Cultural Resources Survey and Assessment of Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) From State Route 87 to US Highway 60 Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Macnider, Barbara S.
name: DeMaagd, Holly
name: Jenson, Karolyn Jackman
name: Lerner, Shereen
name: Jerryll Moreno
name: Doyle, Gerald A.
Publisher: name: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.
Year: 1997
Subjects: Baseline Road
Thomas Road
US 60
Crismon North Alternative
Crismon South Alternative
Main Street
Maricopa (County)
Arizona (State / Territory)
Recker Road
Southern Avenue
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Red Mountain Park Bypass Alternative
McKellips Road
Red Mountain Park
State Route 87 to Higley Road
Boise Street
Power Road
Country Club Drive
Emelita Avenue
Pueblo Avenue
Prehistoric Hohokam
Hohokam
20th Century
Classic Period Hohokam
Historic
Preclassic Hohokam Period
U:10:119
AZ U:9:175(ASM)
U:10:126
U:9:172
U:10:120
U:10:121
U:9:171
U:10:128
AZ U:9:169(ASM)
AZ U:9:173(ASM)
AZ U:9:178(ASM)
AZ U:10:124(ASM)
AZ U:10:122(ASM)
U:9:169
AZ U:10:125(ASM)
U:9:173
U:9:178
U:10:124
U:10:122
U:9:175
U:10:125
U:10:117
U:9:170
Non-Domestic Structures
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Settlements
Hamlet / Village
Domestic Structures
House
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Stairway
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Agricultural Field or Field Feature
Canal or Canal Feature
Archaeological Feature
Reservoir
Terrace
Water Control Feature
Hearth
Isolated Artifact
Isolated Feature
Midden
Trash Midden
Pit
Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
Post Hole / Post Mold
Road
Wood
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Fauna
Fire Cracked Rock
Glass
Ground Stone
Metal
Mineral
Reconnaissance / Survey

description: In conjunction with an Environmental Impact Statement analysis being conducted for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Red Mountain Freeway by Entranco Engineers, Inc., Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) performed cultural resource investigations of proposed alternative alignments. A Class I survey, or literature review, was first prepared for a 55-square-mile area to assist the initial alternative selection process. A Class III survey of all undeveloped rights-of-way followed. It was soon discovered that a number of historic buildings were present within the alternatives, and Gerald A. Doyle and Associates were brought in to help with the assessment. The freeway alternatives include the 1988-1989 alignment (east and west segments), two diversions of the 1988-1989 alignment called Crismon North and Crismon South, the SR87 to Higley Road Alternative, the Higley Road to Hawes Road Alternative, and the Red Mountain Park Bypass Alternative. Much of the 1988-1989 alignment was previously studied by Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) (Gasser 1987; Landis 1987; Mitchell 1988), and therefore no new fieldwork was undertaken for these areas. However, there were several deviations from the alignment examined by SSI, and new fieldwork was required. The remaining alternatives were assessed as part of this study. Sixteen historic properties, 16 archaeological sites, four historic canals, and 157 isolated occurrences were recorded. However, adjustments to the alignments resulted in only seven historic properties, 12 archaeological sites, the four historic canals, and isolated occurrences being within the proposed alternatives.