Monitoring of the Construction of the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline Between Guadalupe Road and the Gila River Indian Community, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): JoAnn E. Kisselburg; Sarah L. Horton

Year: 1990

Summary

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) monitored the excavation of an 11.73 mi (18.88 km) long trench for the El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) pipeline in the cities of Mesa, Tempe, and Chandler. Archaeological monitoring was recommended because of the likelihood of crosscutting prehistoric irrigation canals and the close proximity of Alta Vista, a prehistoric Hohokam habitation site (AZ U:9:48 (ASM)). The monitoring was conducted in order to document these cultural resources when they became exposed in the pipeline trench. A total of seven canals and six subsurface features were revealed in the pipeline trench. Two additional canals were identified in a sewer trench that was open at the time of the EPNG monitoring and that abutted the EPNG line.

The file includes a copies of Linda Scott Cumming's Pollen Analysis of Three Canals on the El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) Project and Manuel R. Palacios-Fest's Report on Nonmarine Ostracodes from El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) Project, Tempe, Arizona, as appendices.

Cite this Record

Monitoring of the Construction of the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline Between Guadalupe Road and the Gila River Indian Community, Maricopa County, Arizona. JoAnn E. Kisselburg, Sarah L. Horton. Tempe, AZ: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. 1990 ( tDAR id: 405667) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8405667

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Keywords

Material
Boerhaavia sp. • Bone • Ceramic • Cheno-Ams • Compositae • Creosote • Cyperaceae • Ephedra nevadensis • Euphorbia sp. • Evening Primrose • Fauna • Glass • Globe Mallow • Gramineae • Grass • Green Glass • High-Spine Compositae • Juniper • Juniperus sp. • Labiatae • Larrea sp. • Little Clubmoss • Low-Spine Compositae • Mesquite • Metal • Mint • Mormon Tea • Oak • Onagraceae • Pine • Pinus sp. • Plastic • Pollen • Prosopis sp. • Quercus sp. • Rosaceae • Rose • Sedge • Selaginella densa • Sphaeralcea sp. • Spiderling • Spurge • Sunflower • Tin • Wood Show More

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Canal • Canal or Canal Feature • Cobble Band • Midden • Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Alignment • Soil Lens • Trash Area

Investigation Types
Ground Disturbance Monitoring

General
Archaeomagnetic Sample • Ash • Battery • Bone (Animal) • Bottle • Can • Candona cf. patzcuaro • Candona sp. cf. patzcuaro • Carbon Battery • Charcoal • Cranial Bone (Animal) • Cup • Cypria opthalmica • Cypridopsis vidua • El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline • EPNG • Glass Bottle • Harmonica • Ilyocypris bradyi • Limnocythere staplini • Long Bone (Large Mammal) • Microcrustacean • Organic Matter • Ostracod • Plastic Cup • Pollen (Boerhaavia sp.) • Pollen (Cheno-Am) • Pollen (Compositae) • Pollen (Creosote) • Pollen (Cyperaceae) • Pollen (Ephedra nevadensis) • Pollen (Euphorbia sp.) • Pollen (Evening Primrose) • Pollen (Globe Mallow) • Pollen (Gramineae) • Pollen (Grass) • Pollen (High-Spine Compositae) • Pollen (Juniper) • Pollen (Juniperus sp.) • Pollen (Labiatae) • Pollen (Larrea sp.) • Pollen (Low-Spine Compositae) • Pollen (Mesquite) • Pollen (Mint) • Pollen (Mormon) • Pollen (Oak) • Pollen (Onagraceae) • Pollen (Pine) • Pollen (Pinus sp.) • Pollen (Prosopis sp.) • Pollen (Quercus sp.) • Pollen (Rosaceae) • Pollen (Rose) • Pollen (Sedge) • Pollen (Sphaeralcea) • Pollen (Spiderling) • Pollen (Spurge) • Pollen (Sunflower) • Rib (Large Mammal) • Salt River Project • Sediment Sample • Shaft Bone (Animal) • Southern Pacific Railroad • Spore (Little Clubmoss) • Spore (Selaginella densa) • SPRR • SRP • Tin Can • Wood Chip Show More

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Chandler, AZ • Gila River Indian Community • Maricopa (County) • Mesa, AZ • Tempe, AZ • Western Canal

Temporal Keywords
Classic Period • Sedentary Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.963; min lat: 33.288 ; max long: -111.839; max lat: 33.369 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Paula McBrayer; Sharon Hatch; Jerry Howard; Don Irwin; Linda Scott Cummings; Manuel R. Palacios-Fest; Colorado State University Archaeomagnetic Laboratory

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

Record Identifiers

Received by Environmental Management Services, Environmental Studies(s): AUG 29 1990

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