Archaeological Testing for the Consolidated Rental Car Facility, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: North, Chris
name: Lindly, John M.
name: Foster, Michael S.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Phoenix, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76695/phoenix-az
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
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: Pueblo Salado
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/3241/pueblo-salado
subject: AZ T:12:47 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/83227/az-t1247-asm
subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/272/resource-extraction-production-transportation-structure-or-features
subject: Canal or Canal Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/275/canal-or-canal-feature
subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: Chopper
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/128/chopper
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: tabular knife fragment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2706/tabular-knife-fragment
subject: Red-on-Buff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2629/red-on-buff
subject: Core
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2121/core
subject: Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/444/redware
subject: Paleohydraulics
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/142980/paleohydraulics
subject: Hohokam Canal Systems
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/159815/hohokam-canal-systems
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
subject: Canal Morphology
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/159814/canal-morphology
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
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
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: This report presents the results of archaeological testing at the Consolidated Rental Car Facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Testing was conducted at the request of the City of Phoenix Aviation Department and the City Archaeologist under an on-call archaeological services contract between the City and SWCA, Inc. (Contract no. 90034) and was assigned project number PGM 2001-16 by the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section. SWCA conducted archaeological testing at the Consolidated Rental Car Facility because the project area lies within the boundary of Pueblo Salado (AZ T:12:47 [ASM]), a prehistoric Hohokam village known to contain prehistoric adobe structures, pithouses, pit features, trash deposits, canals, and burial features. A considerable portion of Pueblo Salado was tested with backhoe trenches in the 1990s for the Sky Harbor Center (Greenwald et al, 1995). This resulted in the discovery of a Classic period compound and numerous other features including both human cremations and inhumations. Intensive data recovery was subsequently conducted at the site resulting in the horizontal exposure of the compound and the recovery of 34 inhumations, one human bone concentration, and five cremations. Additional human remains were also recovered from Area 14 (see Greenwald et al. 1995). As stated in SWCA’s testing plan (SWCA 2001), the identification and subsequent recovery of human remains constitutes the primary objective of the Consolidated Rental Car Facility testing program. However, the archaeological testing program was also designed to locate and document additional cultural features and subsurface deposits such as domestic dwellings, storage pits, and canals. SWCA conducted the archaeological testing program for the Consolidated Rental Car Facility in June and July of 2001. SWCA archaeologists Mike Foster and John Lindly served as field supervisors while crew members included Chris Ruff, April Tutt, Heather Kober, Cynthia Keller, and Eric Bredemann. SWCA mechanically excavated 113 trenches, ranging between 10 and 500 m in length, throughout the project area. Only one feature, a prehistoric canal, was identified during archaeological testing. The canal has been fully documented and SWCA recommends no further archaeological work within the boundary of the proposed Consolidated Rental Car Facility. This is a revised file.