Excavations at Gu Achi: A Reappraisal of Hohokam Settlement and Subsistence in the Arizona Papagueria
Creators: name: W. Bruce Masse
Publisher: name: Western Archeological Center
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: Hohokam
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subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: AZ Z:12:13 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/109677/az-z1213-asm
subject: Reward Mine
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subject: Gu Achi
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subject: Pisinimo
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/155/pisinimo
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
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: Mine
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/290/mine
subject: Mine-Related Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/292/mine-related-structures
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Settlements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/252/settlements
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
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: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Mineral
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subject: Regional Views of Hohokam
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subject: Subsistence In the Papagueria
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/107885/subsistence-in-the-papagueria
subject: GU Achi Excavations
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/107868/gu-achi-excavations
subject: Collections Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/3/collections-research
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: In the spring of 1973, the Western Archeological Center, National Park Service, conducted extensive surveys in the Papago Indian Reservation because of improvements proposed for several roadways (Stacy 1973). Among the numerous archeological features encountered were two prehistoric Hohokam sites. One of these, Gu Achi (AZ Z:12:l3 ASM) , is a major pre-Classic period Hohokam settlement a few miles west of Santa Rosa on Papago Indian Road (PIR) 34; the other site, Pisinimo, is a pre-Classic period campsite found along PIR 21 north of the modern village of Pisinimo. Because of the significance of these two sites, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix Area Office, Branch of Roads, requested a testing program. Excavation began at Gu Achi on June 20, 1973, and continued through August 28, 1973. Pisinimo was tested between July 30 and August 15, 1973. John B. Clonts of the Western Archeological Center was the field supervisor, and Dana Isham served as his assistant. Isham supervised the field work during the first two weeks at Gu Achi and all work done at Pisinimo. A crew of three to seven Papago Indians served as the daily labor force. The excavation at Gu Achi recovered more than a thousand chipped and ground stone specimens, hundreds of pieces of shell jewelry and manufacturing debris, and some 22,000 sherds, of which more than 2400 were decorated. Of special importance was the discovery of a burned ramada structure around which several hearths, storage pits, and large ceramic storage vessels were clustered. A single low trash mound and a large earthen-banked reservoir were located in brief survey outside the 200-foot right-af-way. The work at Pisinimo was more limited; hearths and a cache of unworked marine shell were the primary features of interest. A combined total of less than 5000 sherds, shells, chipped and ground stone pieces was recovered during the course of excavation there.