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The site (AZ T:12:413[ASM]) was recommended as eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Avoidance to the site was not feasible so data recovery was conducted under an existing City-approved Plan, entitled “General Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Archaeological Projects Within the Boundaries of the City of Phoenix, Arizona” (Montero et al. 2008). A Supplemental Data Recovery Work Plan submitted to the City (see Mitchell 2011) was approved and implemented. As a result of the data recovery project, 63 features were investigated that included field houses, pit houses, pits, extramural surfaces, canals, isolated hearths, and two burials. The prehistoric Hohokam remains represent occupation in the project area during the late Red Mountain phase (A.D. 400-600) of the Pioneer Period, the Sacaton phase (A.D. 900-1100) of the Sedentary period, and the Soho phase (A.D. 1100-1300) of the Classic period.

The City of Phoenix requested that archaeological testing be conducted at a 25 acre parcel near 28th Street and Southern Avenue in Phoenix. The parcel is within the boundaries of a large prehistoric site known as Las Canopas (AZ T:12:137[ASM]). The project is on private property. The City has agreed that the archaeological testing can be done under the existing City-approved Plan, entitled General Cultural Resources Testing Plan for the City of Phoenix Projects that Involve Prehistoric Canals with the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Stubing and Turner 2007). The project included excavation of 2,676 linear meters of trench within and adjacent to the boundary of AZ T:12:137(ASM). The work was done at the request of the City of Phoenix because prehistoric human remains are known to exist in the area. Surface artifacts were recovered that would date occupation in the project area to sometime between A.D. 800 and 1100. Twelve features were identified, which included 7 prehistoric canal segments, 2 historic pits, and 3 prehistoric pits. All these features, except one of the historic pits, were located in the northern part of the project area. No human remains were found in the project area and no further work is recommended for the project area.

The City of Phoenix requested that archaeological work be conducted at the location of the proposed Coral Pointe Apartments Project in Phoenix. The Project is on private property but will receive federal funding so the effects of this undertaking on cultural resources must be considered to comply with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. According to the City of Phoenix archaeological site files, several prehistoric canals cross the area of potential effect (APE). Although no site had been recorded in this parcel, the City required testing here due to the likelihood of buried canal features.The testing was done under the existing City-approved Plan, entitled “General Cultural Resources Testing Plan for the City of Phoenix Projects that Involve Prehistoric Canals with the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona” (Stubing and Turner 2007). Buried features were discovered during the testing phase, an archaeological site number was assigned, and subsequent data recovery was conducted. The data recovery was done under an existing City-approved Plan, entitled “General Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Archaeological Projects within the Boundaries of the City of Phoenix, Arizona” (Montero et al. 2008). Archaeological investigations in the project area included 675 linear meters of backhoe trenches and 620 sq m of mechanically stripped areas. Forty one features were identified that included field houses, pits, and canals. Ceramic evidence indicates that this site, AZ T:12:395(ASM), dates to the late Gila Butte and early Santa Cruz phases of the Hohokam Colonial period around A.D. 750-850.

Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) conducted an archaeological survey of two major Arizona river crossings along the proposed route of the All-American Pipeline at the request of Dr. Ed Weil, Cultural Resources Manager, Applied Conservation Technology (ACT). ACT is coordinating the entire cultural resource effort along this proposed pipeline from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and has subcontracted with ACS to undertake the Arizona portion of the route. Because the placement of the river crossings is important in determining the location of the line, and because they are located on private land, they were surveyed at an early stage in the project's development. The two crossings, one on the Gila River and the other on the San Pedro River, are over 100 miles apart and present very different cultural resource situations, thus they will be treated separately. This record contains a draft report.

On July 9, 1985, Lyle M. Stone of Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) performed a cultural resource survey of a 5777 ft long by 10 ft wide right-of-way for a proposed distribution line located about two miles north-northwest of Florence Junction in Pinal County, Arizona. The survey was requested by Salt River Project in order to determine if cultural resources (prehistoric or historic archaeological sites, historically or architecturally significant structures or build­ings) were located within the right-of-way which would be affected by proposed distribution line construction actions.

Two sites, one prehistoric and one historic, situated northwest of Phoenix and in the south-central part of Arizona, are discussed. Limited field excavation and archival research reveal that the historic site, the Marinette Canal (NA18,267), built in 1910, may have been fed by well water, local runoff, and the seasonal flow of the Agua Fria River. It heads along Calderwood Butte and extends almost 10 km southward toward the present community of Sun City, Arizona. The prehistoric site, the Eastwing site, is a late Colonial-early Sedentary Hohokam village situated across an old stream terrace of the lower Agua Fria River Valley. This site was initially established and subsequently maintained by cultivating corn in an adjacent akchin field and exploiting a wide variety of locally available biotic and abiotic resources. The abandonment of this agricultural village is hypothesized to correlate with a climatic shift to xeric conditions and a corresponding emphasis on canal irrigation systems, which characterize the agricultural activity of the northern Salt River Valley between about A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1250.

An Archaeological survey in the Cave Creek drainage was undertaken as the result of a contract agreement to assess the archaeological resource base of the proposed Cave Buttes Dam Alternative Site and Reservoir. The research strategy was operationalized by implementing a rigorous sampling program designed to extract a representative sample of existing prehistoric remains. The research area coincided generally with an open creosote terrace and the 50 percent positive recovery of archaeological remains within an environmental zone heretofore considered unproductive economically for prehistoric exploitation justified the application of a sampling research design. Archaeologically, the area was represented best by collecting, gathering, and agricultural activities reflected by architectural features and lithic and ceramic artifacts suggesting a primary chronological placement between A.D. 700-1100. The possibility of a much earlier non-ceramic period is suggested but remains unconfirmed. An appendix not only evaluates the sites designated for this area in terms of their potential for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places but also proposes an archaeological research program to mitigate realistically the adverse effects of the proposed dam construction.