Additional Archaeological Testing Within the Adamsville Ruin for Wood Pole Replacements in the Oracle-Coolidge 115 KV Transmission Line, Pinal county, Arizona
Creators: name: Stubing, Michael
name: Mitchell, Douglas R.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Adamsville, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84353/adamsville-az
subject: Pinal (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3961/pinal-county
subject: Classic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/125/classic-period
subject: Civano Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5620/civano-phase
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: AZ U:15:1 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/20061/az-u151-asm
subject: Adamsville Ruin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/25316/adamsville-ruin
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Cremation Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3573/cremation-feature
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: Archaeological testing was conducted by SWCA, Inc. in September, 1998 within the Adamsville Ruin near Florence, Arizona. The site is a large Hohokam village containing a platform mound, ball court, numerous trash mounds, and a dense artifact scatter. The testing was done to assess the impact of replacing wood poles that are part of the Oracle-Coolidge 115 KV transmission line. The testing was done at the request of the Western Area Power Administration prior to replacement of three pairs of wood power poles located within the site boundaries. This archaeological work is an extension of a previous archaeological testing program that was conducted at the site to determine the impact of replacing the wood power poles. The current program focused on an area where previous testing had discovered human remains. The testing consisted of the excavation of two 2.2 x 2.2 m test units that were centered around each of the two poles that formed the power pole structure. Three cremations were found within one test unit; dispersed artifacts and burned human bone were present in the other. The artifacts place the features in the Hohokam Classic Period (A.D. 1200-1450). No further excavation is recommended, but archaeological monitoring of the area around the power poles is recommended during the proposed construction activities.