Hohokam Farming Settlements in North Scottsdale: Archaeological Excavations at AZ U:1:183 (ASM) and AZ U:1:186 (ASM)
Creators: name: System User
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Sonoran Desert
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subject: Phoenix Basin
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subject: Paradise Valley, AZ
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subject: Maricopa (County)
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subject: Scottsdale, AZ
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subject: Sedentary Period
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Huhugam
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Historic
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subject: AZ U:1:186 (ASM)
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subject: AZ U:1:183 (ASM)
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subject: Trash Midden
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subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Non-Thermal Pit
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Pit
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subject: Artifact Scatter
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subject: Storage Pit
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subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
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subject: Hearth
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subject: Entryway
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Midden
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subject: Pollen
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subject: Shell
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subject: Plainware
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subject: polishing stone
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subject: Buffware
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subject: Tabular Knife
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subject: Redware
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subject: Scraper
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Mano
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Projectile Point
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subject: metate
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subject: Core
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Axe
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subject: Ceramic Analysis
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subject: Lithic Analysis
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subject: Shell Analysis
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subject: Macrobotanical Analysis
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subject: Fauna analysis
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subject: Hohokam Farming
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subject: Pollen Analyiss
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Historic Background Research
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
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subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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description: This report discusses excavation results at two Hohokam farmsteads (AZ U:1:183 [ASM] and AZ U:1:186 [ASM]) in north Scottsdale, Arizona. Data recovery investigations identified one pithouse and several extramural features at both sites. In addition, a pole-and-brush-lined surface structure was identified at AZ U:1:186 (ASM) that suggests the pithouse may have functioned as a cold-season dwelling while the surface structure served as a warm-season dwelling. Architecture and material culture indicate that both sites date to the Sedentary period (A.D. 950-1150). Trade goods demonstrate that occupants of both sites had access to ceramics and jewelry typically found at large Hohokam villages. The implications of these findings are discussed in the final chapter of this volume, which places the two farmsteads investigated by SWCA into a regional context.