Cultural Resources Survey of the Salt River Project Canals, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Lourdes Aguila

Year: 1998

Summary

At the request of the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted a Class III (Intensive), non-collection cultural resources survey of approximately 170 miles of the Arizona, Arizona Crosscut, Grand, Tempe, Tempe Crosscut, Consolidated, Eastern, South, Western, Highline, and Kyrene Branch Canals in Maricopa County, Arizona. The canals, which are owned by the Reclamation, are maintained and operated by the Salt River Project (SRP). The survey was performed to provide an inventory and assessment of cultural resources located within or immediately adjacent to the canals' right-of-way that may be impacted by future development. The survey located 21 prehistoric sites, 2 historic properties , I possible prehistoric canal segment, 2 historic canal segments, and 59 isolated occurrences. Of the sites, 19 had been previously recorded.

Cite this Record

Cultural Resources Survey of the Salt River Project Canals, Maricopa County, Arizona. Lourdes Aguila. Tempe, Arizona: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. 1998 ( tDAR id: 393982) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8251KBH

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Shell

Site Name
Alta Vista • AZ T:12:14(ASU) • AZ T:12:16 (ASU) • AZ T:12:24(ASU) • AZ T:12:32(ASM) • AZ U:10:1(ASU) • AZ U:10:14(ASU) • AZ U:10:2(ASU) • AZ U:10:22(ASU) • AZ U:10:4(ASU) • AZ U:9:1(ASM) • AZ U:9:116(ASM) • AZ U:9:174(ASM) • AZ U:9:24(PG) • AZ U:9:25(ASM) • AZ U:9:25(PG) • AZ U:9:44(ASU) • AZ U:9:48(ASM) • AZ U:9:48(ASU) • AZ U:9:49(ASM) • AZ U:9:67(ASM) • AZ U:9:71(ASU) • AZ U:9:72(ASM) • BOR-SRP96-1 • BOR-SRP96-2 • BOR-SRP96-3 • Casa de Loma • Casa de Nephi • Grand Canal Ruins • Historic Canal • La Ciudad de Los Hornos • La Lomita • Las Acequias • Las Estufas • Lehi Site • Leo’s Site • Los Guanacos • Mesa Grande • Park of the Canals • Phoenix 3:4(GP) • Phoenix 3:8(GP) • Pueblo Grande • Railroad Culvert • Red Mountain Site • Shepherd’s House • T-3 Show More

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Berm • Cairn • Canal or Canal Feature • Culvert • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hornos • House • Isolated Feature • Mound / Earthwork • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Quarry • Refuse Pit • Road • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Art • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey

Geographic Keywords
Arizona • Salt River

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Pioneer period • Hohokam Sedentary period • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.37; min lat: 33.264 ; max long: -111.708; max lat: 33.658 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Prepared By(s): Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

Bureau of Reclamation Delivery Order No.(s): 6-PD-32-01820-036

ACS Project No.(s): 96-338; 96-399; 96-341

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 1425-2-CS-01820

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