Results of National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing at AZ BB:9:355 (ASM) for the Meritage Homes Kai 291 South Development in Oro Valley, Pima County, Arizona
Author(s): Suzanne Griset; David M. R. Barr
Year: 2015
Summary
Meritage Homes (Meritage) proposes to construct a residential subdivision on property in the town of Oro Valley, north of Tucson, Arizona. A Class III archaeological inventory of the project area was conducted by Stephen (2000), and three prehistoric archaeological sites—AZ BB:9:353 (ASM), AZ BB:9:354 (ASM), and AZ BB:9:354 (ASM)— were identified within the area of potential effects (APE) of what is now designated as the Meritage Kai 291 South project.
AZ BB:9:354 (ASM) was tested in 2004 by the Pima Community College Archaeology Centre (PCCAC) for its eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places/Arizona Register of Historic Places (NRHP/ARHP). The site was identified as a limited-activity area with no evidence of habitation, storage or resource processing, and limited potential for significant subsurface deposits; it was recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP/ARHP (Kehres 2007).
The PCCAC conducted another survey of the project area in 2014 to relocate the sites and any additional resources (Mason-Kohlmeyer 2014). All three sites were located during the survey. AZ BB:9:353 (ASM) and AZ BB:9:354 (ASM) were recommended ineligible for listing in the NRHP, and eligibility testing was recommended for AZ BB:9:355 (ASM).
The Town of Oro Valley’s (Town’s) Planning Department required Meritage to test the eligibility of AZ BB:9:355 (ASM) and include the results in its Mitigation Plan as part of the Planned Area Development Plan for the Kai 291 South residential development. Meritage contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct the archaeological testing, which was performed from June 16 to June 19, 2015.
This report summarizes the findings of the testing and makes recommendations for inclusion in the Mitigation Plan required as part of Meritage’s Planned Area Development Plan for Kai 291 South.
Cite this Record
Results of National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing at AZ BB:9:355 (ASM) for the Meritage Homes Kai 291 South Development in Oro Valley, Pima County, Arizona, 399. Suzanne Griset, David M. R. Barr. 2015 ( tDAR id: 446100) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8446100
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Keywords
Material
Ceramic
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Macrobotanical
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Plainware
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polishing stone
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Quartzite
Site Name
AZ BB:9:355 (ASM)
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Artifact Scatter
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Pit
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Ground Disturbance Monitoring
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Historic Background Research
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Oro Valley, AZ
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Pima (County)
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Sonoran Desert
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric
Spatial Coverage
min long: -110.975; min lat: 32.393 ; max long: -110.927; max lat: 32.422 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants
Principal Investigator(s): Suzanne Griset
Project Director(s): David M. R. Barr
Submitted To(s): Meritage Homes
Record Identifiers
SWCA Project No. (s): 33762
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| 15-399_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf | 2.34mb | Feb 10, 2021 10:37:59 AM | Public | ||
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| 15-399_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 3.71mb | Jul 1, 2015 | May 22, 2018 2:20:59 PM | Confidential | |
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