Anthem at Merrill Ranch: Cultural Resources Inventory of the 3,260-Acre Parcel between Coolidge and Florence, Pinal County, Arizona

Author(s): Daniel K. Newsome

Editor(s): Lynn Neal

Year: 2004

Summary

Between October 20 and 23, 2004, archaeologists from EnviroSystems Management, Inc. (EnviroSystems) conducted a Class III cultural resources inventory of 1,568 acres of private land between Coolidge and Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. The 1,568 acres are part of a 3,260-acre parcel proposed for residential development (the remaining 1,692 acres were not examined during this project because 442 acres of the parcel were under cotton cultivation at the time of the inventory and the other 1,250 acres were surveyed for cultural resources between January and June of 2004). Because the development will require a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit from the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the archaeological inventory was performed in support of the Section 404 permitting process. The cultural resources inventory resulted in the documentation of 6 previously unidentified archaeological sites and 22 isolated occurrences of cultural materials. In addition, 20 previously recorded sites have been identified in the 3,260-acre project area.

Addendum to original report also included. In December 2004, cotton was harvested from the 442 acres and the ground visibility became sufficient for cultural resources examination. Consequently, EnviroSystems inventoried the additional 442 acres on January 19, 2005. Two isolated occurrences (IOs) were identified during the additional inventory.

Cite this Record

Anthem at Merrill Ranch: Cultural Resources Inventory of the 3,260-Acre Parcel between Coolidge and Florence, Pinal County, Arizona, 1049. Daniel K. Newsome, Lynn Neal. 2004 ( tDAR id: 439933) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8439933

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Hohokam

Material
agave knives • Axe Head • Basalt Flake • Buffware • Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Cobble hammerstone • Core • Debitage • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Gila Plainware • Gila Plainware, Salt Variety • Glass • Glass Bottles • Ground Stone • Historic Artifacts • Intermediate Buffware • metal canteen • Mineral • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware • Wingfield Plainware • Wood

Site Name
AZ U:13:254 (ASM) • AZ U:15:18(ASM) • AZ U:15:237 (ASM) • AZ U:15:335 (ASM) • AZ U:15:467 (ASM) • AZ U:15:468 (ASM) • AZ U:15:488 (ASM) • AZ U:15:489 (ASM) • AZ U:15:490 (ASM) • AZ U:15:491 (ASM) • AZ U:15:492 (ASM) • AZ U:15:494 (ASM) • AZ U:15:495 (ASM) • AZ U:15:496 (ASM) • AZ U:15:497 (ASM) • AZ U:15:498 (ASM) • AZ U:15:500 (ASM) • AZ U:15:501 (ASM) • AZ U:15:510 (ASM) • AZ U:15:511 (ASM) • AZ U:15:512 (ASM) • AZ U:15:513 (ASM) • AZ U:15:514 (ASM) • AZ U:15:515 (ASM) • AZ U:16:299 (ASM) • Hunt Highway • NA 12561 Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structures • Fire-Cracked Rock Cluster • Irrigation Ditch • Isolated Artifact • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Railroad • Refuse Pit • Road • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Terrace

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stewardship Monitoring

General
Class III Project • Cultural Resource Management • Cultural Resources Inventory Report

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Coolidge, AZ • Florence, AZ • Gila River • Phoenix Basin • Pinal (County) • Sonoran Desert

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.371; min lat: 33.007 ; max long: -111.336; max lat: 33.036 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office

Submitted To(s): Pulte Home Corporation Scottsdale, Arizona; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Record Identifiers

EnviroSystems Management Project No.(s): 04-1049

File Information

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Merrill-Ranch-Arch-Inventory-Report_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf 73.74mb Mar 10, 2021 9:27:28 AM Public
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Merrill-Ranch-Arch-Inventorty-Report-Addendum_Redacted.pdf 676.77kb Apr 14, 2021 8:15:03 AM Public
Addendum to original report. This file is the redacted version of the resource.
Merrill-Ranch-Arch-Inventory-Report_OCR_PDFA.pdf 46.53mb Nov 16, 2004 Dec 11, 2017 1:44:48 PM Confidential
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Merrill-Ranch-Arch-Inventorty-Report-Addendum.pdf 2.74mb Jan 24, 2005 Jan 24, 2018 9:44:09 AM Confidential
Addendum to original report. This file is the unredacted version of the resource.

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Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office

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