Archaeological Survey 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: Doyel, David E.
name: Lerner, Shereen
name: Jerryll Moreno
Publisher: name: Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.
Year: 1997
Subjects: Mesa, AZ
Maricopa (County)
Arizona (State / Territory)
1880s-1900s
Classic period Hohokam
Historic
20th Century
Preclassic Hohokam period
1920s-1970s
1930s-1950s
Prehistoric Hohokam
post 1950s
Hohokam
AZ U:10:121 (ASM)
AZ U:10:119 (ASM)
AZ U:9:171 (ASM)
AZ U:9:174 (ASM)
AZ U:10:126 (ASM)
AZ U:9:170 (ASM)
AZ U:9:175 (ASM)
Utah Canal
AZ U:9:173 (ASM)
Crimson Ruin
Denmark School
AZ U:10:117 (ASM)
AZ U:10:122 (ASM)
Shill Brickyard
Highland Canal
Theater of the Hills
Casa de Omni
Midvale site E
AZ U:10:125 (ASM)
Tiffany Brickyard
AZ U:9:172 (ASM)
AZ U:9:178 (ASM)
AZ U:10:120 (ASM)
AZ U:9:169 (ASM)
AZ U:10:118 (ASM)
AZ U:10:124 (ASM)
Resource Processing Site
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Canal or Canal Feature
Archaeological Feature
Field House
Artifact Scatter
Non-Domestic Structures
Ball Court
Isolated Artifact
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Settlements
Hamlet / Village
Domestic Structures
Mound / Earthwork
Pit
Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
Trash Scatter
Rock Alignment
Road
Platform Mound
Historic Trash Dump Site
Shell
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Fire Cracked Rock
Glass
Ground Stone
Archaeological Overview
Reconnaissance / Survey
Site Evaluation / Testing

description: In conjunction with an Environmental Impact Statement analysis being conducted for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Red Mountain Freeway east of State Route (SR) 87 by Entranco Engineers, Inc., Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) performed cultural resource investigations of proposed alternative alignments. To assist the initial alternative selection process, a Class I survey, or literature review, was first prepared for a 55-square-mile area. A Class III survey of all undeveloped portions of proposed 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 (Jensen et al. 1997). The assessed freeway alternatives included the 1988-89 alignment (east and west segments), two diversions of the 1988-89 alignment called Crismon North and Crismon South, the SR87-Higley Road Alternative, the Higley Road-Hawes Road Alternative, and the Red Mountain Park Bypass Alternative. Much of the 1988-89 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 Crismon North and Crismon South Alternatives were dropped from consideration and, therefore, not discussed further in this report. Seventeen archaeological sites and 164 isolated occurrences were recorded by the survey. However, adjustments to the alignments resulted in only 13 archaeological sites and 79 isolated occurrences being within the proposed alternatives. Includes related correspondence.