Results of Data Recovery and Monitoring at AZ AA:12:1152 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:1153 (ASM) for Road Improvement Project, Pima County, Arizona
Creators: name: Griset, Suzanne
name: Hesse, India S.
name: Rawson, Paul M.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Sonoran Desert
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subject: Santa Cruz River Valley
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subject: Tucson Basin
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subject: Pima (County)
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subject: Early Agricultural period
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subject: San Pedro phase
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subject: Prehistoric
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subject: Cienega phase
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subject: Agua Caliente phase
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subject: Ceramic Period
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Huhugam
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Middle Archaic
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subject: AZ AA:12:1152 (ASM)
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subject: AZ AA:12:1153 (ASM)
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subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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subject: Agricultural or Herding
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subject: Agricultural Field or Field Feature
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subject: Canal or Canal Feature
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Rock Cluster
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subject: Water Control Feature
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Lens
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subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Pit
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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subject: Storage Pit
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subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
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subject: Rock Art
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subject: Shell
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subject: Plainware
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subject: Wood
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subject: Basalt
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subject: Rhyolite
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subject: Quartzite
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Red-on-Buff
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subject: Glass
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Historic Background Research
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subject: Ground Disturbance Monitoring
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
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subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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description: Prior to widening, the City of Tucson (COT) Department of Transportation sponsored a series of investigations to identify archaeological sites that would be affected by the road project and to mitigate adverse effects to the sites, where needed. The first step in identifying archaeological sites was a cultural resources survey, conducted by SWCA Environmental Consultants in 2009. Although no archaeological sites were found during the survey, much of the study area was inaccessible due to development or lack of right-of-entry; given that the area is known to contain buried cultural resources not visible on the ground surface, SWCA had recommended identification testing prior to construction. In 2014, COT contracted SWCA to conduct the site identification testing for the current Road Improvement Project. The testing entailed a program of backhoe trenching within the APE. Most of the trenches were excavated to 1.5 meters (m) (5 feet) below modern ground surface (bmgs), and in areas suspected to have deep Holocene deposits, trenches were excavated to 3.7 m (12 feet) bmgs. The testing resulted in the discovery of two archaeological sites: AZ AA:12:1152 (ASM), and AZ AA:12:1153 (ASM). SWCA recommended both sites eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion D, and recommended that they be avoided if possible, or subjected to data recovery if the project continued to pose adverse effects to the sites. The COT Historic Preservation Office consulted the Department of Transportation and ascertained that the project could not be redesigned to avoid either site. COT instructed SWCA to proceed with data recovery excavations at both sites. SWCA developed a research design and plan of work for the proposed excavations (Griset et al. 2014). Necessary permits were then acquired from the Arizona State Museum (ASM): Arizona Antiquities Act Project Specific Permit No. 2015-046ps; the associated Repository Agreement No. 2014-605; and a standard burial agreement (Case No. 2015-002).