Wirth Associates Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Transmission System, Salt River Project, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Impact Study: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Routing Alternate to Westwing Receiving Station

Author(s): Richard A. Brook

Year: 1975

Summary

Wirth Associates contracted with the Museum of Northern Arizona to conduct an archaeological impact study of a proposed Salt River Project Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Routing Alternate to Westwing Receiving Station. This study delineates areas with three levels of potential site occurence for the project area, and investigates potential effects on the cultural resources of the alternative corridors proposed by Salt River Project. A short data gathering phase, prior to field work, compiled information from site inventory files at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the State Parks Department. During the field investigation phase one of the routes was non-randomly sampled. This report details the scope of the archaeological study, including earlier Museum investigations, describes the typological framework and regional context, and assesses the research potential of the existing archaeological resource base. The proposed corridor segments and their potential sensitivity on the resource base is described, and general discussion for routing alternatives are made.

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Wirth Associates Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Transmission System, Salt River Project, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Impact Study: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Routing Alternate to Westwing Receiving Station. Richard A. Brook. Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology. 1975 ( tDAR id: 405649) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8405649

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Keywords

Culture
Anglo • Desert Culture • Euroamerican • Historic • Hohokam • Yuman

Material
Building Materials • Cement • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Ocotillo • Wood

Site Name
Ariz. T:5:1 (MNA) • Ariz. T:6:1 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:11 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:13 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:16 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:17 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:18 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:2 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:36 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:40 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:41 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:43 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:44 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:45 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:46 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:47 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:48 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:50 (MNA) • Ariz. T:9:51 (MNA) • NA12,473 • NA12, 482 • NA12,484 • NA12,487 • NA12,488 • NA12,489 • NA12,507 • NA12,538 • NA12,539 • NA12,544 • NA12,545 • NA12,546 • NA12,547 • NA12,548 • NA12,549 • NA12,551 • NA12,554 • NA14,143 • NA14,1444 Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Animal Pen • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Campsite • Cement Foundation • Check Dam • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Dry Well • Encampment • Food Processing Site • Foundation • Habitation • Hamlet / Village • Historic Structure • Lithic Scatter • Ocotillo Animal Pen • Outhouse • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Rock Alignment • Rock Enclosure • Root Cellar • Settlements • Sherd Scatter • Structure • Superstructure • Trail • Trash Scatter • Water Control Feature • Well • Wooden Structure Show More

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Metate • Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station • Palo Verde to Westwing • PVNGS • Railroad Tie • Salt River Project • SRP

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Belmont Mountains • Flatiron Mountain • Fourmile Wash • Gila River • Hassayampa River • Jackrabbit Wash • Maricopa (County) • Palo Verde Hills • Wintersburg, AZ

Temporal Keywords
1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 20th Century • Historic • Prehistoric • World War I

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.92; min lat: 33.378 ; max long: -112.72; max lat: 33.661 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Wallace Vegors; Margorie Wilson; Robert Murray

Field Director(s): Richard A. Brook

Project Director(s): Alexander J. Lindsay, Jr.; Paul R. Fish

Sponsor(s): Wirth Associates; Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

Salt River Project Library Barcode No.(s): 00030510

Report No.(s): A75-199

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