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This file described the morphology and use wear of a drill form from the Eaton site in West Seneca, New York.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The early Holocene archaeological record in Patagonia has always been elusive. It is often recorded as layers within multi-component cave sites where archaeological and natural materials accumulate. However ordered the layering, careful the excavation techniques, or large the quantity of radiocarbon dates, such sites are complex to interpret due to site redundancy, human/carnivore alternation, and the contribution of multiple sources of sediments, among others. Here we report a single-component early Holocene site around an erratic in a fluvial/glacial valley east of the Northern Ice Field of Central West Patagonia. The Doble Lili rock shelter features occupations spanning 9000 to 8300 cal BP in a continuous deposit extending beneath the rock, as well as open to the air. Lithic material includes both local and exotic (obsidian) tools and is diversified enough to suggest multiple activities consistent with a moderate-span occupation. Faunal material is infrequent, but indicates primarily the consumption of guanaco, the largest extant mammal in the region. This new site features no overlaying occupations as is the case with other records of the same age in the region and the vicinity. Hence, Doble Lili’s occupation is a reliable example of an early Holocene occupation in terms of assemblages, function, and chronology.

Public version of the project excavation report (see project page for abstract).

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Report of Phase II archaeological investigations at ten previously recorded historic sites within the Arnold Air Force Base (AAFB) in Coffee and Franklin Counties, Tennessee (Versar Contract F41624-03-8620, Task Order 0027). Testing was conducted at Sites 40CF271, 40CF286, 40CF292, 40CF293, 40FR228, 40FR472, 40FR473, 40FR478, 40FR479, and 40FR480. Phase II archaeological investigations were conducted to identify the presence and extend of archaeological remains and to determine the integrity of features and buried cultural deposits. Based on the results of this Phase II investigation, none of the sites are eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and no further investigations are recommended.

SRP is a community-based, not-for-profit electric power and water utility company serving over 2 million central Arizona residents in the Phoenix metropolitan area and beyond. It maintains and operates (whole or in part) a series of reservoirs and dams, a canal system, and a network of power generation stations. One of its overhead 500-kilovolt (kV) lines connects from SRP’s coal-fired Coronado Generating Station near St. Johns in east-central Arizona to the 60-year-old Cholla Power Plant near Joseph City. The Cholla Power Plant, which began operation in 1962, is a 1.02-gigawatt coal power plant jointly owned by the Arizona Public Service Company (APS) and PacifiCorp. The Coronado–Cholla 500-kV line also interconnects to the APS Sugarloaf 69-kV distribution substation north of Snowflake, Arizona. The dynamic Little Colorado River is constantly changing and can threaten many man-made resources, including roadways, railroads, powerlines, and other infrastructure. At present, the Little Colorado River is precariously close to a series of overhead powerlines connected to the Cholla Power Plant, including the Coronado–Cholla 500-kV transmission line, where the river’s active river channel has been carving out the bank around one of the large lattice towers. To mitigate potential failure of the line that could result from the river’s impacts, SRP proposes to relocate one 500-kV lattice tower (T-238) and install a new 500-kV lattice tower (T-237A) to address the issues of a quickly receding riverbank. Because resource conservation is at the heart of its mission as a utility provider, with an ethical obligation to preserve heritage and cultural resources (SRP 2022a), SRP’s Cultural Resources Program contracted SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to conduct a pedestrian Class III survey to identify any cultural resources that may be impacted by the proposed project.

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The Salt River Project (SRP) is planning to conduct 5-year vegetation management along their Coronado-Silvering 500 kV transmission line beginning in May 2022. The portion of the transmission right-of-way (ROW) that crosses Tonto National Forest (TNF)’s Tonto Basin and Pleasant Valley Ranger Districts will be subject to vegetation management during this cycle. The entire length of the proposed treatment corridor has been previously surveyed, with the most recent survey conducted by Logan Simpson in 2016 (Cook et al. 2017). Review of the existing data sources, however, reveals numerous discrepancies in site location, site extent, and concordance among Arizona State Museum (ASM) assigned numbers, Forest Service assigned numbers, and other site numbering systems. Thus, the purpose of this project is to reconcile, to the extent possible, those discrepancies and to provide updated spatial data and recommendations. This will allow SRP to determine spans in which vegetation management by hand is needed to preserve cultural resources sites.

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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 final report presents the results of these cultural resources investigations.

n 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 document contains the contact sheets (photos) and photo log associated with these cultural resources investigations.

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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.

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This document contains 5 GIS distribution maps generated by Roderick Salisbury. Broken Triangular Drills, Drill Bases, Key Drills (broken + whole), Whole Key Drills, and Micro-drills.

Summary of excavations, 1999-2004 &2008

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PaleoWest, LLC (PaleoWest) is under contract to Salt River Project (SRP) to conduct a Class I literature review for 203.5 acres of private and ASLD land (Project area), and a Class III cultural resource inventory of 191.7 acres of private land (Survey area) in the Cities of Mesa and Queen Creek, within Maricopa County, Arizona (Project). The remaining Project acreage consists of ASLD land, which was previously surveyed by Northland Research, Inc. in 2019. Of the 191.7-acre Survey area, a total of 176.7 acres were archaeologically surveyed during the Project. The unsurveyed areas included fenced-off construction sites and areas of active farming.

SRP Water Rights and Contracts requested that Biological and Cultural Resources (BCRS) inspect a portion of the McMillan Property, in Camp Verde, Yavapai County, to determine if any cultural resources are present and would be impacted by proposed vegetation management aimed at reducing wildfire risks. BCRS staff Daniel Garcia and Nina Grimaldi conducted the inspection on January 13, 2022. As a result of the survey, one archaeological site (McMillan-1, believed to be NA3528 or the Verde Ballcourt Site), one historic in-use structure (the 1871 Woods Ditch), one isolated feature, and one isolated artifact were identified. BCRS recommends that McMillan-1, an Arizona and National Register-eligible archaeological site subject to A.R.S. § 41-841 et seq, be thoroughly documented by a cultural resource consultant, registered with the Arizona State Museum, avoided by all ground-disturbing activity including driving, mechanical vegetation removal, fence repairs, or excavations of any kind, and that SRP not sell or lease this portion of the property for development. The other identified cultural resources are unlikely to be impacted by this project, and no additional consideration of them is necessary.

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Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) requested North Wind Resource Consulting, LLC (North Wind) conduct a Class III cultural resources resurvey of an approximately 8-mile-long transmission right-of-way along State Route (SR) 87 on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRP-MIC) land in Maricopa County, Arizona (Figure 1). Emergency repairs and replacements were made to transmission poles within the survey area following a severe monsoon storm, which caused significant damage. The survey was conducted to determine if cultural resources were impacted as a result of the emergency repairs. The survey area consists of the 45.06-acre linear transmission right-of-way along SR 87. Salt River Ordinance 102-86 requires identification and treatment of archaeological resources endangered by proposed construction activities on the SRP-MIC. The project is considered an undertaking requiring compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, which requires a federal agency to consider the effects of its undertakings on historic properties (cultural resources eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places [NRHP]).

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Archaeological test excavations at nine sites and data recovery excavations at three sites in advance of highway realignment project in the Doubtful Canyon section of the SR 260—Payson to Heber project. A previously documented historic highway is also present in the project area. A small supplemental survey of additional right-of-way was conducted, although that work resulted in no newly identified sites.

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