The Lake Pleasant Project: A Preliminary Report on the Excavation of the Beardsley Canal Site, a Colonial Hohokam Village on the Agua Fria River, Central Arizona
Creators: name: Fish, Paul R.
Publisher: name: Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona
Year: 1971
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: United States of America (Country)
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subject: 04013 (Fips Code)
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subject: Lake Pleasant / Agua Fria River
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subject: North America (Continent)
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subject: Maricopa (County)
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subject: Pioneer Period
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subject: Sedentary Period
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subject: Colonial Period
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subject: Prehistoric
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: AZ T:3:4 (ASM)
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subject: Beardsley Canal site
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subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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subject: Cremation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/880/cremation
subject: Trash Deposit
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Hearth
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Settlements
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subject: Hamlet / Village
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subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Pit
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
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subject: Shade Structure / Ramada
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subject: Shell
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Hohokam Water Control Devices
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subject: Colonial Hohokam Cremations
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subject: Colonial Hohokam Village
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subject: Canal
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subject: Colonial Hohokam Architecture
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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description: The following preliminary report outlines the archaeological investigation of a site within the right-of-way of Arizona Highway Department Project S-434-505 (Lake Pleasant Section) on State Route 74, the Morristown-New River Highway. The excavated portion of the site will be destroyed by construction of the roadway. Excavation was carried out by the Arizona State Museum in cooperation with the Arizona State Highway Department under the Statewide Archaeological Highway Salvage Program.