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ADOT is assisting COT with an MUP extension project in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The new MUP provides a connection between Kyrene Road and the Western Canal for pedestrians and cyclists. The MUP is an extension of the ‘Brake’ bicycle boulevard corridor as outlined in the City of Tempe Transportation Master Plan. The ‘Brake’ bicycle boulevard runs from Tempe’s eastern limits bordering Chandler, to its western limits bordering the town of Guadalupe. The purpose of this project was to address the missing link in the MUP along the ‘Brake’ route, creating over seven miles of MUP and providing a safer environment for cyclists and pedestrians.

EcoPlan completed an archaeological testing program in advance of construction of a QuikTrip convenience store in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. Seven trenches were excavated, resulting in the discovery of two apparent Hohokam pit houses. The project proponent elected not to authorize additional field investigations or analyses. QuikTrip has informed EcoPlan that artifacts collected during the testing project, along with an unprocessed sediment sample, will be deeded to Pueblo Grande Museum.

The COP conducted road improvement and storm drain upgrades along 35th in southwest Phoenix. These improvements include new road construction (that is, widening), the installation of new fire hydrants and catch basins, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, bus bays, signs, trees, and trenching for new storm drains and connectors. Generally, such activities entail vertical excavations up to approximately 16 feet. Two prehistoric features, a pit house and a hearth, were uncovered and represent, along with sherds, the known manifestation of new cultural resource site AZ T:12:269 (ASM). Two new prehistoric canal segments were uncovered, sites AZ T:12:270 (ASM) and AZ T:12:272 (ASM), the latter presumably being Canal Laveen. One historic site, AZ T:12:271 (ASM) was uncovered. The site includes one canal segment with two channels and two trash concentrations. One historic site, AZ T:12:271 (ASM) was uncovered. The site includes one canal segment with two channels and two trash concentrations. Sites AZ T:12:269 (ASM), AZ T:12:270 (ASM), and AZ T:12:272 (ASM), Canal Laveen, are recommended as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). Site AZ T:12:271 (ASM) is recommended not eligible for the National Register.

At the request of Olsson Associates, Inc. (Olsson), EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) cultural resource specialists relocated and assessed where possible National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility for known cultural resources within both the Phoenix- and Tempe-owned portions of Papago Park, Maricopa County, Arizona. This research was done in support of a new regional master plan for the park. The master plan is being developed cooperatively by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) and the Cities of Tempe (COT), Phoenix (COP), and Scottsdale (COS). The planning process is designed to address both current and future needs of the park and to help guide decisions for future management. Cultural resources within the park are varied, ranging from prehistoric archaeological sites to historic buildings, structures, and objects. The master plan will help better define the sensitive archaeological areas where protection and preservation are warranted as well as highlight the park's many cultural resources that can be focal points of celebration such as the Eisendrath House, Tempe's largest and best preserved Pueblo Revival style house, or Governor Hunt's unique pyramidal tomb. Currently, the park is home to the Phoenix Zoo, Desert Botanical Garden, Papago Sports Complex, Rolling Hills Golf Course, Phoenix Municipal Stadium, the National Guard, the Papago Golf Course, and the Hall of Flame and Arizona Historical Society Museums. Active and passive recreation opportunities exist throughout the park, including bicycle and pedestrian trails, an archery range, picnic areas with historic ramadas, fishing lakes, and athletic facilities. We did not physically access Reclamation-owned property for this study. Archaeological site relocation on COP and COT owned land was conducted under the terms and conditions of an Arizona Antiquities Act (AAA) blanket permit (no. 2009-005bl), issued to EcoPlan by the Arizona State Museum (ASM). This type of permit is required for cultural resource investigations that occur on any municipal, county, or state lands. Notification of intent to conduct field work was submitted 13 March 2009 and ASM issued EcoPlan accession number 2009-0232 on 23 March 2009.

This report presents the results of an archaeological testing and data recovery program conducted by EcoPlan for COP on approximately three acres of land in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. These archaeological investigations were conducted in advance of the COP Neighborhood Services Department’s South Phoenix Village Loop Street and Landscaping project (COP Cost Center Numbers ND30010010 and ND30010011). Because project activities associated with these projects were deemed likely to impact suspected cultural resources within the project area, COP requested that EcoPlan prepare and implement a cultural resources testing and discovery program for the treatment of suspected cultural resources in the project area. In total, fifteen prehistoric features and one historic feature were discovered and investigated. Archaeological features included four Hohokam field houses, three canals, six small pits, a possible reservoir, and an alignment of postholes believed to be the remains of a ramada-like structure. The historic feature consisted of the buried remains of a privy. The archaeological expressions in the study area were assigned site number AZ T:12:231 (ASM) by ASM.

The project area is located within the Phoenix Basin, part of the Basin and Range physiographic province (Chronic 2002). The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) intend to construct a new traffic interchange (TI) in the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The new TI is part of a larger ADOT project that ultimately will increase the traffic capacity and allow access to the freeway as urban development continues to expand in the area. Archaeological site AZ T:8:157 (ASM) was identified as a scatter of aboriginal artifacts dating to between AD 200-1500 during a survey that included the current area of potential effects (APE). Those researchers (DeMaagd and others 2002:62) recommended that the site would require testing to determine its eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan), as a subconsultant to ADOT’s pre-design consultant, PB, was tasked with preparation and implementation of a work plan for archaeological testing and, if warranted, subsequent data recovery, at site AZ T:8:157 (ASM) (Phillips 2006). Archaeological testing at site AZ T:8:157 (ASM) occurred on 22 May and 26 May 2006. This report presents the results of our investigations.

This preliminary report briefly summarizes the results of an archaeological data recovery program implemented by EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) on a portion of multicomponent (prehistoric and historic) cultural resource site AZ T:12:70 (ASM) in downtown Phoenix. Data recovery at AZ T:12:70 (ASM) - the prehistoric components of which are referred to as “Pueblo Patricio” - commenced following archaeological testing within the project area (refer to Sorrell 2006a). This document is intended to comply with the terms of the Arizona Antiquities Act (Arizona Revised Statutes [ARS] §41841, et seq.), the Arizona Board of Regents Rules 8-201 through 8-207 as authorized by ARS §15-1631, and the COP Historic Preservation Ordinance.

Salt River Project (SRP) maintains the 500-kilovolt (kV) Coronado to Silverking transmission line that traverses the Tonto National Forest (TNF), Gila County, Arizona. To control encroaching vegetation, SRP plans to employ the use of a Slashbuster® - a brush cutting and mulching device mounted onto heavy excavating equipment. The proposed action, which has the potential to impose adverse impacts upon cultural resources, requires permitting from TNF and, as such, is an undertaking subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. Accordingly, SRP requested that EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) conduct a cultural resource investigation in advance of the project. The survey was carried out under Special Use Permit MES290, issued to EcoPlan by TNF. This survey report was prepared to provide documentation of the cultural resources identified within the project area for SRP submittal to TNF. We assume that, per the terms of the Region 3 First Amended Programmatic Agreement Regarding Historic Property Protection and Responsibilities, TNF will provide the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) documentation of this survey report in its annual listing of undertakings for which TNF recognized findings of "no historic properties affected."

This document contains the results of archaeological testing and a plan for data recovery on a portion of site AZ T:12:70 (ASM) (Pueblo Patricio). Archaeological investigations of the project area are being conducted in advance of construction of a portion of the Phoenix Bioscience Center. In a preliminary report of testing results (Sorrell 2006b), EcoPlan recommended data recovery excavations within the project area. Despite substantial disturbances from construction/demolition activities within much of the testing area, which have truncated several possible features, all of the prehistoric features discovered during testing appear to retain integrity and, hence, data potential for the study of Hohokam material culture. Moreover, EcoPlan recommended no further explorations into Features 8 and 9 - the two potentially historic features identified dining testing. This recommendation was based on the poor condition of these features, the paucity of associated artifacts, and the lack of associated stratified deposits that might be explored archaeologically.

The City of Phoenix’s (COP) Downtown Development Office plans to construct facilities related to the Phoenix Bioscience Center on COP-owned land in downtown Phoenix. The COP cost center number for the project is ED10000012. Because project activities may cause adverse impacts to subsurface cultural resources - both prehistoric and historic - the COP Parks and Recreation Department Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM), which coordinates archaeological projects for all COP departments (Bostwick 2004) requested that EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) implement an archaeological testing program to inform the treatment of cultural resources in the project area. This COP-funded testing program is being conducted by EcoPlan under on-call contract number 117951 between the COP Parks and Recreation Department and EcoPlan. This testing program is intended to comply with the terms of the Arizona Antiquities Act (Arizona Revised Statutes [ARS] §41-841, el seq.), the Arizona Board of Regents Rules 8-201 through 8-207 as authorized by ARS §15-1631, and the COP Historic Preservation Ordinance. The testing area is located partially within the boundary of site AZ T: 12:70 (ASM) (hereafter, Pueblo Patricio); also, the testing area had been the location of several historic buildings, the surface components of which no longer exist. This preliminary report presents, in summary fashion, the results of archaeological testing within the project area.