Archaeological Testing at AZ:U:9:111(ASM), A Yaqui Laborers' Camp at the Southside Water Service Center, Mesa, Arizona
Creators: name: Stein, Pat H.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: Mesa, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77549/mesa-az
subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/79515/arizona-state-territory
subject: 20th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/4/20th-century
subject: 1930's
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/678/1930s
subject: Yaqui
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/6855/yaqui
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: AZ U:9:11 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/22516/az-u911-asm
subject: House Pad
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1631/house-pad
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/259/house
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Irrigation Ditch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1414/irrigation-ditch
subject: Occupation surface
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2198/occupation-surface
subject: Shade Structure / Ramada
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/266/shade-structure-ramada
subject: Trash Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/842/trash-pit
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Latrine
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/844/latrine
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Salt River Project
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/139554/salt-river-project
subject: SRP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/147417/srp
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: From May 4 through 8, 1992, SWCA tested site AZ U:9:111(ASM), a Yaqui laborers’ camp that had been located at the Southside Water Service Center, a Salt River Project (SRP). facility in Mesa, Arizona. SRP proposed to construct a utility building on part of the camp. The purpose of the testing was to assess the eligibility of the camp for the National Register of Historic Places and to develop a plan for mitigating the adverse effects of construction on significant remains that might be present within the building’s footprint. The surface of the site had been severely altered by industrial activity; because of such alteration, the property lacked integrity under criteria "a", "b", and "c" of the National Register. Archaeological investigations revealed the presence of 20 features. Relatively few artifacts were recovered within or outside these features. With one exception, dateable features were associated with the 1943 to 1956 component of the Yaqui camp and therefore were not old enough to be eligible for the National Register. Furthermore, they lacked "exceptional significance" that would make them eligible for the Register under Criteria Consideration G, a criterion used to evaluate properties less than fifty years old. One feature was a trash pit that was associated with the pre- 1943 component of the Yaqui camp; although greater than fifty years old, the feature (which was not within the building’s footprint) was almost completely destroyed by backhoe testing, and therefore lacked the integrity necessary to be considered eligible for the Register under criterion "d". The proposed construction was found to have no effect on cultural resources listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.