Archaeological Monitoring of Earthwork Associated with the Relocation of a Portion of the Utah Extension Between Center Street and Grand in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Terry Coriell

Year: 2003

Summary

Archaeological monitoring was conducted during subsurface construction activities associated with the relocation of a portion of the Utah Extension (AZ U:9:254 [ASM]) within the City of Mesa. Construction procedures consisted of excavating a trench approximately 0.2 miles (0.31 kilometers) long and four feet (1.22 meters) wide along an alleyway north of and downslope from the Utah Extension. Additional excavations included six areas: one at each end of the trench , one near the approximate center of the trench, and three areas at the present location of the Utah Extension, corresponding to excavations on the trench, up the grade to the manhole structures at the present location of the Utah Extension were also included. Excavations reached a maximum depth of approximately five feet (1.5 meters).

Cite this Record

Archaeological Monitoring of Earthwork Associated with the Relocation of a Portion of the Utah Extension Between Center Street and Grand in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, 014. Terry Coriell. Archaeological Research Services, Inc. Project Report No. ,2003. Tempe, AZ: Archaeological Research Services, Inc. 2003 ( tDAR id: 406052) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8406052

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Mormon

Material
Ceramic • Copper • Glass • Iron • Metal

Site Name
AZ U:9:101 (ASU) • AZ U:9:254 (ASM) • Utah Ditch

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Canal • Canal or Canal Feature • Isolated Artifact • Midden • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Sheet Midden • Sheet Trash

Investigation Types
Ground Disturbance Monitoring

General
BOR • Clevis • Copper Strip • Freeman • Glass Vessel • Iron Rod • Metal Clevis • Metal Fitting • Rod • Salt River Project • SHPO • SRP • Utah Expansion • Vessel • Window Glass

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Lehi Terrace • Maricopa (County) • Mesa, AZ • Mesa Terrace • Phoenix Basin • Salt River

Temporal Keywords
1870s • 1877 • 1880s • 19th Century • Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.854; min lat: 33.418 ; max long: -111.818; max lat: 33.466 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Lyle M. Stone, Ph.D., RPA; John Keane, Mr.; Beau Goldstein, Mr.; Beau J. Goldstein; Suzanne Krohn; Shearon Vaughn; Wayne Freeman

Principal Investigator(s): Lyle M. Stone, Dr.

Landowner(s): Private Owner

Sponsor(s): U. S. Bureau of Reclamation

Repository(s): Salt River Project

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

Submitted To(s): Salt River Project

Record Identifiers

BOR Case No.(s): 03-011

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