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2. Distribution and Status of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of the Salt River Basin, Missouri.
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McMurray, Stephen E., Faiman, J. Scott, and Buchanan, Alan C.
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FRESHWATER mussels ,SPECIES distribution ,BIOLOGICAL extinction ,COLONIZATION (Ecology) - Abstract
We qualitatively surveyed freshwater mussels in the Salt River basin, Missouri, during 1977-86 and 2005-7. A cumulative sample of 6,234 live individuals representing 31 species was recorded during both periods; six additional species were recorded only as shell material. Amblema plicata was the dominant species recorded, representing 31.3% of the total live animals. There were no significant differences in average species richness values, Brillouin's index values, or relative abundances of the tribes amblemini-pleurobemini-quadrulini between the two surveys. The most notable change was the complete loss of the mussel fauna in the South Fork Salt River. We also observed significantly higher probabilities of local extirpation in the mainstem Salt River, North Fork Salt River, Middle Fork Salt River, and South Fork Salt River. At the tribe level, the amblemini had a higher probability of local colonization and the lampsilini had a higher probability of local extirpation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2017
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3. Cenozoic drainage reversal on the southern margin of the Colorado Plateau, east-central Arizona, USA.
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Potochnik, Andre R., Faulds, James E., and Reynolds, Stephen J.
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FLOOD basalts , *CENOZOIC Era , *SEDIMENTARY rocks , *VOLCANIC fields , *LAKE sediments , *GLACIAL landforms - Abstract
Laramide northeast-flowing streams from the ancestral Mogollon highland beveled gently northeast-dipping Late Proterozoic to Cretaceous strata across the southern Colorado Plateau Transition Zone. Late Eocene renewed uplift rejuvenated northeast-flowing streams incising paleocanyons. Apache paleocanyon was incised into the Mogollon highland, including the north-trending Laramide Apache uplift bounded by major reverse faults/monoclines. The Mogollon Rim sequence aggraded in Apache paleocanyon and on a broad alluvial plain to the east. Middle Cenozoic tectonic subsidence of the Transition Zone, aridification, and volcanism combined to aggrade Apache paleocanyon with sedimentary and volcanic rocks from 37.6 to 18.63 Ma. Emplacement of the Mogollon-Datil caldera complex and Chuska erg on the southeastern Colorado Plateau forced streamflow to northwest-dispersal of fluvio-eolian sediment from 34 to 26 Ma. Following erosion by northwest-flowing streams on the southern Colorado Plateau from ~26 to 16 Ma, lake sediments of the lower Bidahochi Fm were deposited. Southwestward reactivation of Laramide faults was underway by ~25 Ma coeval with extensive 25 to 20 Ma Natanes Plateau basalt flows and extreme crustal thinning southwest of the Transition Zone. As northeastward streamflow gradually diminished, a Superstition field ash flow tuff ended northeastward flow at 18.63 Ma and was followed by a period of sluggish southwest stream flow and ponding until after ~14.84 Ma. Southwestward structural subsidence and possible spillover from ancestral Lake Hopi on the Colorado Plateau southern margin caused incision of the southwest-directed Dagger Canyon paleovalley after 14.84, which followed the path of the earlier Apache paleocanyon and possibly to the Sespe delta on the California coast before opening of Gulf of California. Structural collapse of the Tonto Basin to the west induced deposition of the Dagger Canyon Conglomerate in the Dagger Canyon paleovalley before the modern Salt River incised all previous deposits and became integrated with the Gila River during the Plio-Pleistocene. [Display omitted] • East-northeast Laramide streams incised paleocanyons and beveled landforms. • Mogollon highlands structurally subsided during Oligocene crustal extension. • Ignimbrite volcanism deflected streams northwest on Colorado Plateau southern margin. • Northwest streams carved Little Colorado River valley and eastern Grand Canyon. • Spillover of Bidahochi lake initiated southwest river flow from Colorado Plateau. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2022
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4. Metamorphic alteration of the massive sulfide horizon from the Salt River VMS deposit (South Africa).
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Wohlgemuth-Ueberwasser, Cora C., Viljoen, Fanus, and McClung, Craig R.
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MINERALIZATION , *METAMORPHIC rocks , *PLATINUM group , *METAMORPHISM (Geology) , *SULFIDE minerals , *LASER ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry - Abstract
Abstract: Sulfides from the upper sulfide zone of the Salt River VMS deposit (South Africa) were analyzed for PGE (platinum group elements), Re, Au, Sb, As, Se, Te, Cr, Co, Ni, Mn, Mo, Ag, Hg and Pb using in-situ LA-ICP-MS (laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry) techniques. The analysis of a plethora of trace elements during the ablation of one single spot was possible by using a multi-standard approach, involving the analysis of several external standards before, after and between the analysis of unknowns, including a new in-house standard for As, Sb, Se, and Te. Chondrite normalized PGE patterns best fit data from Besshi-type deposits, and show that metamorphism was isochemical with respect to the PGE and Au. Although most sulfide minerals experienced melting no migration into discrete pockets could be observed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] more...
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- 2014
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5. Climatic, geomorphic, and archaeological implications of a late Quaternary alluvial chronology for the lower Salt River, Arizona, USA
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Huckleberry, Gary, Onken, Jill, Graves, William M., and Wegener, Robert
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ALLUVIAL streams , *GEOMORPHOLOGY , *CHRONOLOGY , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations , *FLOODPLAINS , *ACCELERATOR mass spectrometry - Abstract
Abstract: Recent archaeological excavations along the lower Salt River, Arizona resulted in the unexpected discovery of buried late Pleistocene soils and cultural features dating 5800–7100cal YBP (Early Archaic), the latter representing the earliest evidence of human activity in the lower Salt River floodplain thus far identified. Because the lower Salt River floodplain has been heavily impacted by recent agriculture and urbanization and contains few stratigraphic exposures, our understanding of the river''s geological history is limited. Here we present a late Quaternary alluvial chronology for a segment of the lower Salt River based on 19 accelerator mass spectrometry 14C and four optically stimulated luminescence ages obtained during two previous geoarchaeological investigations. Deposits are organized into allostratigraphic units and reveal a buried late Pleistocene terrace inset into middle-to-late Pleistocene terrace deposits. Holocene terrace fill deposits unconformably cap the late Pleistocene terrace tread in the site area, and the lower portion of this fill contains the Early Archaic archaeological features. Channel entrenchment and widening ~900cal YBP eroded much of the older terrace deposits, leaving only a remnant of fill containing the buried latest Pleistocene and middle-to-late Holocene deposits preserved in the site area. Subsequent overbank deposition and channel filling associated with a braided channel system resulted in the burial of the site by a thin layer of flood sediments. Our study confirms that the lower Salt River is a complex mosaic of late Quaternary alluvium formed through vertical and lateral accretion, with isolated patches of buried soils preserved through channel avulsion. Although channel avulsion is linked to changes in sediment load and discharge and may have climatic linkages, intrinsic geomorphic and local base level controls limit direct correlations of lower Salt River stratigraphy to other large rivers in the North American Southwest. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] more...
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- 2013
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6. Locational Probability for a Dammed, Urbanizing Stream: Salt River, Arizona, USA.
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Graf, William L.
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AERIAL photographs ,REMOTE-sensing images ,RIVER channels ,SPATIAL analysis (Statistics) ,FLOODS - Abstract
ABSTRACT / Data from historical aerial photographs analyzed with a GIS show that river channel change on the Salt River in the Phoenix metropolitan area of central Arizona has been driven by large-scale regional flood events and local human activities. Mapping of functional surfaces such as low-flow channels, high-flow channels, islands, bars attached to channel banks, and engineered surfaces shows that during the period from 1935 to 1997, the relative areal coverage of these surfaces has changed. Flood events have caused general changes in sinuosity of the low-flow channel, but islands have remained remarkably consistent in location and size, while channel-side bars have waxed and waned. The most important determinant of local channel form and process is sand and gravel mining, which in some reaches occupies more than 70% of the active channel area. The general location of mining is closely related to the location of the moving urban fringe, which serves as a market for sand and gravel during construction. Quantitative spatial analysis of imagery supplemented by field mapping shows that for each location within the general channel area, it is possible to specify a probability of encountering a low-flow channel or other fluvial features. Maps showing the distribution of these probabilities of occurrence reveal the most probable location and configuration of the channel as it occurred in the past. Some reaches have the low-flow channel located persistently within a limited area as a result of bedrock or sinuosity controls, but other reaches dominated by flow separation or shallow gradient have almost no persistence in channel location from one flood to another. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2000
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7. Neogene drainage reversal and Colorado Plateau uplift in the Salt River area, Arizona, USA.
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Anderson, Jordan C., Karlstrom, Karl E., and Heizler, Matthew T.
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NEOGENE Period , *VOLCANIC fields , *DRAINAGE , *WATERSHEDS , *SALT - Abstract
U Pb detrital zircon and 40Ar 39Ar detrital sanidine dating of paleoriver deposits refines the timing of the mid-Cenozoic drainage reversal from NE- to SW-flowing rivers across the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. NE-flowing paleorivers of the Mogollon Rim Formation were of multiple ages: ≤59.38 Ma for the Flying V outcrop and ≤37–33 Ma for other outcrops. These NE-flowing paleorivers were defeated by construction of the 38–23 Ma Mogollon–Datil volcanic field and extensional collapse of the Mogollon Highlands. The 37.6–21.8 Ma Whitetail Conglomerate of the Salt River paleocanyon records the transition from NE-flowing rivers to internal drainage that persisted from 30 to 14.67 Ma during continued extensional collapse. The SW-flowing proto-Salt River was established by about 12 Ma and flowed into Tonto Basin ~7 Ma. The Salt River extended its length to near Phoenix via basin spillover from the Tonto and Verde basins about 2.8 Ma and became established in its present path only in the past ~500 ka. Between 3.0 and 0.52 Ma, incision rates of the Salt River's headwaters have been steady at 95 m/Ma as calculated using the age and height of four far-traveled basalt runouts from the Springerville volcanic field. These incision rates contrast with 10 m/Ma rates for downstream areas near the Sentinel-Arlington volcanic field on the Gila River over the past 2.37 Ma. This 85 m/Ma of differential incision was a geomorphic response of headwater drainages to changes in base level (base level fall plus headwater uplift) that, at least in part, was a consequence of top-down integration of the Salt and Verde river systems via spillover. Neogene headwater uplift is proposed to have set the stage for and perhaps driven this downward integration by increasing river gradients, and progressive uplift in the past 3 Ma may help explain post-integration steady headwater incision. Surface uplift components include construction of the Springerville and San Francisco volcanic fields and related mantle-driven epeirogenic uplift of the southern rim of the Colorado Plateau. Long-term differential incision rates for the Salt River (85 m/Ma) are less than for the Colorado River system (140 m/Ma across Grand Canyon) suggesting west-up neotectonic tilting of the Colorado Plateau. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2021
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8. The surface salinity maximum of the South Atlantic
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N. Aubone, Elbio Daniel Palma, and Alberto R. Piola
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0106 biological sciences ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Mixed layer ,Equator ,SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT BIFURCATION ,Aquatic Science ,Tropical Atlantic ,01 natural sciences ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 [https] ,SALINITY BUDGET ,Precipitation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,MAXIMUM SALINITY REGION ,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ,Advection ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Geology ,Entrainment (meteorology) ,Salinity ,Oceanography ,MIXED LAYER ,SALT RIVER ,Oceanic basin - Abstract
Like most other ocean basins, the maximum sea surface salinity region (MSR) in the South Atlantic shows a large displacement from the region of maximum difference between evaporation and precipitation (E-P), suggesting that ocean processes play a key role in determining the location of the MSR. We use outputs from a general circulation model (ECCO v4r3) to analyze the mixed layer salinity balance and disentangle the interaction of atmospheric forcing and oceanic processes in both regions. The MSR balance is dominated by evaporative surface fluxes and entrainment, while advection and diffusion play a secondary role. On the other hand, in the region of maximum E-P, the high surface freshwater loss is partially compensated by horizontal advection of low salinity waters, which is responsible for decreasing the salinity below that observed in the MSR. Using a particle tracking model, we find that MSR waters originate mostly from re-circulation in the Tropical South Atlantic and from the Tropical North Atlantic and Indian Oceans. After reaching the MSR, most of those waters flow southward in austral summer along the Brazil Current (1.6 Sv, 1 Sv = 106 m3 s−1), and northward in winter along the North Brazil Current (3.5 Sv). This seasonal variability in the fate of the salty water is modulated by the seasonal migration of the South Equatorial Current bifurcation region. Tracking of particles released at the base of the MSR mixed layer shows a subducted salt river with an estimated transport of 2.6 Sv on the 25.2 kg m−3 neutral density surface that flows northward along the North Brazil Current and retroflects just north of the equator as part of the Equatorial Undercurrent. These high-salinity waters are a significant contributor to the upper limb of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the eastern Tropical Atlantic and their variability. Fil: Aubone, N.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina Fil: Palma, Elbio Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía; Argentina Fil: Piola, Alberto Ricardo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos; Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa. Armada Argentina. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval; Argentina. Instituto Franco-argentino sobre Estudios del Clima y sus Impactos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina more...
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- 2021
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9. PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF EIGHT SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM THE F2413 FIELD SYSTEM, SITE AZ T:12:206(ASM), MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA
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Cummings, Linda Scott and Miller, Paul M.
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Salt River ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,AZ T:12:206(ASM) ,19-037 ,Late Sacaton ,AZ T:12:206 (ASM) ,Phytolith Analysis ,Early Soho ,Sediment ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Maricopa County (County) - Abstract
Site AZ T:12:206(ASM), formerly AZ T:12:54(ASU), represents agricultural field cells, lateral canals, and an artifact scatter on an alluvial terrace above the north bank of the Salt River in Maricopa County, Arizona. Given its proximity, Site AZ T:12:206 may be an extension of the previously recorded village Site AZ T:12:52(ASM). During Phase II data recovery of the site, WestLand Resources, Inc. revealed prehistoric lateral canals (running more-or-less parallel to the Salt River) in association with agricultural field cells, which appear to be associated with the late Sacaton and early Soho culture phases (ca. AD 1100) (M. Chenault, personal communication, 22 April 2019; Haury 1978:39). Furthermore, WestLand confirmed the presence of the historical Meridian Canal, a remnant of extensive canal building supplying agricultural fields north from the Salt River in the last quarter of the 19th century (Dibble & Associates Consulting Engineers 2000:50). To gain further insight into prehistoric agricultural practices, WestLand submitted eight sediment samples from across the field system to PaleoResearch Institute for phytolith analysis. more...
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- 2019
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10. Restoration and river management in the arid southwestern USA: exploring project design trends and features.
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Gerlak, Andrea K., Eden, Susanna, Megdal, Sharon, Lacroix, Kelly Mott, and Schwarz, Andrew
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STREAM restoration , *REGULATION of rivers , *RIVERS , *COMMUNITY involvement , *RIVER conservation - Abstract
River restoration activities are becoming increasingly common in many communities today. Such efforts in Arizona are illustrative of a larger ecosystem and river restoration trend underway nationally and internationally. This paper examines river restoration efforts in Arizona in the context of changing federal and state agency missions and local priorities. Restoration projects on four significant rivers are analyzed with a keen look at the design features they share. Multiple purpose goals, collaborative funding and support, community involvement. and monitoring and maintenance emerged as important project design features. We found that the extent to which these features were planned and implemented in any given project varied with several factors such as size, accessibility to urban populations and the mission of the principal sponsoring entity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2009
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11. Pliocene-Pleistocene stability of the Queen Creek drainage in the Basin and Range Province, eastern Phoenix metropolitan area, Central Arizona.
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Skotnicki, Steven J., Gootee, Brian F., and Seong, Yeong Bae
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WATERSHEDS , *METROPOLITAN areas , *ENDORHEIC lakes , *EPHEMERAL streams , *DRAINAGE - Abstract
Queen Creek exemplifies a moderately-sized tributary drainage of the Salt River, central Arizona, USA. In contrast to the exoreic Salt River and its immediate neighbor to the south, the exoreic Gila River, Queen Creek has remained an ephemeral stream, losing its discharge as it debouched from its mountain drainage basin throughout the late Pliocene and Quaternary. As a result, only the largest discharge events extended out into the center of the endorheic Higley Basin and then, later, to the Salt River. Data presented here demonstrate that the Queen Creek drainage existed long before the arrival of the Salt River in the Higley Basin, and continued to exist after aggradational piracy diverted the early Salt River around the north side of South Mountain. Thus, Queen Creek not only provides information about the history of internal drainage within the Higley Basin, but it also provides valuable insight about how a local endoreic stream reacts to drainage integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2021
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12. The surface salinity maximum of the South Atlantic.
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Aubone, N., Palma, E.D., and Piola, A.R.
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SEAWATER salinity , *SALINITY , *GENERAL circulation model , *MERIDIONAL overturning circulation , *MIXING height (Atmospheric chemistry) , *HYDRAULICS - Abstract
• Freshwater flux (E-P) and entrainment modulate the maximum salinity region. • Ekman transport of near-equatorial low salinity waters controls maximum E-P region. • Fate of maximum salinity waters is modulated by the seasonal migration of the SEC. • A subducted salt river (2.6 Sv) flows northward along the North Brazil Current. Like most other ocean basins, the maximum sea surface salinity region (MSR) in the South Atlantic shows a large displacement from the region of maximum difference between evaporation and precipitation (E-P), suggesting that ocean processes play a key role in determining the location of the MSR. We use outputs from a general circulation model (ECCO v4r3) to analyze the mixed layer salinity balance and disentangle the interaction of atmospheric forcing and oceanic processes in both regions. The MSR balance is dominated by evaporative surface fluxes and entrainment, while advection and diffusion play a secondary role. On the other hand, in the region of maximum E-P, the high surface freshwater loss is partially compensated by horizontal advection of low salinity waters, which is responsible for decreasing the salinity below that observed in the MSR. Using a particle tracking model, we find that MSR waters originate mostly from re-circulation in the Tropical South Atlantic and from the Tropical North Atlantic and Indian Oceans. After reaching the MSR, most of those waters flow southward in austral summer along the Brazil Current (1.6 Sv, 1 Sv = 106 m3 s−1), and northward in winter along the North Brazil Current (3.5 Sv). This seasonal variability in the fate of the salty water is modulated by the seasonal migration of the South Equatorial Current bifurcation region. Tracking of particles released at the base of the MSR mixed layer shows a subducted salt river with an estimated transport of 2.6 Sv on the 25.2 kg m−3 neutral density surface that flows northward along the North Brazil Current and retroflects just north of the equator as part of the Equatorial Undercurrent. These high-salinity waters are a significant contributor to the upper limb of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the eastern Tropical Atlantic and their variability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2021
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13. Provenance in drainage integration research: Case studies from the Phoenix metropolitan area, south-central Arizona.
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Dorn, Ronald I., Skotnicki, Steve J., Wittmann, A., and Van Soest, M.
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ANALYSIS of river sediments , *CASE studies , *METROPOLITAN areas , *ELECTRON probe microanalysis , *DRAINAGE , *ZIRCON analysis - Abstract
Studies of the evolution of drainage systems in extensional settings like the Basin and Range Province of western North America benefit from well drilling as a means of acquiring valuable insight. Cuttings from two wells drilled into sediments of the Phoenix metropolitan region, Arizona, USA, offer new insights into the drainage history of the Salt and Verde river drainage basins. Analyses of detrital zircons with U Pb dating reveal a different signature for Ancestral Salt River Deposits (ASRD) as compared to the underlying basin fill. Trace element, 87Sr/86Sr ratios, and electron microprobe analyses of basalt fragments in the basal deposits of the ASRD in two different wells from Mesa, Arizona, show matches for outcrop sources near Bartlett Dam in the Verde drainage and near Stewart Mountain Dam in the Salt drainage. This indicates that the Salt and Verde rivers were transporting these basalts when the Salt River first flowed into the metropolitan Phoenix area. We employed tephrochronology to determine that the 3.3-Ma Nomlaki tuff accumulated in closed-basin playa deposits located near the present-day junction of the Salt and Verde rivers, providing a maximum-limiting age for the integration of both rivers. Because the age of mountains crossed by the Salt and Verde rivers pre-date <3.3 Ma by tens of millions of years, we rule out antecedence and superimposition as possible mechanisms to explain these transverse drainages. Multiple lines of evidence presented here are inconsistent with drainage piracy from headward erosion for both drainages: (i) headward erosion would have eroded analyzed basalt clasts from outcrop positions prior to drainage integration, and yet these clasts only occur in the lowest deposits of the ASRD; (ii) headward erosion would not be expected to create transverse streams in two distinct river drainages at the same time, and yet basalt clasts eroded from outcrops in the Salt and Verde rivers arrived together in the basal layer of the ASRD deposits, within the temporal resolution of 3 m sampling interval for well cuttings; (iii) headward erosion of the Verde River from the Nomlaki Tuff (providing maximum age of river integration at 3.3 Ma) to the breached Verde Formation-depositing lake at 2.5 Ma would require an extraordinarily fast rate of >12 cm/yr across multiple bedrock uplands; and (iv) Mescal Limestone clasts on the highest Salt River strath terrace cannot be explained by headward erosion. However, all analyzed evidence are consistent with the process of lake overflow. Based on our findings and the use of geomorphic criteria (Douglass et al., 2009), we conclude that lake overflow is the most likely cause of drainage integration of both the Salt River and the Verde River. Unlabelled Image • Verde and Salt rivers integrated drainages after Nomlaki 3.3 Ma eruption • Detrital zircon analyses reveal substantially different source areas of sediment before and after river integration • Mineralogic and geochemical analyses indicate penecontemporaneous arrival of Salt and Verde rivers into the Phoenix area • Antecedence, superimposition, and headward erosion via piracy processes in conflict with new evidence • Lake overflow best explains Verde and Salt rivers integration across the Basin and Range Province of Arizona, USA [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2020
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14. Subsurface evidence for the sudden integration of the Salt River across the internally drained Basin and Range Province, Arizona, USA.
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Skotnicki, Steven J. and DePonty, Jersy D.
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WATER well drilling , *SURFACE of the earth , *GEOMORPHOLOGY , *ZIRCON analysis , *WATERSHEDS , *ACCESS to archives - Abstract
The dynamics of river systems are most easily studied by observing their present geomorphology exposed at Earth's surface. However, the bulk of these often long-lived transportation and depositional systems is mostly buried at depth and hidden from view. Accessing these subsurface archives is often not possible. The Phoenix 'basin' of Arizona, USA, with its rich collection of water well drilling information, offers a unique opportunity. Clast assemblages of sand and gravel deposits contained in subsurface drill cuttings enable estimates of sediment provenance and, importantly, reveal changes of provenance over time. This study represents more than a decade of drill cuttings analysis and presents a method for evaluating the depositional history of how the Phoenix basin developed a large external river system that crossed a long-lived internally drained basin. This configuration developed after Basin and Range faulting and extension had ceased, allowing the basin to fill to capacity with sediment. When placed in the context of a series of new isopach maps of the subsurface ancestral Salt River deposits, our clast assemblage analysis supports the conclusion that the Salt and Verde rivers appeared suddenly in the geologic record. The ancestral Salt River deposits and other nearby streams crossing the basin each possess a unique clast assemblage that can be used to 'fingerprint' sediments with similar sources. We use these observations to draw conclusions about the age and origin of these streams. Used in conjunction with other types of analyses such as cosmogenic burial dating and detrital zircon analyses, determining clast assemblages of drill cuttings in the context of mapping these assemblages is a powerful new method for estimating the source of sediment and for understanding how the Phoenix basin, and basins in general, fill with sediment. This information is of value in modeling both basin development and groundwater resources in similar contexts in Arizona and elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2020
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15. NEOGENE DRAINAGE REVERSAL AND COLORADO PLATEAU UPLIFT IN THE SALT RIVER AREA
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Anderson, Jordan Curtis
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- Salt River, Arizona, Colorado Plateau, Geology
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The modern Salt River flows southwest from the Colorado Plateau, through the Arizona Transition Zone and into to the Basin and Range. Rivers in this area flowed northeast during the Paleogene from the Laramide Mogollon Highlands into structural basins of the topographically lower southern Colorado Plateau area. One of these rivers carved the Salt River paleocanyon through a portion of the Mogollon Highlands known as the Apache Uplift to similar depths as the modern Grand Canyon. This study refines the timing of this drainage reversal in the Salt River area by constraining the ages of paleoriver sediments deposited during the time of northeast-flowing rivers, internal drainage and southwest-flowing rivers. These results provide insights into the evolution of the southern Colorado Plateau. U-Pb dating of detrital zircon is used for maximum depositional ages and provenance analyses. 40Ar/39Ar dating of detrital sanidine is used for higher precision maximum depositional ages. The majority of paleoriver samples that were analyzed with both detrital zircon and sanidine show similar maximum depositional ages. Minimum or direct depositional ages are determined by overlying or interbedded volcanic units. The Mogollon Rim Formation is composed of river gravel, sandstone and mudstone on the southern rim of the Colorado Plateau that were deposited by northeast-flowing rivers. Results indicate deposition began after 59.38 Ma in the Flying V Canyon area and from 37 – 33.55 Ma in the Trout Creek section. The Whitetail Conglomerate represents the transition from northeast-flowing rivers to internal drainage in the Salt River paleocanyon. Whitetail Conglomerate is as old as the interbedded 37.6 Ma dacite in Canyon Creek fault side drainages, but deposition in the axis of the Salt River paleocanyon occurred between 30 and 21.8 Ma. The transition from northeast-flowing rivers to internal drainage occurred between 33.55-30 Ma marking the age of initial development of the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. Apache Leap tuff flowed NE down Salt River paleocanyon nearly to Canyon Creek fault at 18.6 Ma. Internal drainage is documented by the 14.67 Ma Black Mesa basalt that flowed onto underlying lake beds. The first southwest-flowing river system in the Salt River paleocanyon deposited the Dagger Canyon conglomerate after incising at least 200 m deep into the Whitetail Conglomerate. The lower Dagger Canyon conglomerate is present in tilted fault blocks on the eastern side of Tonto Basin and the western portion of the Salt River paleocanyon. The dip of bedding increases down-section from 0 to 27o providing evidence that deposition occurred while the faults were active. Lower Dagger Canyon conglomerate deposition began after 12.49 Ma, presumably due to base level fall associated with Basin and Range extension. The upper Dagger Canyon conglomerate is composed of flat-lying river gravels and sandstone located at higher elevations than the lower Dagger Canyon conglomerate in Tonto Basin and the Salt River paleocanyon. Deposition of the upper Dagger Canyon conglomerate began after 7.34 Ma and a possible a lag in fluvial deposition occurred between the two facies. If a lag in fluvial deposition occurred then the upper Dagger Canyon conglomerate represents a rejuvenation of the southwest-flowing river system in the Salt River paleocanyon after Basin and Range faulting waned. A likely driver for this rejuvenation would be southern Colorado Plateau uplift by the building of Mount Baldy volcanic field 12-8 Ma. more...
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- 2020
16. Results of Cultural Resource Phase I Data Recovery and Monitoring for the Lindo Park Recreation Center, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Punzmann, Walter and Davis, Peg
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Historic ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,AZ T:12:396(ASM) ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Metate fragment ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Historic Background Research ,Lehi Terrace ,Phoenix, AZ ,Metal ,Phoenix Basin ,Hohokam Sedentary period ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Ceramic ,South Mountain ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Charcoal ,Modern Debris ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Lindo park ,Classic Period - Abstract
COP Parks and Recreation Department is proposing to construct a recreation center at Lindo Park. An Archaeology Assessment conducted by the COP found that the proposed Lindo Park Recreation Center occurs within the boundaries of prehistoric archaeological site that is known to contain human remains. Given the proximity of the features investigated during the previous project, it was determined highly likely that archaeological features associated with the site may exist within the Community Center footprint. Based on communication with Laurene Montero, COP Archaeologist, construction Phase I data recovery and subsequent monitoring was required for all ground disturbing activities within the site boundary and a 250 ft buffer of other archaeological site. Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) utilized the Monitoring and Discovery Plan for the City of Phoenix (Montero and Stubing 2004), with an appropriate project-specific addendum developed. This report documents the results of both the cultural resource Phase I data recovery and monitoring during construction activities. A project specific permit (2016-076ps) was obtained from the Arizona State Museum. A repository agreement was obtained from the Pueblo Grande Museum. ACS worked under the COP Burial Agreement. A Maricopa Dust Permit (number E160791) was procured in compliance with the Maricopa County Air Quality Department. An ACS Site Health and Safety Plan (Davis 2016) was in place during all ground disturbing activities. more...
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17. Results of Archaeological Monitoring within AZ T:12:116(ASM) during Ground-Disturbing Activities, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Howard, Alexandra and Garraty, Christopher
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Historic ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Platform Mound ,AZ T:12:116(ASM) ,Ash ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Domestic Structures ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Salt River ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Pipe ,Historic Background Research ,Buffware ,Phoenix, AZ ,Metal ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Ceramic ,Flakes ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Charcoal ,Colonial Period ,Pit ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Gila River ,Plainware ,Glass ,Brick ,Basalt - Abstract
This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring in advance of Sun State Builder’s (Sun State) anticipated construction of warehouse facilities within an L-shaped area. This project area is situated within a Hohokam village habitation site with a known platform mound. The project area also encompasses a historic residential property that has not been evaluated for National Registry of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility. The project involved excavation (mechanical grading and scraping) for construction of foundation columns, retention basins, a loading dock, and a parking lot. Logan Simpson documented 10 features and a variety of prehistoric and historic period artifacts from disturbed secondary depositional contexts. All features were exposed and recorded in plan only: trench excavations were not implemented, and so features were not exposed in profile. In general, features could only be partially exposed during mechanical grading, and the lower portions of seven deeply buried features (Features 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10) are preserved beneath the base of the graded area. The prehistoric features and artifacts observed within the project area are not recommended as contributing to the overall eligibility of the prehistoric Hohokam site AZ T:12:116(ASM) under Criterion D. Given the heavily disturbed contexts of the features, Logan Simpson recommends that detailed investigation of exposed portions of the four truncated and partially intact prehistoric features within the project area would not have yielded new or significant information about AZ T:12:116(ASM). Logan Simpson further recommends that detailed investigation of the six disturbed historic period features would not have yielded new or significant information about historic occupation and development in west Phoenix. Consequently, no further investigations are recommended within the project area. more...
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18. Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad, AZ T:12:1(ASM), The Frank Luke Addition Locus, Volume 2: Analytical Studies, Synthesis, and Data Appendixes
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Textile ,Dating Sample ,Vahki Phase ,La Ciudad ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Agricultural or Herding ,Sedentary Period ,Ground Stone Analysis ,Buffware ,Gila Butte Phase ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Privy ,Pollen Analysis ,South Mountain ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Post Hole / Post Mold ,Colonial Period ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Pollen ,Red-on-Buff ,Gila River ,Hearth ,Plainware ,Estrella Phase ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Ceramic Analysis ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Snaketown Phase ,Flaked Stone Analysis ,Phytolith ,Mano ,Pioneer Period ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Domestic Structures ,Starch Analysis ,Inhumation ,Santa Cruz Phase ,Shell ,AZ T:12:1 (ASM) ,Huhugam ,Sacaton Period ,Sonoran Desert ,Camelback Mountain ,Phoenix Mountains ,Historic Background Research ,metate ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Macrobotanical ,Ceramic ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Lower Colorado River Valley ,Cremation ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Starch Grain ,Pit ,Cobble ,Human Remains ,Classic Period - Abstract
Logan Simpson archaeologists recovered a total of 18,799 ceramic artifacts during testing and data recovery within the FLA Phase 2 and Phase 3 loci. The collection mainly consists of body sherds (92 percent) and rim sherds (8 percent) from pottery vessels, but small numbers of non-vessel ceramic artifacts (e.g., figurines, pipe stems, and raw clays), partially reconstructible vessels (PRV), and a complete vessel (CV) also were recovered. The PRVs generally consist of multiple refitted sherds that comprise at least one-third of a complete vessel; for the purpose of quantifying the ceramic data, the PRVs were counted as single items (rather than as individual sherds) to avoid inflating artifact counts. The overwhelming majority of ceramics (95 percent) were collected from Locus 2; ceramic artifacts from this locus outnumber those from Locus 3 by more than 20 to 1. The project area is situated outside but adjacent to the originally defined northwest site boundary of La Ciudad. However, it constitutes part of the larger La Ciudad settlement and appears to be situated along the margin between a Pre-Classic period residential area and the surrounding farm fields, based on the mix of features related to domestic and agricultural activities. The two-phase division of the project area was designed to assist with the construction management, but it is also fortuitous for archaeological investigations because it segregates what appear to be functionally and temporally distinct site components. Locus 2 on the east side of the project area consists of a dense cluster of features, including residential pit houses and associated activity areas (defined by various extramural thermal and nonthermal pits). In contrast, Locus 3 consists of two groups of small field houses associated with limited-use extramural activity areas. Both loci appear to have been occupied primarily during the late Pioneer and Colonial periods. This chapter provides an overview of the methods and inferred results from various analyses of ceramic materials from the project area. more...
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19. Results of Archaeological Monitoring for Phase 1 of Rain Damage Repairs to the Platform Mound and Ball Court at AZ U:9:1 (ASM)/Pueblo Grande, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Stubing, Michael
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Historic ,Pipe ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Platform Mound ,fungi ,South Mountains ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Non-Domestic Structures ,Hohokam ,Ball Court ,Lower Colorado River ,Ceramic ,Domestic Structures ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Pueblo Grande ,Plastic Drain sump ,Gila River ,AZ U:9:1 (ASM) ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Artifact Analysis - Abstract
The project consists of repair of rain damage to the platform mound and ball court at Pueblo Grande. The repair will be done in two phases. Phase 1, which is covered within this report, repaired damage to the protective backfill/wall capping and drainage system around the perimeter of the mound, and removed excessive sediment from the drainage sump of the ball court. Phase 2, which will be conducted at a later date, will repair damage on the top of the mound consisting of erosion beneath the interpretive trail and will also include partial backfilling of some of the open rooms on top of the mound to protect their integrity. A treatment plan for Phase 1 was prepared, and provided methods for documenting the damaged areas before, during, and after repair; overseeing the work crews to ensure that the work was done properly and to protect sensitive areas of the site; collection of artifacts recovered from screening fill soil and sediment; and education of visitors as needed about the work being conducted. more...
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20. Cultural Resources Overview for the Papago Park Planning Area
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Soil Systems, Inc.
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Sherd Scatter ,Vessel ,Pointed Post ,Plaza ,Artifact Scatter ,Arizona State University Administrative Building ,AZ U:9:25 (ASU) ,AZ U:9:28 (ASU) ,Trash Midden ,Agricultural or Herding ,Ancient Structure ,Tempe Garden Club ,Foundation ,Terrace ,AZ U:9:14 (PG) ,1920s ,Lithic Scatter ,Can ,Cobblestone Wall ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Masonry Structure ,Beer Can ,1880s ,Mill ,Rock Art ,Piman ,Circular Foundation ,AZ U:9:10 (ASM) ,Cobblestone ,Communal / Public Structure ,Charles Hayden ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Baseball Field ,Masonry Room Block ,Domestic Structures ,Mesa 1:4 (GP) ,River Cobble ,Commercial or Industrial Structures ,AZ U:9:26 (ASU) ,Room Block ,Lower Colorado Region Ceramic ,1910s ,Santa Fe Railroad Bridge ,Harry Hazard ,Defensive Wall ,Masonry ,Midden ,Mesa 1:11 (GP) ,19th Century ,Bronze Plaque ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,Phoenix, AZ ,Historic Native American ,Mesa 1:17 (GP) ,Mesa 1:14 (GP) ,Trash Mound ,Non-Domestic Structures ,Structure ,Tempe Beach Stadium ,Ceremonial Cache ,Anderson Mouer ,Ceramic ,1870s ,AZ U:9:27 (ASU) ,Oval Cobble Alignment ,Classic Period ,Mouer Park ,Historic ,AZ U:9:91 (ASU) ,Tempe Beach Park ,Burial ,Oval Rock Alignment ,Rock Alignment ,Works Progress Administration ,Sanitarium ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Trash Dump ,Skeleton (Human) ,Salt River ,Mesa 1:7 (GP) ,Civano Phase ,Building Materials ,1900s ,AZ U:9:11 (ASM) ,Rock Shelter ,Tuberculosis Sanitarium ,Piman Vessel ,Sedentary Period ,Plaque ,Archaeological Feature ,Burnt Post ,Mill Avenue Bridge ,Hohokam ,Automobile Bridge ,Swimming Pool ,20th Century ,Post ,Cache ,Mesa 1:10 (GP) ,Mesa 1:5 (GP) ,Historic Communal / Public Structure ,Petroglyph ,Tempe, AZ ,Yuman ,Mesa 1:8 (GP) ,AZ U:9:77 (ASU) ,Soho Phase ,Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features ,Arizona Children's Hospital ,Soda Can ,Flour Mill ,Mesa 1:18 (GP) ,Wall ,Sweetwater Phase ,Arizona State University ,Tempe Butte ,B. B. Mouer ,AZ U:9:30 (ASU) ,Santa Cruz Phase ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Stadium ,Room Block / Compound / Pueblo ,Bridge ,1930s ,New Deal era ,Mesa 1:6 (GP) ,Bottle ,Prehistoric ,AZ U:9:24 (ASU) ,Beer Bottle ,Salt River Valley ,Papago Park ,Hayden Flour Mill ,Dump ,Shaman Burial ,1890s ,Cobble ,WPA ,AZ U:9:12 (ASM) ,Soda Bottle - Abstract
Cella Barr Associates contracted with Soil Systems, Inc. to prepare an overview of the cultural resources in the Papago Park planning area. A survey of pertinent literature and site record files was conducted and the results were summarized in this report. Recommendations for documentation and assessment of cultural resources within the park area conclude this report. A review of the archaeological and historical material encompassing the Papago Park planning area has revealed 20 archaeological sites and four significant historical structures. The sites include 19 prehistoric Hohokam and historic Piman Indian occupations of the area as well as a historic trash dump. The significant historical structures are Hayden Flour Mill, the orginal automobile bridge across the Salt River, the Mill Avenue Bridge, and the Tempe Beach Stadium. Other historical places within the planning area are the Arizona State University Administrative Building, Mouer Park and Tempe Beach Park. more...
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21. Results of Archaeological Monitoring at 21st Place, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Gibson, Wesley
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Historic ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Casa Buena ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Ceramic ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Agricultural or Herding ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,AZ T:12:36/37(ASM) ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring during grounddisturbing activities at the site. Logan Simpson was requested to monitor ground-disturbing activities because of the potential to encounter cultural resources. The project involved replacing and reconnecting sewer lines from an existing house to city sewer lines. Ground-disturbing activities included mechanical and hand trenching. more...
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22. Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad, AZ T:12:1(ASM), The Frank Luke Addition Locus, Volume 1: Introduction, Feature Descriptions, Chronology, and Canals
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Schist ,Turquoise ,Mesquite ,Sacaton Phase ,La Ciudad ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Petrographic Analysis ,Flotation Analysis ,Mesa, AZ ,Agricultural or Herding ,Sedentary Period ,Lower Colorado Subdivision ,Ground Stone Analysis ,Faunal Analysis ,Archaeological Feature ,Buffware ,Gila Butte Phase ,Redware ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Pollen Analysis ,South Mountain ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Post Hole / Post Mold ,Charcoal ,Colonial Period ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Pollen ,Red-on-Buff ,Gila River ,Hearth ,Plainware ,Agricultural Field or Field Feature ,Bead ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Daub ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Ceramic Analysis ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Snaketown Phase ,Mano ,Pioneer Period ,Ash ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Obsidian Analysis ,Domestic Structures ,Shell Analysis ,Santa Cruz Phase ,Shell ,AZ T:12:1 (ASM) ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Mineral ,Sonoran Desert ,Creosote ,Reservoir ,Phoenix Mountains ,Caliche ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Fire Pit ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Cesspit ,Ceramic ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Pit ,Cobble ,Storage Pit ,Trash Pit ,Human Remains ,Classic Period - Abstract
Logan Simpson conducted archaeological excavations between February and June 2013 for the City of Phoenix’s Frank Luke Addition (FLA) Project. The excavations were completed within a 9.1-acre parcel situated within the prehistoric site of La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[ASM]), a Hohokam village located north of the Salt River. The FLA Project is located within a highly urbanized portion of the City of Phoenix (COP) in the Phoenix Basin, south-central Arizona. Historical documents indicate that the FLA parcel was used for farming until about 1906, when it was subdivided for private housing. In 1950, the COP purchased the 12.2-acre parcel for redevelopment as public housing and named the development in honor of the World War I flying ace Frank Luke. The 1950s public housing complex consisted of 39 1-story apartment buildings separated by grass lawns, play areas, and a curving street. The apartments were built in 1952 and were demolished in 2012, following appropriate documentation, to make way for a larger complex of multiple-story apartments to be developed by the COP using a combination of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, General Obligation bonds, and a U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HOPE VI grant. more...
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23. Archaeological Investigations for the PGM Public Arts Walkway Project, Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, Phoenix, Arizona
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Darby, Connie A.
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Historic ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Ash ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Plastic ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Pueblo Grande ,Refuse Pit ,Shell ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,AZ U:9:1 (ASM) ,Maricopa (County) ,Sedentary Period ,Sonoran Desert ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Metal ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Ceramic ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Charcoal ,Colonial Period ,Pit ,Gila River ,Glass ,Classic Period ,Artifact Analysis - Abstract
Archaeological testing and data recovery prior to construction of the PGM Public Arts Walkway and archaeological monitoring of subsequent construction activities within the grounds of the city-owned Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park.This report includes background information about the project area, descriptions of the field methods and results of the monitoring and data recovery effort, a summary of work accomplished, and recommendations for future work in the project area locale. more...
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24. Archaeological Testing and Monitoring for Phase 1 Construction of the 32nd Street Multi-Use Trail and Street Improvements Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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A. E. Rogge and Chapin-Pyritz, Regina
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Historic ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Salt River ,AZ T:12:137 (ASM) ,Agricultural or Herding ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Las Canopas ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Ceramic ,South Mountain ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Fauna ,Charcoal ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Gila River ,Classic Period - Abstract
The project includes street improvements and construction of an adjacent multi use trail. The project is being constructed in two phases. This project addressed Phase 1, which involved: installing 15 buried storm drain laterals to carry rainfall runoff from the street to a 5-foot (1.5-m) diameter storm drain that had been previously buried beneath the street, relocating a sewer line manhole, relocating or installing new fire hydrants at six locations, constructing a sidewalk, converting an open Salt River Project (SRP) irrigation ditch to a buried pipe, modifying SRP irrigation pipes previously buried beneath the site.The future Phase 2 construction will include paving a uniform configuration of vehicle lanes, and construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and a multi-use trail. Because of budget constraints, implementation of Phase 2 was delayed. The site has been evaluated as eligible for the Arizona Register of Historic Places for its potential to yield important information about the Hohokam occupation of the Phoenix Basin. The Phoenix Archaeology Office recommended that the Street Transportation Department arrange for preconstruction archaeological testing or archaeological monitoring of ground disturbing construction activities within the site and a surrounding buffer 250 feet (76 m) wide, as well as within 50 feet (15 m) of the alignments of possible buried Hohokam irrigation canals that were previously mapped. more...
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25. Archaeological Monitoring for the Southern Avenue Local Drainage Improvements Project in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Stubing, Michael and Steinbach, Erik
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Historic ,Isolated Artifact ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,AZ T:12:137 (ASM) ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Archaeological Feature ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Las Canopas ,Metal ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Ceramic ,Southern Avenue ,South Mountain ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Charcoal ,Pit ,Clay ,Archaeological Monitoring ,Gila River ,Trash Pit ,Glass ,Brick Fragment - Abstract
The project consists of the replacement of improvements to a storm drainage system and catch basins. Ground disturbance within the APE consisted of the excavation of trenches and pits of various lengths, widths, and depths. Excavation was conducted mechanically with backhoes and by hand with shovels and picks. All ground-disturbing activities within the project site and 250 ft. of its boundaries were monitored. The project was conducted under the direction of Mark Chenault (project manager) and Michael Stubing (project director). Monitoring was conducted by Lisa Champagne, Erik Steinbach, and Jewel Touchin from May 27 to August 21, 2015; a total of 56 person days were spent monitoring the project. Three historic trash pits and one isolated historic glass bottle were found and recorded during monitoring. more...
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26. Building a Village: Excavations at La Villa
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Vahki Phase ,Sacaton Phase ,Plaza ,Temper Analysis ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Petrographic Analysis ,Burial Pit ,Agricultural or Herding ,Pestle ,Sedentary Period ,Ground Stone Analysis ,Archaeological Feature ,Gila Butte Phase ,La Villa ,Lapstone ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Post Hole / Post Mold ,Charcoal ,Colonial Period ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Pollen ,Hearth ,Plainware ,Estrella Phase ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Ceramic Analysis ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Snaketown Phase ,Ash Pit ,Flaked Stone Analysis ,Mano ,Pioneer Period ,Ash ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Sweetwater Phase ,Domestic Structures ,Santa Cruz Phase ,Shell ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Phoenix Mountains ,Caliche ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Ceramic ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Pit ,Cobble ,Storage Pit ,Human Remains ,Classic Period ,AZ T:12:148 (ASM) - Abstract
The Hohokam village was one of the largest pre-Classic settlements in the Phoenix Basin. The recorded site boundary covers more than 80 acres, extending from the edge of the Salt River floodplain northward. Founded during the Vahki phase (A.D. 500-650), when settlement aggregated around two large plazas, the village thrived until the Santa Cruz phase (A.D. 850950), when people began to leave the village, possibly settling in villages further down the canal system. Final abandonment occurred during the eleventh century A.D., although by that time, La Villa was greatly reduced in scale and, presumably, in importance. The project detailed in this volume is the second conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., at La Villa (Lindeman, ed. 2015). The current archaeological excavations preceded installation of a storm drain, which was part of the larger Downtown Storm Drain Improvements project. The City of Phoenix Jefferson Phase 2 Drainage project entailed installation of 36- and 30-inch diameter storm drains and associated manholes, catch basins, and pipe connections along Jackson Street in downtown Phoenix. In all, 248 features were identified, including 74 pithouses, 144 extramural features, 29 mortuary features, and 1 plaza. The central precincts of major Hohokam villages have only been rarely investigated during the modern era. Uncovering the Eastern Plaza at La Villa represents the first investigation of a plaza along Canal System 2. The large linear transects that structured the project provided a unique sample across a relatively large, albeit narrow, swath of the site, allowing for sampling of contexts from the center of the village to the edges. What was uncovered under the streets of modern Phoenix was incredibly well preserved, providing a robust base for the analyses presented in the following pages. more...
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27. Archaeological Monitoring near the Patrick Site, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Howard, Alexandra and Sorrell, Daniel H.
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Historic ,Historic Background Research ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Patrick Site ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring conducted for a City of Phoenix (COP) rehabilitation project. Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations to install irrigation and remove vegetation at the project site. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with the Patrick Site— a prehistoric site located within 250 feet of the project area. For this reason, the NSD requested that EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) implement a program of archaeological monitoring, which was conducted following provisions of the COP generic archaeological monitoring and discovery plan (Montero and Stubing 2004) to fulfill the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), Section 802 of the COP Historic Preservation Ordinance, and A.R.S. 41-865. Archaeological monitoring was conducted in accordance with the 2007 Programmatic Agreement among the City o f Phoenix, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding HUD-Funded Program Activities. more...
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28. Archaeological Monitoring for the Jackson Street Storm Drain Improvement Project in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Glennda Gene Luhnow and Touchin, Jewel
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Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Pioneer Period ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Dutch Canal Ruin ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Salt River ,South Mountain ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Archaeological Monitoring ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,AZ T:12:62 (ASM) ,Maricopa (County) ,Classic Period ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring for the installation of a new storm drain mainline, manholes, a catch basin, and various connectors in Phoenix. The monitoring was conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (Jacobs) at the request of the City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department (STD) under an existing on-call archaeological services agreement as COP STD Tracking No. The project is sponsored by the COP Street Transportation Department and is funded by COP; it is located entirely on land owned by COP. Jacobs obtained written notification to proceed with the archaeological monitoring on March 9, 2015. For the purposes of this investigation, the term "cultural resources" refers to prehistoric or historic archaeological sites or objects and potentially significant historic buildings or structures. The COP Archaeology Office reviewed this project and provided recommendations in a December 4, 2013 Archaeological Assessment Form. The COP Archaeology Assessment noted that the project is located within AZ T:12:62 (ASM)/Dutch Canal Ruin, and recommended that monitoring be conducted for all portions of the APE that are located within the site or within 250 feet of its known boundaries. No artifacts or intact cultural resource deposits were identified during the monitoring; nor was any evidence of the unverified Hohokam canal alignment found. more...
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29. Archaeological Monitoring within AZ T:12:70 (ASM)/Pueblo Patricio and AZ T:12:217 (ASM)/the Dennis Addition, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Howard, Alexandra and Sorrell, Daniel H.
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Historic ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,the Dennis Addition ,Garfield District ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,AZ T:12:70(ASM) ,Agricultural or Herding ,Pueblo Patricio ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Archaeological Monitoring ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,AZ T:12:217 (ASM) - Abstract
At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted for the installation of granite ground cover within the boundaries of NRHP-eligible site AZ T:12:70 (ASM)/Pueblo Patricio and recommended NRHP-eligible AZ T:12:217 (ASM)/ the Dennis Addition in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as monitoring, testing, or data recovery) might be warranted. more...
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30. Archaeological Monitoring at W. Vineyard Road, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Howard, Alexandra and Sorrell, Daniel H.
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Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations for the removal and addition of plants, the addition of three air conditioner unit posts, and removal of gravels. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at PGM determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with a reported prehistoric canal. For this reason, the NSD requested that EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) implement a program of archaeological monitoring, which was conducted following provisions of the COP generic archaeological monitoring and discovery plan (Montero and Stubing 2004) to fulfill the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), Section 802 of the COP Historic Preservation Ordinance, and A.R.S. 41-865. Archaeological monitoring was conducted in accordance with the 2007 Programmatic Agreement among the City of Phoenix, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding HUD-Funded Program Activities. more...
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31. Monitoring Report for the Reel Men Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Macnider, Barbara S.
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Historic ,Archaeological Feature ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Isolated Artifact ,Chipped Stone ,Las Canopas ,South Mountains ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,AZ T:12:137 (ASM) ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Gila River ,Huhugam - Abstract
Using private funds, the Reel Men Rentals is constructing a new facility on a 1.185-acre parcel located at in Phoenix. The project involves the construction of a building, parking lot, loading docks, and associated infrastructure. The parcel is located at the north of the prehistoric site Las Canopas, AZ T:12:137(ASM). Since this is a village site there is the potential to uncover human remains during construction excavations. Therefore, the project needs to comply with the State burial law, ARS § 41-865, as well as Chapter 8, Section 802[B2] of the City of Phoenix's (COP) Historic Preservation Ordinance. No human remains or archaeological features were discovered; only three chipped stone flakes were found during the monitoring. Following is some background information about the site and the methods used for the monitoring. more...
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32. Results of Archaeological Monitoring for the Buckeye Road Waterline Installation Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Rego, Justin P., Bryk, Michael, and Hudson, Lesley
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Historic ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,AZ T:12:422 (ASM) ,AZ T:12:99(ASM) ,Farmers Canal ,Metal pipe ,AZ T:12:424 (ASM) ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Pavement ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Prehisotric ,Agricultural or Herding ,AZ T:12:129 (ASM) ,Lower Colorado ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,AZ T:12:57 (ASU) ,Archaeological Feature ,Historic Background Research ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,Phoenix, AZ ,Metal ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Pit ,Gila River ,Verde River - Abstract
This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring for a COP water line project. The project involved the installation of a new waterline along an existing alignment in Phoenix. Archaeological monitoring was conducted under the established Monitoring and Discovery Plan for the city of Phoenix (Montero and Stubing 2004). As a result of the project, five features were recorded and two previously reported sites were given ASM site numbers. more...
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33. Excavations at La Villa: Continuity and Change at an Agricultural Village
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System User
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Vahki Phase ,Sacaton Phase ,Plaza ,Temper Analysis ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Petrographic Analysis ,Burial Pit ,Ground Stone Analysis ,Archaeological Feature ,Gila Butte Phase ,La Villa ,Lapstone ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Hohokam ,Red Mountain ,Pollen Analysis ,Cave Creek ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Post Hole / Post Mold ,Charcoal ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Pollen ,Hearth ,Plainware ,Estrella Phase ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Daub ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Ceramic Analysis ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Snaketown Phase ,Flaked Stone Analysis ,Mano ,Pioneer Period ,Ash ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Sweetwater Phase ,Domestic Structures ,Red-on-Buffware ,Santa Cruz Phase ,Shell ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Caliche ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Non-Domestic Structures ,Ceramic ,Cremation Burial ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Pit ,Cobble ,Human Remains ,Classic Period ,AZ T:12:148 (ASM) - Abstract
The archaeological excavations documented in this volume examine the Hohokam village of La Villa, AZ T:12:148 (ASM). From its founding in the sixth century A.D., until abandonment in the eleventh century, La Villa was one of the largest villages in the Phoenix Basin. Current excavations preceded the installation of a storm drain that was part of the larger Storm Drain project and provided a rare glimpse of a large pre-Classic period village. Fieldwork occurred in multiple phases. Archaeological data recovery was conducted within the project alignment along in four phases of fieldwork. The work was observed by an archaeological monitor. The alignment in was tested, and because no features were identified, no further work was conducted. Most of the work was conducted in where dense occupation was encountered. The long-lived occupations encountered are in the heart of the village of La Villa. In total, 241 features were identified, including 80 pithouses, 98 extramural features, and 63 mortuary features. Located just north of the western plaza at La Villa, the project area contained dense, persistent settlement. Particularly dense were areas located closest to the western plaza. On the northern and western margins of the project area, settlement, while dense by most standards, was temporally patchy, occupied for one or more intervals but exhibiting gaps. From the founding of La Villa, its inhabitants were farmers. As productive specialization developed, particularly in ceramics but also in other goods, farming became increasingly important for the people of La Villa. Agricultural products became not only sources of sustenance, but also goods that could be exchanged for shell, ceramics, and other goods. Fieldwork revealed contexts spanning much of the Hohokam pre-Classic. Features were excavated dating from the Red Mountain phase through the Middle Sacaton, with the interval from Vahki through Early Sacaton being best represented. One of the strengths of the excavated data set is this incredible temporal sample, which revealed that change at La Villa came in fits and starts, interspersed by periods of remarkable continuity. more...
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34. Results of Construction Monitoring at AZ T:7:174(ASM) for the Northern Parkway Project Near El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Schilling, Linda M.
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Pit House / Earth Lodge ,White Tank Mountains ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Artifact Scatter ,Domestic Structures ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Agua Fria River ,AZ T:7:174 (ASM) ,Santan Mountains ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Archaeological Feature ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Ceramic ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,El Mirage, AZ ,Lower Colorado River Valley ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Preclassic Hohokam period ,Charcoal ,Gila River ,Classic Hohokam period - Abstract
MCDOT plans to improve Northern Avenue to be a parkway with gradeseparated intersections at major cross streets to provide a higher-speed, higher-capacity, east-west route in the northwestern portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area where no freeways are planned. At the request of Mr. Robin Shishido of Parsons, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) conducted construction monitoring pursuant to recommendations presented in a plan of work for cultural resources previously identified during survey (Luhnow 2013). Monitoring was conducted within the plotted boundaries of the site, a Hohokam artifact scatter that was previously plotted within the APE, though no evidence of the site was identified during the more recent survey. This report presents the results of the construction monitoring. more...
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35. Phase II Data Recovery at Pozos de Sonoqui / AZ U:14:49 (ASM) within the Proposed Alignment in Queen Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Burial ,Turquoise ,Sacaton Phase ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Petrographic Analysis ,Flotation Analysis ,Burial Pit ,Agricultural or Herding ,Adobe ,Santan Mountains ,Sedentary Period ,Faunal Analysis ,Botanical Analysis ,Archaeological Feature ,Gila Butte Phase ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Wood ,Pollen Analysis ,Pottery Analysis ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Queen Creek ,Post Hole / Post Mold ,Charcoal ,Colonial Period ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Pollen ,Red-on-Buff ,Gila River ,Hearth ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Daub ,Ceramic Analysis ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Snaketown Phase ,Flaked Stone Analysis ,Mano ,Pioneer Period ,Ash ,Lithic Analysis ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Sweetwater Phase ,Domestic Structures ,Inhumation ,Santa Cruz Phase ,Shell ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Mineral ,Historic Background Research ,metate ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Pozos de Sonoqui ,Chronological Analysis ,Macrobotanical ,Stone ,Ceramic ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Cremation ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,AZ U:14:49 (ASM) ,Pit ,Human Remains - Abstract
This report documents Phase II data recovery at a portion of the project site performed by archaeologists from Jacobs Engineering (Jacobs) in Phoenix, Arizona. Under contract with Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), archaeologists from Jacobs conducted data recovery at the site from January 8, 2013, through May 1, 2013. The Phase II data recovery resulted in the discovery of 104 features and excavation of 85 features, along with the recovery of thousands of artifacts. more...
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36. Archaeological Monitoring at Sunland Avenue, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Howard, Alexandra
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Historic ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Lower Colorado River Valley ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Archaeological Monitoring ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
At the request of NSD and PGM, EcoPlan completed an archaeological monitoring program in association with manual excavations conducted to install irrigation, remove a stump, install vegetation, and clear the house stem wall at Sunland Avenue, within 50 feet of the boundary of a reported prehistoric canal in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. No archaeological materials were identified. No further archaeological work is necessary at this time. Additional cultural resource investigations (such as monitoring, testing, or data recovery) might be warranted. more...
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37. Results of Archaeological Monitoring at E. Atlanta Avenue and E. Sunland Avenue, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Rego, Justin P.
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Historic ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Archaeological Overview ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Lower Colorado Subdivision ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
This document presents the results of archaeological monitoring for two COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) improvement projects. The two parcels are each within the 50-ft-wide buffer zone of an unnamed canal that is projected to traverse the properties. The COP recommended archaeological monitoring to document possible cultural resources within the project area. All ground disturbing activities were monitored within 50 ft on either side of two prehistoric canals projected to cross two parcels of land. Archaeologists examined vertical and horizontal exposures of the substrate to assess whether intact cultural deposits are present. No cultural resources or artifacts were identified during monitoring of both parcels. No cultural resources or artifacts were identified during monitoring of the two parcels. more...
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38. Archaeological Monitoring at W. Novak Way, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Howard, Alexandra and Sorrell, Daniel H.
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Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Lower Colorado ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations for the removal and addition of plants and the removal of gravels. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at PGM determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with a reported prehistoric canal. For this reason, the NSD requested that EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) implement a program of archaeological monitoring, which was conducted following provisions of the COP generic archaeological monitoring and discovery plan (Montero and Stubing 2004) to fulfill the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), Section 802 of the COP Historic Preservation Ordinance, and A.R.S. 41-865. Archaeological monitoring was conducted in accordance with the 2007 Programmatic Agreement among the City of Phoenix, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding HUD-Funded Program Activities. more...
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39. Archaeological Monitoring at North 29th Street, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Howard, Alexandra and Sorrell, Daniel H.
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Historic Background Research ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Whiteware ,Lower Colorado River Valley Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Gila River ,Huhugam ,Glass ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert - Abstract
This document reports the results of archaeological monitoring conducted for a City of Phoenix (COP) rehabilitation project. Through its contractor, and utilizing funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the COP Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) conducted manual excavations for installation of a fence line. During a review of the project, the COP Archaeology Office at Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) determined that excavations associated with the proposed improvement project could encounter subsurface deposits associated with a reported prehistoric canal paralleling Canal Grande. For this reason, the NSD requested that EcoPlan Associates, Inc. (EcoPlan) implement a program of archaeological monitoring within 50 feet of the canal, which was conducted following provisions of the COP generic archaeological monitoring and discovery plan (Montero and Stubing 2004) to fulfill the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), Section 802 of the COP Historic Preservation Ordinance, and A.R.S. 41-865. Archaeological monitoring was conducted in accordance with the 2007 Programmatic Agreement among the City o f Phoenix, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding HUD-FundedProgram Activities. more...
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40. Results of Phased Data Recovery for the Paving and Storm Drain Project, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Fangmeier, Kristin L.
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Historic ,Floor Groove ,White Mountain ,Turquoise ,Hematite ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Mesquite ,Juniper ,Lower Colorado River Subdivision ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Flotation Analysis ,Agricultural or Herding ,Granite Reef Dam ,Sedentary Period ,Faunal Analysis ,Archaeological Feature ,Rodent ,Buffware ,Metal ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Mesa Terrace ,Wood ,Pollen Analysis ,Colonial ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Fauna ,Post Hole / Post Mold ,Charcoal ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Pollen ,Gila River ,Hearth ,Core ,Verde River ,Artifact Analysis ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Ceramic Analysis ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Ash Layer ,Mano ,Pioneer Period ,AZ T:12:116(ASM) ,Ash ,Lithic Analysis ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Plastic ,Domestic Structures ,Pebble ,Shell Analysis ,AZ T:12:129 (ASM) ,Shell ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Fiber ,Tonto Creek ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Historic Background Research ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,metate ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Ostracode Analysis ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Ceramic ,Cottontail ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Pit ,Phytolith Analysis ,Cobble ,Trash Pit ,Glass - Abstract
The City of Phoenix (COP) Street Transportation Department (STD) is conducting road and storm drain improvements. The project will require the relocation of an existing Salt River Project (SRP) irrigation line, located on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land. Because federal lands are involved, the project is considered a federal undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. It also follows applicable COP policies and requirements as stated in the General Historic Properties Treatment Plan for City of Phoenix Projects (General Treatment Plan). According to the City Archaeology Office (CAO), the APE is situated within a prehistoric habitation site that is eligible for inclusion on the Arizona and National Registers of Historic Places (A/NRHP) under Criterion D. As a result, the CAO recommended that data recovery be conducted to determine if significant cultural resources are present in the current APE and to mitigate impacts to them should they be found. The historic Farmers Canal also crosses the project corridor. At the request of Ms. Homaira Parveen of COP STD, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) prepared an addendum to the General Treatment Plan; it provided a site-specific work plan to address the proposed project. Phase 1 investigations involved the excavation of 550 linear meters of backhoe within the site boundaries and a 250-ft buffer, comprising a 5.6 percent sample of the area of disturbance resulting from the proposed improvements. The General Treatment Plan outlined the research objectives, field methods, laboratory procedures, analyses, administrative and safety protocols, curation, and reporting criteria that were used for this project. Phase 1 data testing conducted October 2-9, 2012 identified significant historic and prehistoric features so Phase 2 data recovery methods were implemented October 10-November 2, 2012 in consultation with Reclamation and the CAO. This report details the results of both phases of investigation, including analyses and interpretations. more...
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41. Preliminary Report of Findings: Phase 1 Data Recovery at AZ T:7:366(ASM) for the Northern Parkway Project, Near El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Glennda Gene Luhnow
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Historic ,White Tank Mountains ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Artifact Scatter ,Preliminary Report ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Agua Fria River ,Santan Mountains ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Hohokam ,Phase I Data Recovery ,Ceramic ,Reconnaissance / Survey ,AZ T:7:366(ASM) ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,El Mirage, AZ ,Lower Colorado River Valley ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Ground Stone ,Gila River - Abstract
MCDOT plans to improve Northern Avenue to be a parkway in the Phoenix metropolitan area where no freeways are planned. At the request of Mr. Robin Shishido of Parsons, a cultural resource assessment of the project area of potential effects (APE) was conducted by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS). The purpose of the cultural resource assessment was to identify any historic properties in the APE that could be affected by the undertaking (Schilling and Jones 2012). Two historic properties were identified (Schilling and Jones 2012). One property is a Hohokam artifact scatter contained entirely within the APE in relatively undeveloped desert. The site was originally identified by URS, and archaeological testing was recommended to determine the site’s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) (Erickson et al. 2007). The diversity of surface artifacts observed during the ACS survey indicated that a recommendation of eligibility for the National Register under Criterion D for data potential was more appropriate for the site (Schilling and Jones 2012), and phased data recovery investigations were recommended. Data recovery investigations at the site were conducted between July 29-August 5, 2013 following heavy monsoon activity. During initial surface collection at the site, it was observed that the site boundary had significantly expanded based on the exposure of additional surface artifacts. In communication with MCDOT and the ADOT Historic Preservation Team (ADOT HPT), an addendum work plan was developed to address the expanded site boundary (Luhnow 2013b). more...
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42. Final Report of Findings: Phase 1 Data Recovery at AZ T:7:366(ASM) for the Northern Parkway Project, Near El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Glennda Gene Luhnow
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Ceramic Analysis ,Archaic Period ,White Tank Mountains ,Lithic Analysis ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Agua Fria River ,Santan Mountains ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Ceramic Period ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sedentary Period ,Sonoran Desert ,Archaeological Feature ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Northern Avenue ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Early-Late Sacaton ,Hohokam ,Phase I Data Recovery ,Systematic Survey ,Ceramic ,Reconnaissance / Survey ,AZ T:7:366(ASM) ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,El Mirage, AZ ,Archaic ,Lower Colorado River Valley ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Ground Stone ,Colonial Period ,Pit ,Gila River ,Estrella Phase ,Soho Phase - Abstract
Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) plans to improve Northern Avenue to be a parkway in the Phoenix metropolitan area where no freeways are planned. At the request of Mr. Robin Shishido of Parsons, a cultural resource assessment of the project area of potential effects (APE) was conducted by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS). The purpose of the cultural resource assessment was to identify any historic properties in the APE that could be affected by the undertaking (Schilling and Jones 2012). Two historic properties were identified (Schilling and Jones 2012). One property is a Hohokam artifact scatter contained entirely within the APE in relatively undeveloped desert. The site was originally identified by URS, and archaeological testing was recommended to determine the site’s eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) (Erickson et al. 2007). The diversity of surface artifacts observed during the ACS survey indicated that a recommendation of eligibility for the National Register under Criterion D for data potential was more appropriate for the site (Schilling and Jones 2012), and phased data recovery investigations were recommended. Data recovery investigations at the site were conducted between July 29-August 5, 2013 following heavy monsoon activity. During initial surface collection at the site, it was observed that the site boundary had significantly expanded based on the exposure of additional surface artifacts. The preliminary results of the data recovery investigations were previously reported on (Luhnow and Punzmann 2013). This report contains the final results of the investigations, including all specialized analyses. more...
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43. A Cultural Resources Survey 17.7 Acres Along the Riggs Road Alignment, Queen Creek, Maricopa and Pinal Counties, Arizona
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Bild, David A.
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Historic ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Isolated Artifact ,Pinal (County) ,Pioneer Period ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Ball Court ,Domestic Structures ,Salt River ,Hamlet / Village ,Agricultural or Herding ,Santan Mountains ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Maricopa (County) ,Sonoran Desert ,Reservoir ,Archaeological Feature ,Cultural Resource Survey ,Historic Background Research ,Classic ,Phoenix, AZ ,Phoenix Basin ,Prehistoric ,Non-Domestic Structures ,Pozos de Sonoqui ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Settlements ,Systematic Survey ,Ceramic ,AZ U:14:49 (ASM) ,Queen Creek ,Pit ,Gila River ,Concrete - Abstract
The Town of Queen Creek is planning to construct a four-lane, divided rural roadway along the Riggs Road alignment using funds from the FHWA administered by the ADOT Local Government Section. The roadway will have a raised median and will be built within existing undeveloped land and agricultural fields. LSD previously conducted a cultural resources survey of an 80.5-acre area of potential effect (APE); however, the APE was subsequently expanded and now encompasses 98.2 acres. The current survey was conducted in previously unsurveyed areas of the modified APE and consists of five segments totaling 17.7 acres. The Class III cultural resources survey of 17.7 acres resulted in the identification of one previously recorded site—AZ U:14:49 (ASM)/Pozos de Sonoqui. In addition to the site, five isolated occurrences (IOs) were identified. The IOs are not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and no additional research or preservation is required. more...
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44. Results of Cultural Resources Monitoring for the City of Phoenix Storm Drain Project, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Droz, Michael S. and R. Gordon Carlton
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Historic ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,Phoenix, AZ ,education ,Phoenix Basin ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Ceramic ,Tolleson, AZ ,AZ T:12:249 (ASM) ,Salt River ,Ground Disturbance Monitoring ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Agricultural or Herding ,Records Search / Inventory Checking ,Huhugam ,Glass ,Maricopa (County) - Abstract
Under contract to the City of Phoenix, ACS monitored installation of a storm drain trunk line. Catch basin and connector pipe were added from to the river: pipe, structure, and grading occurred in the Salt River. Previous research (Howard and Huckleberry 1991) indicated several prehistoric irrigation canals were projected to cross the project area at two locations. Therefore, the City Archaeology Office recommended monitoring of the pipe installation lo confirm the location or the projected canals and ensure the protection or any significant cultural deposits (e.g. human remains) discovered by the construction. The canal is recommended for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D. The T:12:249 canal exposure was mapped and profiled as proposed in the work plan. No artifacts or datable materials were observed in association with the canal profile; however, the feature's location, morphological characteristics, and stratigraphic position suggest association with the area's Hohokam occupation. more...
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45. Archaeological Monitoring of the Replacement of an SRP Canal in the Vicinity of Pueblo del Alamo for a Planned Development by K. Hovnanian Homes, City of Phoenix, Arizona
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Bustoz, David Q. and Rice, Glen E.
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Salt River ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Isolated Burial ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Hohokam ,Pueblo del Alamo ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Human Remains ,Classic Period ,Phoenix - Abstract
This is the report on the results of archeological monitoring of the excavation of a trench for a pipe to relocate an SRP irrigation lateral near the site of Pueblo del Alamo in Phoenix, Arizona. K. Hovnanian, in conjunction with a housing development project, sought to realign the lateral and replace it with a subterranean pipe; that action led them to comply with Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the State of Arizona Statute A.R.S. 41-865 and the City of Phoenix Ordinance on Historic Preservation (Chapter 8, Section 802) pertaining to the repatriation of human remains. The purpose of the monitoring was to address the accuracy of these site boundaries and to document and recovery cultural remains that occurred within the trenched area. These statutes and ordinances stipulate the recovery and repatriation of human burials to appropriate descendent groups. Accordingly the project focused on monitoring trenching operations in an effort to locate prehistoric deposits. A 1324 foot (403.5 meter) long by 11 foot (3.25 meter) wide trench was dug south to north on the west side of the existing canal to accommodate a 36” pipe. The trench depth was 6.5 to 7 feet and the sides were stepped back in order to satisfy safety standards. The center of the trench measured 5 feet in width by about 7 feet in depth, and the stepped areas on each side measured about 3 feet in width and 3 feet in depth. The total width of the trench was thus 11 feet (3.35 meters). The disturbed area was a total of about 14564 square feet (1353 square meters) in area with a minimum depth of 3 feet (.91 meters), and within that an area of 6620 square feet (615 square meters) was excavated further to a depth of about 7 feet (2.1 meters). Revised November 16, 2006, April 2 , 2007 more...
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46. A Class III Cultural Resource Survey of Five Alternative Alignments in the South Mountain Freeway Corridor Study Area, Maricopa County, Arizona
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J. Andrew Darling
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Historic ,AZ T:12:206 (ASM) ,Rock Alignment ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Pee Posh ,Artifact Scatter ,Gila River Indian Community ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Hamlet / Village ,AZ T:12:202 (ASM) ,AZ T:12:127 (ASM) ,AZ T:12:52 (ASM) ,Burial Pit ,Estrella Drive ,Lone Butte ,Agricultural or Herding ,Trash Midden ,AZ T:12:197 (ASM) ,Terrace ,Akimel O'odham ,AZ T:12:198 (ASM) ,AZ T:12:205 (ASM) ,Cemetery ,Archaeological Feature ,AZ T:12:9 (ASM) ,Metal ,Tolleson ,Arizona ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,AZ T:12:210 (ASM) ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Reconnaissance / Survey ,AZ T:12:208 (ASM) ,Road ,Ground Stone ,AZ T:12:91 (ASM) ,Rock Art ,Mound / Earthwork ,Agricultural Field or Field Feature ,Petroglyph ,Corral ,Trail ,AZ T:11:164 (ASM) ,Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features ,Pima ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Isolated Artifact ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,AZ T:12:199 (ASM) ,AZ T:12:204 (ASM) ,McDowell Road ,AZ T:12:201 (ASM) ,Ball Court ,Domestic Structures ,Phoenix ,Avondale ,Roosevelt Canal ,Shell ,Maricopa (County) ,Villa Buena ,Midden ,AZ T:12:207 (ASM) ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis ,Laveen ,Historic Native American ,Chipped Stone ,South Mountain Freeway ,South Mountains ,Non-Domestic Structures ,Fowler ,Pecos Road ,AZ T:12:200 (ASM) ,Settlements ,Ceramic ,Elliot Road ,Euroamerican ,Cairn ,AZ T:12:211 (ASM) ,Pit ,Pima Butte ,AZ T:12:203 (ASM) ,Glass ,Human Remains - Abstract
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) initiated preparation of a new Environmental Impact Statement and Location/Design Concept Report in 2001 to consider alternatives to the findings of the 1988 South Mountain Freeway concept (SMCT 2001). In the summer of 2001, HDR Engineering, Inc. was contracted to provide services in connection with this project. The GRIC-CRMP was subcontracted to provide a Class I cultural resource overview of the study area (Burden 2002) and subsequently to perform a Class III cultural resource survey of any properties requiring archaeological coverage. As an integral part of this effort, the Class III survey was undertaken by the GRIC-CRMP to document cultural resources in the field that might be impacted by future highway construction in the alternative alignments (corridors) and to make management recommendations based on site eligibility. more...
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47. Cultural Resource Survey for the Broadway Road Sanitary Sewer Project, Phoenix, Arizona
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Morton, Ethan and A.E. (Gene) Rogge
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Historic ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,Arizona ,Phoenix Basin ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Water Control Feature ,Reconnaissance / Survey ,Broadway Road ,Phoenix ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Maricopa County ,Agricultural or Herding ,Building Materials ,75th Avenue ,91st Avenue - Abstract
The City of Phoenix is installing a 48-inch sewer line within Broadway Road between 75th Avenue and 91st Avenue. The street right-of-way is held by the City of Phoenix, and the project must therefore be implemented in compliance with the Arizona Antiquities Act (ARS 41-841 through 41- 847). The Act requires those in charge of activities on lands owned or controlled by the State of Arizona or local governments to notify the director of the Arizona State Museum of the discovery of any archaeological sites, historical resources, or human remains. The City Archaeologist’s review of the project concluded that remnants of a Hohokam irrigation canal could be buried within the project area.When the project began, the construction plans also called for relocating two irrigation ditches that were part of the historical Salt River Project (SRP) canal system. At that time it was thought that the federal government owned both of these ditches and that the relocation of those structures was therefore a federal undertaking subject to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. In 2001, the Bureau of Reclamation, SRP, and the State Historic Preservation Office executed a Section 106 Programmatic Agreement Regarding Historic Preservation Treatment for the SRP System of Historic Main Canals, Laterals, and Associated Features. Neither of the two ditches had been identified under the terms of the programmatic agreement as features of the system to be preserved in place, but the programmatic agreement stipulated that any lateral affected by an undertaking would be surveyed for prehistoric sites. One of the ditches was within an area that had been previously surveyed intensively for cultural resources, but the other had not been surveyed. The City of Phoenix retained URS Corporation to prepare and implement a plan for cultural resource survey, testing, and data recovery to facilitate compliance with the Arizona Antiquities Act and the SRP programmatic agreement. The plan proposed archaeological testing to search for evidence of the possible Hohokam canal mapped by Frank Midvale, and intensive survey of the SRP drain/pump ditch that was outside of the area previously surveyed. Implementation of the planned cultural resource investigations was delayed because the City of Phoenix was unable to acquire additional right-of-way that was required to relocate the two SRP ditches. Without the additional right-of-way, there was insufficient room to excavate the proposed archaeological test trenches. Archaeological monitoring of construction was explored as an alternative way to search for Hohokam canals, but there was no effective and safe way to archaeologically monitor the 20-foot wide, 30-foot-deep trench, which could not be approached closer than 5 feet because of unstable trench walls and minimal temporary shoring during installation of the sewer pipes.Although the City of Phoenix was unable to acquire additional right-of-way in this area, SRP negotiated temporary easements that allowed them to install pipes on the surface of the ground outside the existing street right-of- way to continue to move water while the ditches were taken out of service to accommodate the sewer construction activities. After construction is completed, SRP will reconstruct and line the drain/pump ditch in its original alignment and bury and pipe the other irrigation ditch in its original alignment.The planned archaeological survey was completed along the drain/pump ditch before it was obliterated. Although SRP maintains this drain/pump ditch, it was determined that the ditch and the land on which it is located is privately owned. This report documents the goals, methods, and results of the cultural resource survey, and also documents information about the history of the two SRP ditches. more...
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48. Cultural Resources Testing at Las Canopas (AZ T:12:137[ASM]), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Marshall, John
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Turquoise ,Pendants ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Shell Bracelet ,Salt River ,Snaketown Red-on-Buffware ,Lower Sonoran Desert ,Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware ,Whole Vessels ,Archaeological Feature ,Buffware ,Las Canopas ,Redware ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Sacaton Red-on-Buffware ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Sweetwater Red-on-Buffware ,Heritage Management ,South Mountain ,Fauna ,Debitage ,Estrella Red-on-Buffware ,Ground Stone ,Cultural Resource Management ,Pollen ,Environment Research ,Collections Research ,Plainware ,Core ,Bead ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware ,Gila Butte Red-on-Buffware ,Red Ochre ,Mano ,Pioneer Period ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Adobe Structure ,Ball Court ,Domestic Structures ,Chopper ,Censer ,Inhumation ,Refuse Pit ,Shell ,Gila Polychrome Ware ,Maricopa (County) ,Midden ,Mineral ,Palette ,Hammerstone ,Reservoir ,Axe ,metate ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Isolated Burial ,Phoenix Basin ,Non-Domestic Structures ,Macrobotanical ,AZ T:12:137(ASM) ,Ceramic ,Scraper ,Research Design / Data Recovery Plan ,Preclassic Red-on-Buffware ,Cremation ,Faunal Inhumation ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Pit ,Jar ,Storage Pit ,Bowl ,Human Remains ,Classic Period - Abstract
Northland has completed cultural resources testing at two parcels. During the project, 83 trenches were mechanically excavated, totaling 1,613.3 meters. Trenches were roughly 20 m long, 65 cm wide, and 1.5 m deep. They were laid out in a checkerboard pattern across both loci, with trenches spaced 40 m apart east-west. This equates to approximately a 1.25 percent subsurface sample of the 20.7 acre project area. Testing confirmed the presence of features associated with Las Canopas (AZ T:12:137[ASM]), a large Hohokam village. In total, Northland identified 141 prehistoric cultural features, including habitation structures, extramural features, irrigation canals, and human burials. Basic descriptive information was collected on the location and distribution of all features identified. All human remains disturbed during testing were documented and removed. During testing, 20 human burial features were encountered. A map of the location of trenches and features was also prepared. The results of the Northland testing project indicate a lengthy prehistoric occupation within the tested parcels. Diagnostic ceramics ranging from the early Pioneer period, ca. A.D. 500 to 750, through late Classic period, ca. A.D. 1300 to 1450 were collected or noted during fieldwork. The temporal and spatial distribution of features across the tested parcels confirms the presence of intact prehistoric features. High densities of subsurface features, including human mortuary features, are present in multiple areas within the project area. Northland recommends that additional cultural resources investigations be conducted prior to any future ground disturbing activities within the project area. Las Canopas is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places based on its potential to contribute significant information to the prehistory of the region. Results of Northland's testing project indicate numerous additional intact features associated with the site will be encountered by any future ground disturbance activities. Of particular significance, it is highly probable that multiple human burial features remain undisturbed within the parcels. The site contains significant information potential and can address many important research questions pertaining to Hohokam occupation in the area. Indeed, there are few remaining sites in the Phoenix Basin with as much research potential. Therefore, prior to any future ground disturbance, Northland recommends that a research plan and plan of work for data recovery be prepared and implemented. more...
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49. Results of Data Recovery at Pueblo Del Rio, AZ:T:12:116(ASM) for the El Paso Natural Gas 2039 Line Relocation/Removal Project Southwest Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Aguila, Lourdes
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Historic ,Sacaton Redware ,Textile ,Dating Sample ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Salt Redware ,Shell Bracelet ,Bioarchaeological Research ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Snaketown Red-on-Buffware ,Burial Pit ,Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware ,toys ,Archaeological Feature ,Clothing fragments ,Metal ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Sacaton Red-on-Buffware ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Hohokam ,Pueblo del Rio ,Reconnaissance / Survey ,Caliche Surface ,Fauna ,Ground Stone ,Post Hole / Post Mold ,Site Stewardship Monitoring ,Bottle Glass ,Pollen ,Gila River ,Hohokam Colonial period ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Fire Cracked Rock ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,sherd disks ,Desert Tortoise ,Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware ,Gila Butte Red-on-Buffware ,AZ T:12:116(ASM) ,Pima Redware ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Gila Redware ,Well ,Vahki Plainware ,Refuse Pit ,stone disk ,ivory hairpin ,Maricopa (County) ,Room Block / Compound / Pueblo ,Sonoran Desert ,Palette ,Reservoir ,Historic Background Research ,Phoenix, AZ ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Macrobotanical ,Settlements ,Wingfield Plainware ,Systematic Survey ,Ceramic ,Archaic ,Faunal Inhumation ,Santan Redware ,Data Recovery / Excavation ,Pit ,Historic Artifacts ,Water-Related ,Glass ,Human Remains ,Shell pendants ,Hohokam Classic period - Abstract
Data recovery was completed at Pueblo del Rio as specified in the work plan developed after the testing phase. The purpose of the data recovery was to recover sufficient information from the portion of Pueblo del Rio within the EPNG right-of-way to answer general research questions as outlined in the treatment plan and to mitigate the adverse effect of the proposed EPNG undertaking on the cultural resources within the right-of-way. These goals were accomplished. However, the highly disturbed nature of the deposits made interpretation of the investigated features difficult. Additionally, the spatial limits of the project area within the narrow EPNG right-of-way precluded site-wide generalizations. more...
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50. Arizona Department of Transportation Environmental & Enhancement Group: An Addendum Cultural Resources Report for the 202L, South Mountain Freeway EIS & L/DCR Project, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Brodbeck, Mark
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Historic ,Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features ,Baseline Road ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Historic Structure ,Artifact Scatter ,West Broadway Road ,Domestic Structures ,Gila River Indian Community ,House ,Archaeological Overview ,Salt River ,Architectural Documentation ,West Buckeye Road ,Estrella Drive ,AZ FF:9:17 (ASM) ,Agricultural or Herding ,Maricopa (County) ,Archaeological Feature ,Historic Background Research ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis ,Chipped Stone ,West Dobbins Road ,Lower Buckeye Road ,South Mountain Freeway ,Arizona ,Prehistoric ,Non-Domestic Structures ,99th Avenue ,Structure ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Water Control Feature ,Town / City ,Settlements ,Ceramic ,Broadway Road ,AZ T:12:221 (ASM) ,Van Buren Street ,Road ,South 59th Avenue ,Euroamerican ,Ground Stone ,South 83rd Avenue ,West Elliot Road ,Railroad ,Glass ,Agricultural Field or Field Feature ,Corral - Abstract
A supplemental Class III cultural resources survey and historic site documentation of alternative alignments for the South Mountain Freeway Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Location/Design Concept Report (L/DCR). more...
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