End of Fieldwork Report for Phase I Testing and Phase II Data Recovery at AZ U:10:32(ASM)/Sand Dune South, Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona

Summary

To meet increased demand for electricity due to growth, SRP plans to construct an approximately 20-mile (mi), double-circuit, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line including associated tubular steel pole structures that average 110–140 feet (ft) tall (Project). The Project will connect three 230/69kV receiving stations, including the Ball Substation in Gilbert, the Pfister Substation in southeastern Queen Creek, and the Abel Substation east of San Tan Valley. This Project was approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in 2009, when they issued a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) (Decision No. 71441).

AZ U:10:32(ASM)/Sand Dune South (hereafter referred to as AZ U:10:32(ASM)) is a large prehistoric Hohokam village site historically documented as containing a ballcourt and several mound features. The site has since been entirely covered and affected by historic and modern agricultural activity – leaving the status of subsurface cultural deposits unknown – and is presently unevaluated for inclusion in the NRHP and ARHP. This end of fieldwork (EOF) report documents the eight features and two non-features (including two features and one non-feature originally recorded during the Phase I testing) that were recorded as a result of the phased archaeological data recovery conducted by PaleoWest during the course of the Project.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Salt River Project Digital Library

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Contact(s): Daniel Garcia

Prepared By(s): PaleoWest, LLC

Submitted To(s): Salt River Project

Record Identifiers

Technical Report No.(s): 22-496

PaleoWest Project No.(s): 22-0391

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