Archeological Survey of the Arroyo Roma Access Driveway, Starr County, Texas
On October 11, 2018, TxDOT conducted an intensive archeological survey for the proposed to Arroyo Roma Driveway project. The project consists of an access drive for the channelized Arroyo Roma Drainage facility in the City of Roma, Starr County, Texas. A small parcel of new ROW is proposed for the p...
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ftsfstateaustin:oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:ita-4977 2023-05-15T14:17:44+02:00 Archeological Survey of the Arroyo Roma Access Driveway, Starr County, Texas Ringstaff, Christopher 2018-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2018/iss1/48 https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4977&context=ita unknown SFA ScholarWorks https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2018/iss1/48 https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4977&context=ita http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State Texas Archaeology Starr County American Material Culture American Studies Anthropology Archaeological Anthropology Environmental Studies History History of Art Architecture and Archaeology Other American Studies Other Arts and Humanities Other History of Art United States History text 2018 ftsfstateaustin 2022-03-24T20:31:16Z On October 11, 2018, TxDOT conducted an intensive archeological survey for the proposed to Arroyo Roma Driveway project. The project consists of an access drive for the channelized Arroyo Roma Drainage facility in the City of Roma, Starr County, Texas. A small parcel of new ROW is proposed for the project. Given the limited ground disturbing impacts with maximum depth of impact of 18 inches the project is A 100 percent pedestrian survey and backhoe scraping was conducted at the survey area of the proposed near the Roma Cemetery. The pedestrian survey noted significant ground disturbing impacts from prior grading and road construction of US 83. Two trenches long were scraped reaching a maximum depth of approximately six feet. Below the disturbed surface soils, intact Holocene sediments provided a good indicator of excavation disturbance such as grave shafts and none were noted. No cultural materials, features, funerary items, or remains were observed during the backhoe scraping. As such, any possible unmarked graves associated with the cemetery do not extend into the existing ROW and no further work is recommended. A TxDOT archeologist evaluated the potential for the proposed undertaking to affect archeological historic properties (36 CFR 800.16(l)) or State Antiquities Landmarks (13 TAC 26.12) as well as any unmarked graves associated with the adjacent Roma Cemetery (13TAC 22 and Health and Safety Code Chapters 711 and 712) or the proposed FM 3338 roadway improvement project. Based on the pedestrian survey and gradall scraping of the APE, no archeological sites, archeological materials, grave shafts, human remains, or funerary materials were observed in the proposed project area. In addition, the majority of the APE had been substantively impacted by prior transportation construction and utilities. Based on these observed impacts and the results of the survey, any sites in the APE would likely lack sufficient integrity of location, association, and materials to be able to address important questions of prehistory or history (36CFR60.4 and would not be considered eligible for listing to the NRHP (36 CFR 60.4) or for designation as a SAL (13 TAC 26.8) and no further work is warranted for the project area. Text Archeological Survey Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas: Scholar Works @ SFA Tac ENVELOPE(-59.517,-59.517,-62.500,-62.500) |
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On October 11, 2018, TxDOT conducted an intensive archeological survey for the proposed to Arroyo Roma Driveway project. The project consists of an access drive for the channelized Arroyo Roma Drainage facility in the City of Roma, Starr County, Texas. A small parcel of new ROW is proposed for the project. Given the limited ground disturbing impacts with maximum depth of impact of 18 inches the project is A 100 percent pedestrian survey and backhoe scraping was conducted at the survey area of the proposed near the Roma Cemetery. The pedestrian survey noted significant ground disturbing impacts from prior grading and road construction of US 83. Two trenches long were scraped reaching a maximum depth of approximately six feet. Below the disturbed surface soils, intact Holocene sediments provided a good indicator of excavation disturbance such as grave shafts and none were noted. No cultural materials, features, funerary items, or remains were observed during the backhoe scraping. As such, any possible unmarked graves associated with the cemetery do not extend into the existing ROW and no further work is recommended. A TxDOT archeologist evaluated the potential for the proposed undertaking to affect archeological historic properties (36 CFR 800.16(l)) or State Antiquities Landmarks (13 TAC 26.12) as well as any unmarked graves associated with the adjacent Roma Cemetery (13TAC 22 and Health and Safety Code Chapters 711 and 712) or the proposed FM 3338 roadway improvement project. Based on the pedestrian survey and gradall scraping of the APE, no archeological sites, archeological materials, grave shafts, human remains, or funerary materials were observed in the proposed project area. In addition, the majority of the APE had been substantively impacted by prior transportation construction and utilities. Based on these observed impacts and the results of the survey, any sites in the APE would likely lack sufficient integrity of location, association, and materials to be able to address important questions of prehistory or history (36CFR60.4 and would not be considered eligible for listing to the NRHP (36 CFR 60.4) or for designation as a SAL (13 TAC 26.8) and no further work is warranted for the project area. |
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