Monitoring Report for a CenturyLink Utility Installation, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Fangmeier, Kristin L.
name: Punzmann, Walter R.
name: Ossa, Alanna
name: Tactikos, Joanne C.
Publisher: name: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Phoenix, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76695/phoenix-az
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5633/hohokam
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Casa Buena
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/233/casa-buena
subject: AZ T:12:37(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/10043/az-t1237asm
subject: Trash Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/351/trash-midden
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Trash Mound
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/995/trash-mound
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Utility Vault
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2875/utility-vault
subject: plummet
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2189/plummet
subject: Stone Tools
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/82/stone-tools
subject: Wingfield Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/531/wingfield-redware
subject: Gila Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/471/gila-plainware
subject: Wingfield Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/472/wingfield-plainware
subject: Sacaton Red-on-Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/508/sacaton-red-on-buffware
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Gila Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/516/gila-redware
subject: Sacaton bpv
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2756/sacaton-bpv
subject: plug
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2757/plug
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: metate
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/167/metate
subject: Salt Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/519/salt-redware
subject: Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/551/casa-grande-red-on-buffware
subject: Flakes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/137/flakes
subject: Core
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2121/core
subject: Debitage
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2316/debitage
subject: Ground Disturbance Monitoring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/20/ground-disturbance-monitoring
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: CenturyLink recently conducted utility work in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The project occurs on municipal land; however, as it was a private utility replacement, it was not reviewed by the City Archaeology Office (CAO) prior to the commencement of work, nor was a standard Archaeology Assessment issued for the project. The project area falls within the boundaries of AZ T:12:37(ASM)/Casa Buena, a Hohokam habitation site known to contain a platform mound, trash mounds, and human remains. A local resident and avocational archaeologist notified the CAO that he had observed artifacts within the open project excavations. The resident collected a box of artifacts from open excavations that he turned over to Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM). The CAO determined that the utility work occurred within a trash mound at Casa Buena and identified the need for an archaeological contractor to monitor any remaining work and document the feature and any additional cultural resources identified. Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) was contacted by Ms. Susan Larison of CenturyLink to provide cultural resource monitoring services. Pursuant to consultation with CAO, it was determined that any additional ground-disturbing activities would be monitored by a qualified archaeological contractor. Because the excavations fall within a trash mound and possible cremation area mapped by Frank Midvale in the 1920s, profiles of the vault and utility trench would also be mapped. Diagnostic artifacts (decorated ceramics and chipped and ground stone tools) collected by the resident and during monitoring would be subject to basic analysis. Working under the terms of Project-Specific Permit No. 2013-107ps and Burial Case No. 2013-039 issued by the Arizona State Museum (ASM), monitoring was conducted by Walter Punzmann on September 25, 2013. No diagnostic artifacts were noted during monitoring, so only those collected by the local resident were analyzed.