Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project Palo Verde to Kyrene 500 kV Transmission Line Right-of-Way, Private, State and Bureau of Land Management (Phoenix District Office) Lands, Maricopa, Arizona: Final Report for an Archaeological Survey of the Palo Verde to Kyrene 500 kV Transmission Line, Maricopa, County, Arizona

Author(s): Margaret A. Powers; Mark J. Keane; Donald E. Weaver, Jr.

Year: 1978

Summary

At the request of Salt River Project, the Museum of Northern Arizona conducted an archaeological survey of a proposed 500kV transmission line between the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (near Wintersburg, Arizona) and the Kyrene Substation (near Tempe, Arizona). During survey of the 73.3 mi right-of-way, evidences of historic and prehistoric activity were recorded at 10 sites and 43 loci of isolated artifacts or features. With few exceptions, all identified remains could be assigned to the Hohokam culture. The Museum recommends, where feasible, that all cultural remains be avoided. In instances where sites or portions of sites cannot be avoided specific mitigation recommendations are presented.

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Archaeological Investigations: Salt River Project Palo Verde to Kyrene 500 kV Transmission Line Right-of-Way, Private, State and Bureau of Land Management (Phoenix District Office) Lands, Maricopa, Arizona: Final Report for an Archaeological Survey of the Palo Verde to Kyrene 500 kV Transmission Line, Maricopa, County, Arizona. Margaret A. Powers, Mark J. Keane, Donald E. Weaver, Jr.. Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona, Department of Anthropology. 1978 ( tDAR id: 405652) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8405652

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Keywords

Culture
Anglo-American • Euroamerican • Historic • Hohokam • Yuman

Material
Barbed Wire • Basalt • Buffware • Cement • Ceramic • Chert • Chipped Stone • Gila Butte Red-on-Buffware • Gila Plainware • Gila Plainware, Gila Bend Variety • Gila Plainware, Gila Variety • Gila Plainware, Salt Variety • Gila Redware • Glass • Gray Quartzite • Grayware • Ground Stone • Iron • Jasper • Lower Colorado Buffware • Lower Colorado Buffware, Stucco Variety • Manganese Glass • Masonry • Metal • Mineral • Plainware • Quartz • Quartzite • Red-on-Buffware • Red-on-Grayware • Redware • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Salt Redware • Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware • Snaketown Red-on-Buffware • Steel • Sweetwater Red-on-Grayware • Tin • Wingfield Plainware Show More

Site Name
Alkali Runi • AZ. T:11:13 (MNA) • AZ. T:11:15 (MNA) • AZ. T:11:16 (MNA) • AZ. T:11:3 (MNA) • AZ. T:11:6 (MNA) • AZ. T:12:2 (MNA) • AZ. T:13:3 (MNA) • AZ. T:13:4 (MNA) • AZ. T:9:66 (MNA) • Cashion Site • NA12,542 • NA14,690 • NA15,677 • NA15,678 • NA15,682 • NA15,683 • NA15,684 • NA15,685 • NA15,686 • NA15,687

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Ball Court • Barbed Wire Fence • Basalt Boulder Alignment • Basalt Outline • Boulder Alignment • Canal • Canal or Canal Feature • Cattle Trough • Cement Trough • Chipped Stone Scatter • Chute • Corral • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Farm Structure • Fence • Food Processing Site • Foundation • Ground Stone Scatter • Hamlet / Village • Historic Structure • House • Lithic Scatter • Masonry Foundation • Midden • Mound • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Petroglyph • Pit House • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Pole Fence • Quarry • Ranching Structure • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Rock Alignment • Rock Art • Rock Outline • Rock Ring • Settlements • Sherd Scatter • Structure • Trail • Trash Area • Village • Water Control Feature • Watering Trough • Well Show More

Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Basalt Flake • Beer Can • Biface • Bolt • Ceramic Debris • Chert Flake • Cobble • Container • Core • Debris • Flake • Gillespie Dam • Glass Container • Ground Stone Tool • Hammerstone • Iron Bolt • Jasper Flake • Mano • Metate • Palo Verde-Kyrene • Pop Top Can • Quartz Flake • Quartzite Core • Redware Vessel • River Cobble • Salt River Project • Shotgun Shell • SRP • Steel Bolt • Tin Can • Tool • Uniface • Vessel Show More

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria River • Arizona (State / Territory) • Avondale, AZ • Basin and Range Province • Buckeye Hills • Centennial Wash • Enterprise Canal • Gila River • Maricopa (County) • Perryville, AZ • Salt River • Sierra Estrella • Sonoran Desert • South Mountain • Tempe, AZ • Waterman Wash • Wintersburg, AZ

Temporal Keywords
20th Century • Classic Period • Colonial Period • Historic • Late Sedentary Period • Pioneer Period • Prehistoric • Sedentary Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.943; min lat: 33.13 ; max long: -111.929; max lat: 33.454 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Field Director(s): Margaret A. Powers

Project Director(s): Bettina H. Rosenberg; Donald E. Weaver, Jr.

Landowner(s): Private Owner; State of Arizona; Bureau of Land Management

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Museum of Northern Arizona

Record Identifiers

Salt River Project Library Barcode No.(s): 00030511

Report No.(s): A-77-157

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