Archaeological Investigations of Portions of the Las Acequias-Los Muertos Irrigation System: Testing and Partial Data Recovery within the Tempe Section of the Outer Loop Freeway System, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: W. Bruce Masse
Publisher: name: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Tempe, AZ
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subject: Phoenix Basin
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subject: Maricopa (County)
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subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Hohokam Classic period
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subject: Hohokam Late Colonial Period
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: La Cuenca del Sedimento
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subject: AZ U:9:69
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subject: AZ U:9:69 (ASM)
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subject: AZ U:9:68
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subject: AZ U:9:71(ASM)
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subject: AZ U:9:70 (ASM)
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subject: AZ U:9:68 (ASM)
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subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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subject: Canal Alignment
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subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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subject: Inhumation burial
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subject: Agricultural or Herding
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subject: Canal or Canal Feature
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Field House
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subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Pit
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subject: Refuse Pit
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
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subject: Canal Lateral
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subject: Shell
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subject: Plainware
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subject: Charcoal
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subject: Snaketown Red-on-Buffware
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subject: Marine Shell
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subject: Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware
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subject: Bos taurus
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subject: Redware
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subject: Sacaton Red-on-Buffware
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subject: Mammal Bone
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Equus caballus
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Salt Redware
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subject: Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware
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subject: Bird bone
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subject: Human Remains
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Metal
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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description: During the period between 27 August and 21 November 1986, the Cultural Resources Management Division (CRMD) of the Arizona State Museum (ASM) conducted a seven-week long program of archaeological testing and data recovery within the Tempe Section of the proposed Outer Loop Freeway System (TSOLFS) corridor in Maricopa County. This program was coordinated through DeLeuw, Cather and Company, consultants to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) under ADOT Contract 85-14. Archaeological work was conducted under Arizona Antiquity Permit 86-83. The majority of archaeological features documented in the project corridor are associated with the Las Acequias-Los Muertos irrigation system, the largest single irrigation system known from Precolumbian North America. These features, which appear to date from the Hohokam late Colonial through Classic periods (about A.D. 800 to 1400), include numerous canals, field houses, and probable field locations. We were able to document segments of at least 29 prehistoric canals and 1 historic canal, by far the largest sample of Hohokam canals studied within the framework of a single project.