessement of actions in regard to impact on cultural resources along with correpondence for the issue. This concerns erosion on the south wall of the Great House in Compound A at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The proposed project seeks approval to stabilize loose material along this south wall.
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Southern Arizona the Last 12,000 Years: A Cultural-Historic Overview for the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (1994)
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This report presents an overview of the prehistoric and historic archaeological resources in the proposed Western Army National Guard Aviation Training site (WAATS) in south-central Arizona prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (COE). The purpose of this overview was to provide WAATS with a Class I Survey representing the initial step in the assessment of potential impacts to cultural resources in this large region as a result of helicopter over flights and landings...
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Spanish Contact (1982)
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The principal institutions of Spanish contact were, as elsewhere on the Spanish frontier, the mission, the mine, the hacienda, and the military. The mission contact situation, handled by the religious arm of Spanish administration, will be discussed more fully in later pages. The few sections that follow immediately here are an attempt to sketch some aspects of the non-mission aspects of seventeenth and eighteenth-century north Mexican society in order to give a more complete picture of the...
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Spanish Missionization and Puebloan Food Resource Utilitization at Quarai Pueblo, New Mexico (1997)
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A Spatial Analysis of the Hohokam Community of La Ciudad (1987)
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Of the many valleys in the southern desert of Arizona, the prehistoric Hohokam concentrated the largest and greatest of their communities in the Phoenix basin. It was here that they constructed the most elaborate and extensive of their canal networks. Their success drew on two unique characteristics of the basin environment. The first was the Salt River; the most competent and consistent source of water in the southern desert, it surpasses five-fold the volume and capacity of the Gila River to...
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A Spatial Analysis of the Level of Constructedness of the Small Sites around Pueblo la Plata and Pueblo Pato (2007)
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The level of constructedness of archaeological sites can provide insight into the amount of planning, labor and time invested into building structures. Further understanding into the time, labor and planning invested into architecture can allow for inferences to made on the residential mobility of the population, intensity of surrounding land use and social importance assigned to each pueblo (Cameron 1999). This paper will explore and compare the architectural constructedness of small sites...
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Specialized Studies in the Economy, Environment and Culture of La Ciudad Part III (1987)
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This volume presents the results of a set of diverse studies into special data sets from the site of La Ciudad. La Ciudad is one of the large Hohokam ruins within the network of prehistoric irrigation canals in the Phoenix basin (Figure A). It lies on the north side of the Salt River, midway along a canal system that originates at Pueblo Grande and extends a distance of seven miles to Las Colinas. La Ciudad is composed of multiple loci dispersed along the banks of four canals, and covers about...
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Specialized Studies in the Economy, Environment and Culture of La Ciudad Parts I and II (1987)
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This volume presents the results of a set of diverse studies into special data sets from the site of La Ciudad. La Ciudad is one of the large Hohokam ruins within the network of prehistoric irrigation canals in the Phoenix basin (Figure A). It lies on the north side of the Salt River, midway along a canal system that originates at Pueblo Grande and extends a distance of seven miles to Las Colinas. La Ciudad is composed of multiple loci dispersed along the banks of four canals, and covers...
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Spring 2004 Architecture Studies at Pueblo La Plata (2004)
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Studies of the architecture of Pueblo La Plata, particularly room construction sequences, formed one component of the Legacies on the Landscape project research in 2004. The goals of this portion of the project were to improve our understanding of how the pueblo was built, and to gain a sense of population size and changes over time. In particular, we wished to determine whether a sizeable core area of rooms (representing the first construction phase of the pueblo) was visible, and whether the...
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SR 260-Payson to Heber Archaeological Project: Results of Archaeological Testing and a Plan for Data Recovery at the Ponderosa Campground Site, AZ O:12:19 (ASM)/AR-03-12-04-1159 (TNF) (2002)
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This report details archaeological testing and data recovery plan for the widening of State Route 260 (SR 260) project from Payson, Arizona, to Heber, Arizona. The construction occurred along 45.8 mi of highway between Mileposts (MP) 256.2 and 302. Archaeological sites were identified in the western 22 mi of highway below the Mogollon Rim on Tonto National Forest (TNF) land. Construction is being staged in six segments. From west-to-east, these segments are: Lion Springs, Preacher Canyon, Little...
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SR 260-Payson to Heber Archaeological Project: Results of Archaeological Testing and a Plan for Data Recovery in the Little Green Valley Segment (2002)
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State Route 260 (SR 260) from Payson to Heber, Arizona, is scheduled for realignment and improvement by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) over the next several years. This includes construction of 45.8 mi of highway between mileposts (MP) 256.2 and 302. Archaeological sites are found in only the western 22 mi of highway below the Mogollon Rim. Construction below the Mogollon Rim is being staged in six segments; from west-to-east, these segments are: Lion Springs, Preacher Canyon,...
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Stabilization at the Romero Ruin (AZ BB:9:1 [ASM]) (1993)
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In March and April 1993, a preservation/stabilization assessment plan was developed and subsequent stabilization of the Romero Ruin (AZ BB:9:1 [ASM]) was conducted by Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) under contract to the Center for Desert Archaeology and Catalina State Park. The architectural recording forms were completed in conjunction with minimal excavation from April 5 through April 23. The actual stabilization occurred from May 3 through May 14. The Romero Ruin is a Hohokam site with an...
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Stabilization Procedure and Equipment (1980)
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This document is a detailed description of the materials needed and procedures outlined for stabilization of prehistoric structures at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Featured is a mixing procedure that includes the formula mixture of amendment, soils and sand. There are details of application timing and consequences in mixing and applying incorrect mix formulas.
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Stabilization Records, Compound B, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 031 (1958)
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This report is a record of the stabilization of north, south, east and west walls of Compound B at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
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STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM LA CIUDAD, AZ T:12:1 (ASM), PHOENIX, ARIZONA (2013)
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La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[AMS]), a large and complex Hohokam village, is situated within the north-central portion of the Phoenix Basin. This site is located on the lower alluvial fan of Camelback Mountain with Papago Butte to the east and the Salt River to the south. Ten soil samples from pit house and hearth feature contexts of Locus 2 and 3 were submitted for starch analysis.
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State Route 260 - Payson to Heber Archaeological Project: Results of Archaeological Testing at Indian Garden, Gila County, Arizona (2005)
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State Route (SR) 260 from Payson to Heber, Arizona, is currently being realigned and improved, in sections, by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). The overall SR 260 project includes construction of 45.8 miles of highway between mileposts 256.2 and 302. Archaeological sites are found only in the western 22 miles, on Tonto National Forest land below the Mogollon Rim. Construction is being staged in six segments, including (from west to east): Lion Springs, Preacher Canyon, Little...
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Statistical Documentation for Neutron Activation Analysis Compositional Group Assignments (2018)
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This document provides detailed information on the statistical procedures used to produce compositional groups from NAA data in the greater Cibola region sample, as well as table documenting statistical assessments of those groups. This document accompanies: Peeples, Matthew A. (2018) Connected Communities: Networks, Identity, and Social Change in the Ancient Cibola World. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, AZ.
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Strontium (Sr) Isotope Analysis and Provenance of Construction Wood at Wupatki Pueblo (NA 405), in Northern Arizona (2011)
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Strontium (Sr) isotope analyses of construction wood from the prehistoric Wupatki Pueblo in northern Arizona was undertaken to identify the source of the wood, given that Wupatki is located 20-30 km north of areas where suitable high elevation pine and fir trees are found. Unfortunately, due to the presence of high levels of blown-in dust, the Sr analysis of potential wood source areas could not distinguish between them, negating this research. A secondary goal was to investigate the possibility...
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Structure and Organization at La Ciudad (1987)
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The last decade has seen a quantum leap in our understanding of the Hohokam. From those first days of defining the Hohokam as a cultural entity, great strides have been taken in describing their subsistence and settlement systems, explicating core-periphery relationships, and modeling the processes of Hohokam development, expansion, and decline. And yet, the old adage “the faster we go, the further behind we get” seems particularly descriptive of the current state of Hohokam archaeology. While...
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Studies Along the Lower Agua Fria River: The Eastwing Site and the Marinette Canal (1987)
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Two sites, one prehistoric and one historic, situated northwest of Phoenix and in the south-central part of Arizona, are discussed. Limited field excavation and archival research reveal that the historic site, the Marinette Canal (NA18,267), built in 1910, may have been fed by well water, local runoff, and the seasonal flow of the Agua Fria River. It heads along Calderwood Butte and extends almost 10 km southward toward the present community of Sun City, Arizona. The prehistoric site, the...
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Studies in the Hohokam Community of Marana (1987)
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The Hohokam community of Marana is a complex of residential neighborhoods, agricultural fields, and seasonal gathering stations dispersed over an area of about 20 square miles. The Marana community complex is an example of a settlement type common to the Classic period of the Hohokam. The diagnostic characteristic of these complexes is the association of platform mounds, walled compounds, and large residential neighborhoods in a dispersed pattern covering several square miles (such as is found...
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A Study of the Water and Sewer Systems for the Casas Grandes, Mexico Prehistoric Ruins, with: A Supplemental Study of the Water and Sewer Systems for the Casas Grandes, Mexico, Prehistoric Ruins (1990)
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A study of the water and sewer systems for the Casas Grandes including recommendations and the layout of ruins and excavations. Also included is a supplemental study including the results of soil samples taken at the Casas Grandes ruins.
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Style III (bowl) (2015)
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Bowl with figurative image of a Bird from Wellesley Art Museum
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Summary Archaeological Testing Report and Data Recovery Plan for a Portion of Sleeping Snake Village (AZ BB:9:104 [ASM]) Rancho Vistoso, Oro Valley, Pima County, Arizona (1995)
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This document reports the results of the archaeological testing of a small portion of Sleeping Snake Village (AZ BB:9:104 [ASM]), located on the Rancho Vistoso property, in the Town of Oro Valley, Arizona. The testing was conducted by SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants (SWCA) at the request of Vistoso Partners. The project area represents the proposed location of the No. 10 tee area for an 18-hole golf course. As the agency responsible for reviewing Clean Water Act Section 404 permit...
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Summary Archaeological Testing Report and Data Recovery Work Plan for the Red Mountain Freeway, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (1996)
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This report outlines the results of archaeological testing conducted by SWCA Inc., related to construction of the Red Mountain Freeway (Loop 202) in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project area consists of two parcels located within the proposed Red Mountain Freeway corridor. As part of the environmental study conducted for this project, several cultural resource surveys were undertaken to identify the presence and location of archaeological sites within the project area. The results of...
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Summary of Archaeological Data Recovery at AZ T:12:395 (ASM) for the Coral Pointe Project, Phoenix, Arizona (2009)
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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). The City...
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Summary of Archaeological Investigations at the Prehistoric Site of La Villa [AZ T:12:148 (ASM)] for Maricopa County's Human Services Center, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (2003)
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Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed archaeological data recovery within the prehistoric site of La Villa [AZ T:12:148(ASM)], in downtown Phoenix, for SCS Engineers. Archaeological investigations occurred between May 21 and July 23, 2003. A total of 351 historic and prehistoric cultural features were exposed as a result of investigations. A total of 110 of these features were either completely excavated, or sample excavated, during Northland’s investigations; a total of 31% of the...
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Summary of Archaeological Testing and a Data Recovery Plan for AZ T:8:86 (ASM), and A Monitoring Plan for AZ T:8:17 (ASM), Peoria, Arizona (1999)
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This document presents the results of fieldwork and a plan for additional work at sites within a proposed realignment in the City of Peoria, Arizona. During an archaeological survey of the proposed realignment, AZ T:8:86 (ASM) was identified as a Hohokam artifact scatter, and was found to be potentially eligible for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D (Ryden et al. 1998). Avoidance of the site was recommended; archaeological testing was recommended if...
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Summary of Archaeological Testing at Site AZ T:12:117 (ASM), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (1999)
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This document presents the preliminary results of archaeological testing conducted at site AZ T:12:117 (ASM), located near the base of the South Mountains in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. SWCA, Inc. was requested to conduct the testing by Coe and Van Loo Consultants, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona to determine the eligibility of the site for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). A residential development has been proposed for the area including site AZ T:12:117 (ASM) that...
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Summary of Extant Collections from Excavations on the Agua Fria National Monument (2012)
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Basic data concerning collections from excavations by various projects on the Agua Fria National Monument
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A Summary of Ruins Stabilization at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 1889-1943 (1943)
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Charlie Steen prepared a summary of the trends of preservation activities at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
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A Summary of the Archaeological Excavations at the Mesa Riverview Development, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (2005)
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This report presents a summary of the archaeological excavations conducted by SWCA at the Mesa Riverview development project. Archaeological investigations were conducted in the area by the Mesa Southwest Museum in compliance with City of Mesa guidelines on cultural resources. SWCA Environmental Consultants was requested by DERITO/KIMCO RIVERVIEW, LLC to assist the Museum with the excavation of features discovered during the test trenching that was done in this area in September 2005. The...
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The Sun Lakes-Casa Grande Project: Limited Archaeological Testing at Twenty-one Sites near the Toltec Buttes, Eloy, Arizona (2004)
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Between November 2000 and February 2001, a crew from SWCA® Environmental Consultants (SWCA) of Tucson conducted archaeological testing operations at twenty-one sites lying within a 1570-acre parcel near Toltec, a subdivision of Eloy, in Pinal County, Arizona. The work was done at the request of Mr. Jason Burgess of B&R Engineering, Inc., acting on behalf of Sun Lakes-Casa Grande Development, LLC, an affiliate of Robson Communities, Inc., who intend to construct a planned community of housing and...
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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)
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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...
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Supplemental Cultural Resources Survey Within Portions of the Proposed Agua Fria Freeway Alignment (State Route 101L) Along 99th Avenue, Between Indian School Road and Northern Avenue, Maricopa County, Arizona (1997)
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On August 11th and 27th, and September 5th and 11th, 1997, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) conducted a supplemental Class III archaeological survey of several segments of the proposed Agua Fria Freeway alignment (Outer Loop 101) between Indian School Road and Northern Avenue, Tolleson, Phoenix, and Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona. The survey alignment consists of a 700 ft (213.36 m) wide corridor located east of 99th Avenue between a point 1320 ft (402.33 m) north of Camelback...
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Survey and Recovery and Analysis of Human Remains Along a Portion of an SRP Lateral in Greenwood Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona: Photo Log (2007)
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) identified a possible prehistoric Hohokam cremation eroding from the bank of an unlined Salt River Project (SRP) irrigation lateral that traverses a modern cemetery in central Phoenix. It was thought that two additional burial pits might be present in the lateral, but only the above-mentioned possible cremation was currently affected by erosion. The possible burial was discovered earlier in the year and was monitored by a Reclamation archaeologist while...
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Survey and Recovery and Analysis of Human Remains Along a Portion of an SRP Lateral in Greenwood Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona: Photos (2007)
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) identified a possible prehistoric Hohokam cremation eroding from the bank of an unlined Salt River Project (SRP) irrigation lateral that traverses a modern cemetery in central Phoenix. It was thought that two additional burial pits might be present in the lateral, but only the above-mentioned possible cremation was currently affected by erosion. The possible burial was discovered earlier in the year and was monitored by a Reclamation archaeologist while...
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Survey and Recovery and Analysis of Human Remains Along a Portion of an SRP Lateral in Greenwood Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona: Report (2007)
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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) identified a possible prehistoric Hohokam cremation eroding from the bank of an unlined Salt River Project (SRP) irrigation lateral that traverses a modern cemetery in central Phoenix. It was thought that two additional burial pits might be present in the lateral, but only the above-mentioned possible cremation was currently affected by erosion. The possible burial was discovered earlier in the year and was monitored by a Reclamation archaeologist while...
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Survey of Casas Grandes Region (1957)
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The purpose of this trip is to meet Dr. Walter Taylor and Dr. Ignacio Bernal in regard to the excavation contract with Mexico and to check road distances and conditions from the museum to Juarez, El Sueco and Casas Grandes.
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Survey of Cave Valley- Carreta Caves Casas Grandes-Cave Valley Trip, May 13-18, 1957 (1957)
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The purpose of this trip is to examine the crossing at Palomas (Columbus) New Mexico and the road conditions to Casas Grandes and to compare same with the Antelope Wells crossing and road.
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Survey of the Casas Grandes region, March 10-13, 1958, Dragoon-El Paso-Casas Grandes Trip (1958)
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The purpose of this trip is to study logistic and employment problems involved with the proposed Casas Grandes joint expedition.
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A Survey of the Stone Comples of Southern Arizona: As Shown Through Material Excavated by the Los Angeles Museum (1984)
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A survey of the stone complex of southern Arizona as shown through material excavated by the Los Angeles Museum by Madelon Elizabeth McCreery, (1939). A report presented to the faculty of the Department of Archaeology, University of California, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Course 290.
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A Survey of the Stone Comples of Southern Arizona: As Shown Through Material Excavated by the Los Angeles Museum (1988)
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Stylistic analyses of sherds have formed the basis of some reconstructed patterns of prehistoric regional interaction without adequately addressing potential factors that affect stylistic variation. The archaeological problem of identifying factors that affect stylistic variation is addressed using the results of functional and stylistic analyses of Red-on-buff vessels. The attributes of vessel size and shape, thickness of painted lines, and design diversity are used to inform on the scale of...
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Sustaining Irrigation Agriculture for the Long-Term: Lessons on Maintaining Soil Quality from Ancient Agricultural Fields in the Phoenix Basin and on the North Coast of Peru (2013)
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Irrigation agriculture has been heralded as the solution to feeding the world’s growing population. To this end, irrigation agriculture is both extensifying and intensifying in arid regions across the world in an effort to create highly productive agricultural systems. Over one third of modern irrigated fields, however, show signs of serious soil degradation, including salinization and waterlogging, which threaten the productivity of these fields and the world’s food supply. Surprisingly, little...
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Synthesis of Salinas Pueblo Glazeware Sources from Petrographic Analyses (2008)
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This spreadsheet presents counts of glazeware ceramics for each of the Salinas Pueblos organized by petrographically-determined production area
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A Synthesis of Tonto Basin Prehistory: The Roosevelt Archaeology Studies, 1989 to 1998 (1998)
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Between 1989 and 1993, the Bureau of Reclamation funded four archaeological projects in Tonto Basin of central Arizona, all associated with the modification of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The projects were assigned different research objectives and were conducted by separate research teams. The Roosevelt Bajada Survey (RBS) was a sampling survey by SWCA Inc. of portions of the bajada and foothills surrounding Tonto Basin. The Roosevelt Rural Sites Study (RRSS) conducted by Statistical Research...
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Table 1. Dated burials at Snaketown, comparing phase assignments from the Arizona State Museum, Murrieta (1999), and those assigned in this study. (2020)
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The tables included here accompany an article published in the Kiva in 2020 by Henry D. Wallace titled "Dating Snaketown." The tables provide ceramic dates for contexts excavated by Emil Haury and Gila Pueblo (Haury 1976; Gladwin et al. 1937) at Snaketown (AZ U:13:1 ASM) using the ceramic types developed from the 1998 and 2004 seriations and compares the new dates with those assigned by previous researchers.
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Table 2. Comparison of phase assignments for caches at Snaketown. (2020)
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Table 2. Comparison of phase assignments for caches at Snaketown.
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Table 3. Phase assignments for Snaketown structures compared to dating from previous studies. (2020)
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Table 3. Phase assignments for Snaketown structures compared to dating from previous studies.
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Table 4. Phase assignments for mounds, midden deposits, pits, and other miscellaneous Snaketown contexts. (2020)
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Table 4. Phase assignments for mounds, midden deposits, pits, and other miscellaneous Snaketown contexts.
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Taking Risks and Making Trade-offs: Hohokam Communities High School - College (2016)
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Hohokam Risks and Trade-offs is the product of research funded by a NSF Coupled Natural and Human Systems Grant that focused on the role of social and ecological diversity as a strategy for prehistoric resilience. This curriculum, targeted to 4th - through early middle school, is based off a platform designed by NASA. Itchallenges students to explore the risks and trade-offs made by prehistoric Hohokam communities related to geographic space, irrigation, cooperation, and trade networks. They...
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The Tanque Verde High School Archaeological Project: Excavations at a Hohokam Limited Activity Site in the Northeastern Tucson Basin (2005)
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Archaeological testing and data recovery at AZ B:9:360 (ASM), a Hohokam limited activity site in the northeastern Tucson Basin, resulted in the discovery of two roasting pits, an associated activity surface, and two large trash-filled pits. Botanical data suggest that the site was used for processing locally procured upper bajada wild plant resources as well as domesticated crops (maize). Chronometric data indicate a likely span of site use from the Rillito phase of the Colonial period to the...
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The Tanque Verde Wash Site Revisited: Archaeological Excavations in the Northwest Locus (2011)
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The Tanque Verde W ash site, AZ BB:13:68 (ASM), is a small agricultural village located in the eastern Tucson Basin, approximately 25 km east of the large riverine settlements along the Santa Cruz River. The northwest locus of the site was investigated during the current project for the City of Tucson prior to residential development, complementing previous investigations in the southeast locus. Including all work at the site, 57 pithouses have now been sampled or completely excavated, in...
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A Temporal Perspective on Late Prehistoric Societies in the Western Cibola Area: Factor Analytic Approches to Short-term Chronological Investigation (1974)
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This paper has presented background information on the Cibola area, especially the El Morro Valley, and reasons for the investigation have been stated in terms of descriptive, methodological, and theoretical goals. Chapter 2 included descriptions of the research strategies of the Cibola Archeological Research Project and "accounts of the field investigations carried out in 1972 and 1973. In chapter 3 the focus turned to the painted ceramic materials found by the Cibola Project. The pottery...
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Test Excavations at AZ U:10:24 (ASU), Williams A.F.B, Arizona (1973)
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Study of the archaeological record of 6 test pits to identify a recommended mitigation strategy for the site.
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Test Excavations at Nine Archaeological Sites on the Scottsdale 927 Property, Scottsdale, Arizona (1999)
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This report presents the results of archaeological testing investigations at nine prehistoric sites on the proposed SCOTTSDALE 927 residential development property (formerly known as the Amberjack project). The results of this testing project are used to evaluate these site’s eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These recommendations are being presented in partial support of a Clean Water Act permitting process, which is required prior to development of...
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Test Excavations at Seven Archaeological Sites on the Greer Ranch, Maricopa County, Arizona (1999)
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This report presents the results of archaeological testing investigations at seven prehistoric and historic sites on the proposed Greer Ranch residential development property. This 353 acre project area is located on privately owned land north of Phoenix, Arizona, in an unincorporated neighborhood known as the Desert Hills (Phoenix Mapping Services 1999:6). Cavalier Development and Construction, Inc., (the project sponsor) proposes to build a residential development on this parcel. The purpose...
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Test Excavations in Compound B, Casa Grande National Monument (1973)
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This document is a proposed plan for potential restoration and stabilization of Compound B at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument.
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Testing at AZ AA:12:869 (ASM): Results of Archaeological Testing for the Shannon Business Park Development, Pima County, Arizona (2000)
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Archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, conducted test excavations at AZ AA:12:869 (ASM) on privately owned property of the Shannon Business Park Development. Fieldwork was conducted from October 18 to October 27, 2000. David Tucker served as SWCA's project manager and also directed the fieldwork. Anastasia Gutierrez and Victoria Evans assisted with the fieldwork. The backhoe used to dig test trenches was operated by Manuelito "Betto" Navaro of Lamb Excavation. Ms. Linda...
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Testing Report and Data Recovery Plan for the Operations Area of the Treatment Plant Locus of Site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona (1999)
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Between February 16 and March 12, 1999, a crew of ten to twelve archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants undertook archaeological test excavations at a portion of site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM) located within the Operations Area at the Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility (Treatment Plant). A crew of ten to twelve archaeologists began excavations on February 16, 1999, and proceeded as outlined in the testing plan. The testing was designed to identify and evaluate buried cultural...
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Testing Results and a Proposed Treatment Plan for Further Work on the Thompson Draw FLEX Project in Tonto National Forest, Gila County, Arizona (2001)
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Test excavations were conducted at six sites to determine their National Register eligibility, prior to a land exchange. Three of the sites, AR-03-12-04-1397/AZ 0:12:81 (ASM), AR-03 -12-04-1403/AZ 0:12:82 (ASM), and AR-03-12-04-1521/AZ 0:12:85 (ASM), demonstrated low overall artifact density, small site size and an absence of subsurface features, and are therefore recommended as ineligible for National Register consideration. AR-03-12-04-13 85/AZ 0:12:80 (ASM) and AR-03-12-04-1449/AZ 0:12:83...
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Their Own Road: Archaeological Investigations along State Route 260 (2012)
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At first glance, the potential for sub-Mogollon Rim archaeology sites is not promising. This region, east of Payson and Star Valley, Arizona, is characterized by single-room masonry structures and artifact scatters covered with thick stands of manzanita and pine duff. Many artifact scatters are comprised solely of small pieces of flaked stone; others have pieces of plain brown ware ceramics that blend in easily with the ground cover. However, beneath these less-than-dramatic surface...