Prehistoric and Historic Resources of a 525 Acre Parcel near the Salt River Project Administrative Complex in Tempe, Arizona

Author(s): Scott L. Fedick; Lyle M. Stone

Year: 1986

Summary

Between February 6 and 12, 1986, Scott L. Fedick and Lyle M. Stone of Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS), performed an archaeological survey of approximately 525 acres of Salt River Project (SRP) owned land in the vicinity of the SRP Administrative Offices complex in northwest Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. This study also involved background literature and archaeological site file research, and was undertaken at the request of the SRP Environmental Services Department in order to determine if important prehistoric or historic cultural resources were present which might be affected by future land use actions. This report summarizes the results of background research and archaeological survey, and provides recommendations for the disposition of cultural resources identified within the SRP property.

Cite this Record

Prehistoric and Historic Resources of a 525 Acre Parcel near the Salt River Project Administrative Complex in Tempe, Arizona. Scott L. Fedick, Lyle M. Stone. Tempe, AZ: Archaeological Research Services, Inc. 1986 ( tDAR id: 402708) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8402708

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Hohokam

Material
Basalt • Buffware • Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Cobble • Concrete • Earth • Gila Plainware • Ground Stone • Manure • Masonry • Plainware • Red-on-Buffware • Vesicular Basalt • Wood

Site Name
Appropriators Canal • AZ U;9:39 PG • AZ U:9:38 (ARS) • AZ U:9:8 ARS • Fire Pond Facility • Indian Bend Pump Ditch • Salt River Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge • White House • White Residence • Yeso

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Bridge • Canal Lateral • Canal or Canal Feature • Cobble Planter • Cobble Wall • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Concrete Floor • Concrete Footing • Concrete Pump House • Dairy • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Earth Step • Footing • Foundation • Historic Structure • House • Isolated Artifact • Landscaped Area • Lithic Scatter • Masonry Foundation • Masonry Planter • Masonry Structure • Masonry Wall • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Planter • Pump House • Pumping Facility • Railroad • Railroad Bed • Railroad Siding • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Sherd Scatter • Sidewalk • Slab Floor • Step • Stone-Lined Trail • Structure • Trail • Wall • Water Drainage System • Water Storage Facility Show More

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
American Cement Corporation • Arizona Canal • ARS • Basalt Core • Basalt Flake • Basalt Hammerstone • Basalt Metate • Basin Metate • Cattle Manure • Ceramic Vessel • Citrus Heights • Core • E. M. White • Elvin E. White • Flake • Gila Shoulder Form Vessel • Golden State Portland Cement Company • Grand Canal Company • Grand Canal Extension • Hammerstone • John W. Swilling • Legend City • Manure • Metate • Montezuma Acequia • Nursery • Old Grand Canal Channel • Papago Saguaro National Monument • Phoenix and Eastern Railroad Company • Salt River Project • Santa Fe Railroad Company • Southern Pacific Railroad • Southern Pacific Railroad Company • SRP • SRP Administrative Complex • Swilling Irrigation and Canal Company • Tempe City Park • Tovrea Trusts Parcel • V & P Nurseries, Inc. • Vesicular Basalt Metate Show More

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Grand Canal • Lower Sonoran Desert • Maricopa (County) • Papago Piedmont • Phoenix, AZ • Salt River Floodplain • Tempe, AZ

Temporal Keywords
10th Century • 11th Century • 1900s • 1904 • 1905 • 1920s • 1921 • 1930s • 1938 • 20th Century • Historic • Prehistoric • Sacaton Phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.964; min lat: 33.42 ; max long: -111.944; max lat: 33.461 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Landowner(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Archaeological Research Services, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Salt River Project

Record Identifiers

Date Received by Environ. Serv. Dept.(s): Mar 17 1986

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