The City of Phoenix requested that archaeological testing be conducted at a 25 acre parcel near 2... more The City of Phoenix requested that archaeological testing be conducted at a 25 acre parcel near 28th Street and Southern Avenue in Phoenix. The parcel is within the boundaries of a large prehistoric site known as Las Canopas (AZ T:12:137[ASM]). The project is on private property. The City has agreed that the archaeological testing can be done under the existing City-approved Plan, entitled General Cultural Resources Testing Plan for the City of Phoenix Projects that Involve Prehistoric Canals with the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Stubing and Turner 2007). The project included excavation of 2,676 linear meters of trench within and adjacent to the boundary of AZ T:12:137(ASM). The work was done at the request of the City of Phoenix because prehistoric human remains are known to exist in the area. Surface artifacts were recovered that would date occupation in the project area to sometime between A.D. 800 and 1100. Twelve features were identified, which included 7 prehisto...
The Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona was once occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam, a group of a... more The Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona was once occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam, a group of agriculturalists who constructed thousands of kilometers of irrigation canals as well as public architecture, including platform mounds and bailcourts. They also appear to have been keen astronomical observers, although the subject of Hohokam archaeoastronomy remains underexplored. This paper summarizes previous Hohokam archaeoastronomy studies, discusses O'odham (Piman) Indian calendar systems, outlines a theoretical framework for studying Hohokam archaeoastronomy, and present the results of a study of a fortified hill site in the Phoenix Mountains, Arizona. This site appears to have served as an observatory, where the Hohokam marked the appearance of solstices and equinoxes with light patterns in an artificially constructed rockshelter, and by the location on the horizon of sunrise and sunset in relation to architectural features. Furthermore, some of the petroglyphs at the site whi...
The UMOM Additional Testing Project is located in Phoenix. The UMOM development project is a mult... more The UMOM Additional Testing Project is located in Phoenix. The UMOM development project is a multi-phased development project that began in 2009 and involves the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing buildings, and the construction of multi-family housing and associated amenities. The project is on private property, but has received federal funding from Housing and Urban Development (HUD), so the effects of this undertaking on cultural resources have been considered in order to comply with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Because the project is located within the City of Phoenix, the UMOM archaeological investigations have been conducted under the City of Phoenix's Programmatic Agreement with HUD. This report describes the results of Phase II of the UMOM archaeological testing project. The archaeological investigations at site AZ T:12:414(ASM) in the UMOM development resulted in the discovery of a small historic canal and an isolated, prehisto...
PaleoWest Archaeology was contracted to conduct data recovery in advance of the development of a ... more PaleoWest Archaeology was contracted to conduct data recovery in advance of the development of a new medical building on St. Luke's campus. Limited archaeological data recovery was conducted in the project area because of the presence of prehistoric features and the possibility of human remains existing in the area. The parcel is within the boundaries of a large prehistoric site known as La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[ASM]). The data recovery project included the excavation of 100 m of trench and overburden removal of approximately 219 square meters. The goal of this phase of work was to search for human burials and excavate a sample of the features that were identified during the testing phase. Excavation occurred at three features identified during testing as pithouses (Features 12, 13, and 18) and one feature (Feature 11) identified as an horno. Other features were identified in the trenches and profiled; additional features were identified in stripped area and recorded. After further ...
On August 11, 1988, Tanner Construction Company contacted the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section... more On August 11, 1988, Tanner Construction Company contacted the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section and informed the Pueblo Grande Museum staff that a local homeowner had complained about the possible damage to an archaeological site located next to a street improvement project in Northern Phoenix. The archaeological site (AZ T:8:102[ASU]) is a cluster of petroglyphs (rock art) pecked onto boulders located on the north side of Moon Hill, adjacent to Cave Creek. Pueblo Grande staff visited the petroglyph site August 12, and confirmed its identification as prehistoric, since many of the petroglyph designs are similar to those associated with the prehistoric Hohokam populations that inhabited the Salt River Valley (Schaafsma 1980). Conversations with the field supervisor for Tanner Construction Company and with the City of Phoenix Major Streets Division engineers determined that the Greenway Road project had the potential to adversely impact the northern edge of the petroglyph site. This...
On March 1, 1989, Dr. David Doyel and Todd Bostwick of the City of Phoenix Archaeology Division w... more On March 1, 1989, Dr. David Doyel and Todd Bostwick of the City of Phoenix Archaeology Division were accompanied by Park Ranger David Stamper on an inspection of an archaeological site located on Shaw Butte in northern Phoenix. This field trip was requested by Sarah Hall-Jara, North Mountain Park Manager, in order to evaluate a site which is present within the boundaries of the City of Phoenix North Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Because the mountain preserve is a popular place for hiking by local citizens, the archaeological site could potentially be impacted by increased use and development of the park. Therefore, the City Archaeology Division was asked to determine if the site is prehistoric, and to make recommendations concerning the study and protection of the site. In addition to the field inspection, records on file at Pueblo Grande Museum and the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University (ASU) were examined for any information that had been recorded previously for ...
The Arizona Department of Transportation began plans in 1985 to construct a new highway (State Ro... more The Arizona Department of Transportation began plans in 1985 to construct a new highway (State Route 218) in the Phoenix metropolitan area which would extend around the western and southern sides of South Mountain. This is a report on the historic and prehistoric cultural resources of the area. The construction of State Route 218 will be funded by the State of Arizona, and this work has been conducted under the State Historic Preservation Act of 1982 (A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 4.2, Article 1). A planning and design study for the proposed Southwest Loop was conducted by HDR Infrastructure of Phoenix, and the archaeological portion of the study was conducted by the Office of Cultural Resource Management at Arizona State University. The archaeological study began in the fall of 1985 with the development of an overview (Class I survey) based on existing data reports and site files. The second phase of the study included an archaeological field survey of the proposed alternate alignments,...
The City of Phoenix requested that archaeological testing be conducted at a 25 acre parcel near 2... more The City of Phoenix requested that archaeological testing be conducted at a 25 acre parcel near 28th Street and Southern Avenue in Phoenix. The parcel is within the boundaries of a large prehistoric site known as Las Canopas (AZ T:12:137[ASM]). The project is on private property. The City has agreed that the archaeological testing can be done under the existing City-approved Plan, entitled General Cultural Resources Testing Plan for the City of Phoenix Projects that Involve Prehistoric Canals with the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Stubing and Turner 2007). The project included excavation of 2,676 linear meters of trench within and adjacent to the boundary of AZ T:12:137(ASM). The work was done at the request of the City of Phoenix because prehistoric human remains are known to exist in the area. Surface artifacts were recovered that would date occupation in the project area to sometime between A.D. 800 and 1100. Twelve features were identified, which included 7 prehisto...
The Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona was once occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam, a group of a... more The Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona was once occupied by the prehistoric Hohokam, a group of agriculturalists who constructed thousands of kilometers of irrigation canals as well as public architecture, including platform mounds and bailcourts. They also appear to have been keen astronomical observers, although the subject of Hohokam archaeoastronomy remains underexplored. This paper summarizes previous Hohokam archaeoastronomy studies, discusses O'odham (Piman) Indian calendar systems, outlines a theoretical framework for studying Hohokam archaeoastronomy, and present the results of a study of a fortified hill site in the Phoenix Mountains, Arizona. This site appears to have served as an observatory, where the Hohokam marked the appearance of solstices and equinoxes with light patterns in an artificially constructed rockshelter, and by the location on the horizon of sunrise and sunset in relation to architectural features. Furthermore, some of the petroglyphs at the site whi...
The UMOM Additional Testing Project is located in Phoenix. The UMOM development project is a mult... more The UMOM Additional Testing Project is located in Phoenix. The UMOM development project is a multi-phased development project that began in 2009 and involves the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing buildings, and the construction of multi-family housing and associated amenities. The project is on private property, but has received federal funding from Housing and Urban Development (HUD), so the effects of this undertaking on cultural resources have been considered in order to comply with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Because the project is located within the City of Phoenix, the UMOM archaeological investigations have been conducted under the City of Phoenix's Programmatic Agreement with HUD. This report describes the results of Phase II of the UMOM archaeological testing project. The archaeological investigations at site AZ T:12:414(ASM) in the UMOM development resulted in the discovery of a small historic canal and an isolated, prehisto...
PaleoWest Archaeology was contracted to conduct data recovery in advance of the development of a ... more PaleoWest Archaeology was contracted to conduct data recovery in advance of the development of a new medical building on St. Luke's campus. Limited archaeological data recovery was conducted in the project area because of the presence of prehistoric features and the possibility of human remains existing in the area. The parcel is within the boundaries of a large prehistoric site known as La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[ASM]). The data recovery project included the excavation of 100 m of trench and overburden removal of approximately 219 square meters. The goal of this phase of work was to search for human burials and excavate a sample of the features that were identified during the testing phase. Excavation occurred at three features identified during testing as pithouses (Features 12, 13, and 18) and one feature (Feature 11) identified as an horno. Other features were identified in the trenches and profiled; additional features were identified in stripped area and recorded. After further ...
On August 11, 1988, Tanner Construction Company contacted the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section... more On August 11, 1988, Tanner Construction Company contacted the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section and informed the Pueblo Grande Museum staff that a local homeowner had complained about the possible damage to an archaeological site located next to a street improvement project in Northern Phoenix. The archaeological site (AZ T:8:102[ASU]) is a cluster of petroglyphs (rock art) pecked onto boulders located on the north side of Moon Hill, adjacent to Cave Creek. Pueblo Grande staff visited the petroglyph site August 12, and confirmed its identification as prehistoric, since many of the petroglyph designs are similar to those associated with the prehistoric Hohokam populations that inhabited the Salt River Valley (Schaafsma 1980). Conversations with the field supervisor for Tanner Construction Company and with the City of Phoenix Major Streets Division engineers determined that the Greenway Road project had the potential to adversely impact the northern edge of the petroglyph site. This...
On March 1, 1989, Dr. David Doyel and Todd Bostwick of the City of Phoenix Archaeology Division w... more On March 1, 1989, Dr. David Doyel and Todd Bostwick of the City of Phoenix Archaeology Division were accompanied by Park Ranger David Stamper on an inspection of an archaeological site located on Shaw Butte in northern Phoenix. This field trip was requested by Sarah Hall-Jara, North Mountain Park Manager, in order to evaluate a site which is present within the boundaries of the City of Phoenix North Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Because the mountain preserve is a popular place for hiking by local citizens, the archaeological site could potentially be impacted by increased use and development of the park. Therefore, the City Archaeology Division was asked to determine if the site is prehistoric, and to make recommendations concerning the study and protection of the site. In addition to the field inspection, records on file at Pueblo Grande Museum and the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University (ASU) were examined for any information that had been recorded previously for ...
The Arizona Department of Transportation began plans in 1985 to construct a new highway (State Ro... more The Arizona Department of Transportation began plans in 1985 to construct a new highway (State Route 218) in the Phoenix metropolitan area which would extend around the western and southern sides of South Mountain. This is a report on the historic and prehistoric cultural resources of the area. The construction of State Route 218 will be funded by the State of Arizona, and this work has been conducted under the State Historic Preservation Act of 1982 (A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 4.2, Article 1). A planning and design study for the proposed Southwest Loop was conducted by HDR Infrastructure of Phoenix, and the archaeological portion of the study was conducted by the Office of Cultural Resource Management at Arizona State University. The archaeological study began in the fall of 1985 with the development of an overview (Class I survey) based on existing data reports and site files. The second phase of the study included an archaeological field survey of the proposed alternate alignments,...
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