Data Recovery at Six Sites in the Proposed 66 Acre Desert Rose Development in South Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Banks L. Leonard
name: Stork, Brandie M.
Publisher: name: Soil Systems, Inc.
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: South Mountain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/43280/south-mountain
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: Sedentary Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5504/sedentary-period
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Early Classic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5628/early-classic-period
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: AZ T:12:104 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117168/az-t12104-asm
subject: AZ T:12:108 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117170/az-t12108-asm
subject: AZ T:12:105 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117169/az-t12105-asm
subject: AZ T:12:100 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117172/az-t12100-asm
subject: AZ T:12:103 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117171/az-t12103-asm
subject: AZ T:12:102 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117173/az-t12102-asm
subject: Cleared Area
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1294/cleared-area
subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Rock Alignment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/360/rock-alignment
subject: Rock-Lined Depression
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2712/rock-lined-depression
subject: Rock Shelter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/265/rock-shelter
subject: Slab-Lined Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1241/slab-lined-pit
subject: Ashy mound with an interior depression
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3386/ashy-mound-with-an-interior-depression
subject: Petroglyph
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/363/petroglyph
subject: Shallow depression
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3387/shallow-depression
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
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: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Ceramic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/133439/ceramic-analysis
subject: Flotation Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/86773/flotation-analysis
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
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: Soil Systems, Inc (SSI) contracted with Beazer Homes Arizona Division to conduct archaeological data recovery at six prehistoric sites in the 66 acres Desert Rose project area at the base of South Mountain in south Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. The sites at which data recovery was conducted were exclusively prehistoric sites (AZ T:12:100 [ASM], AZ T:12:102-105 [ASM], and AZ T:12:108 [ASM]). Sites where data recovery was not undertaken (AZ T:12:101 [ASM] AZ T:12:106 [ASM], and AZ T:12:107 [ASM]) were small prehistoric sites with few features and no artifacts, representing limited activity loci. In 1997 SSI conducted an archaeological survey of the 66 ac project area and identified nine prehistoric archaeological sites (Ellis 1998). In consultation with the City of Phoenix SSI prepared a testing plan (Ellis and Breternitz 1999) for five of the nine sites in the project area to obtain additional data with which to make recommendations on the site’s eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and an interim testing report was prepared (Baar et al. 1999). The initial cultural resource consultation process for the Desert Rose project area in 1997 was on behalf of a previous client. Because the initial development plans did not require a Section 404 permit, all archaeological work was conducted in consultation with the Phoenix City Archaeologist (Pueblo. Grande Museum [PGM] Project No. 1999-2). In 2005, the current client, Beazer Homes, Arizona Division, submitted revised development plans that required a Section 404 permit to be issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) in order to comply with the Federal Clean Water Act and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The Corps (Permit File No. 2005-01944-DE) recognized the archaeological fieldwork that had been done was conducted in consultation with the City of Phoenix Archaeologist, as appropriate for compliance. An archaeological treatment plan and data recovery program was prepared by SSI for those sites that would be impacted by the development of the property by Beazer Homes, Arizona Division (Leonard 2005). Data recovery was recommended at six of the nine sites in the project area; AZ T:12:100 (ASM), AZ T:12:102 (ASM), AZ T:12:103 (ASM), - AZ T:12:104 (ASM), AZ T:12:105 (ASM), and AZ T:12:108 (ASM). This program required excavation of those parts of the sites that would be impacted by development and where preservation was not an option. All the petroglyphs in the project area were on large boulders or cliff faces, which were immovable. Because all of the petroglyphs were outside of areas that would be impacted by development preservation of all the petroglyphs in the Desert Rose project area was possible. Any impacts to the sites and features have been mitigated through the data recovery excavation program the results of which are documented in this report. The petroglyphs in the project area have been documented and recorded and will not be impacted. The documentation of these petroglyphs is presented in Appendix A.