Cultural Resources Investigations along Reaches 1 and 2 of the San Carlos Irrigation Project Rehabilitation, Florence, Arizona

Summary

In accordance with the provisions of the 2004 Arizona Water Settlement Act, the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office (PXAO) assisted the San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD) in the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) prior to the rehabilitation of portions of the San Carlos Irrigation Project, a Bureau of Indian Affairs water delivery system that serves both the Gila River Indian Community and SCIDD. The project area extends along the current and realigned portions of the Florence Canal, from the sediment basin just south of the Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam to Picacho Reservoir.

In order to comply with stipulations set forth in the EA, all historic properties within the expanded APE must be mitigated prior to construction. At the request of PXAO, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. prepared a historic property treatment plan (treatment plan) to conduct Phase 2 data recovery at AZ U:15:676(ASM), eligibility testing at AZ U:15:861(ASM), Phase 1 data recovery for the new and previously uninvestigated portions of the canal alignment at AZ U:15:124(ASM) and AZ U:15:663(ASM), and Phase 2 data recovery based on previous excavations within the revised APE at AZ U:15:663(ASM). This project presents the results of these cultural resources investigations.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Phase 2: Reaches 1, 2, and 3 Rehabilitation

Keywords

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1125 to 1300 (Classic Period (Soho Phase))

Calendar Date: 850 to 1300 (Late Colonial thru Early Classic Periods)

Calendar Date: 650 to 1300 (Middle Pioneer thru Early Classic Periods)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Field Director(s): Thomas Jones; Jacob Kovalchik; Walter R. Punzmann

Principal Investigator(s): Andrea Gregory

Landowner(s): Bureau of Indian Affairs; Arizona State Land Department; USDI Bureau of Reclamation

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Permitting Agency(s): Arizona State Museum; Bureau of Indian Affairs

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

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. Project No.(s): 18-015 / AZ-0106

Reclamation Order No.(s): R17PA00025, Calls 140R3018F0029 and 140R3019F0007

Arizona Antiquities Act (AAA) project-specific permit no.(s): 2018-088ps

ARPA Permit No.(s): 2018/SCIP/ACS/WRO/001a

Arizona State Land Department Right-of-Way Application No. (s): 72-102883

Notes

General Note: N/A

Source Collections

Artifacts collected from BIA, ASLD, and private lands are curated in Accession No. 2018-97 at the Arizona State Museum. Artifacts collected from AZ U:15:861(ASM) on Reclamation land are curated at the Reclamation repository at the Lower Colorado Basin Regional Office, Date Street Campus, Building 1400, Room 230.

Related Comparative Collections

Artifacts collected from BIA, ASLD, and private lands during earlier phases of eligibility testing and Phase 1 data recovery are curated in Accession No. 2016.007 at the Arizona State University Repository, in the Alameda Building. Artifacts collected from AZ U:15:678(ASM) on Reclamation land during earlier phases of eligibility testing are curated in Accession No. PXAO.2022.0003 at the Reclamation repository at the Lower Colorado Basin Regional Office, Date Street Campus, Building 1400, Room 230.