An Analysis of Cultural Materials from Five Classic Period Hohokam Sites Adjacent to State Route 87 on Lands of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: C. Marshall Hoffman
Publisher: name: Archaeological Research Services, Inc.
Year: 1990
Subjects: Mesa, AZ
Mesa Terrace
Salt River
Arizona (State / Territory)
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Maricopa (County)
Classic Period
Sedentary Period
Civano Phase
Prehistoric
Hohokam
AZ U:940 (ASU)
AZ U:9:20 (ASU)
AZ U:9:8 (ASU)
AZ U:9:19 (ASU)
AZ U:9:13 (ARS)
AZ U:9:14 (ARS)
Structure
Artifact Concentration
Ancient Structure
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Canal
Sherd Scatter
Canal or Canal Feature
Archaeological Feature
Adobe Structure
Artifact Scatter
Habitation Site
Adobe Compound
Agricultural Area
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Midden
Trash Midden
Domestic Structures
Trash Mound
Masonry Compound
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Lithic Scatter
Compound
Plainware
Quartz
Large Mammal
Masonry
Redware
Gila Plainware, Gila Variety
Gila Plainware, Salt Variety
Diabase
Dacite
Granite
Brownware
Sand
Black-on-Whiteware
Mammal
Diorite
Mica
Buffware
Whiteware
Chert
Basalt
Gila Plainware
Micaceous Schist
Wingfield Plainware
Obsidian
Biotite
Tonto Plainware
Tonto Plainware Tonto Variety
Rhyolite
Chalcedony
Sacaton Red-on-Buffware
Polychrome Ware
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Fauna
Gila Redware
Glass
Ground Stone
Salt Redware
Building Materials
Gila Polychrome Ware
Metal
Siltstone
Shell
Red-on-Buffware
Bone
Wingfield Redware
Phyllite
Adobe
Tonto Plainware Verde Variety
Decorated Ware
Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware
Bone (Animal)
Chert Scraper
Chert Flake
Bracelet
Bowl
Quartz Shatter
Knife
Obsidian Flake
Bead
Bone (Mammal)
Scraper
Chert Knife
Chopper
Metate
Shell Bead
Quartz Scraper
Mano
Chert Shatter
Ceramic Bowl
Jar
Igneous Rock Scraper
Igneous Rock Knife
Bone (Large Mammal)
Chert Spokeshave
Quartz Chopper
Igneous Rock Spokeshave
Igneous Rock Shatter
SRPMIC
Obsidian Kinfe
Core
Quartz Knife
Quartz Spokeshave
Igneous Rock Chopper
Siltstone Chopper
Siltstone Flake
Siltstone Shatter
Igneous Rock Flake
Chert Core
Ceramic Jar
Igneous Rock Core
Lithic Debitage
Basalt Metate
ARS
Igneous Rock Hammerstone
Flake
Granite Metate
Obsidian Shatter
Granite Mano
Shell Bracelet
Basalt Mano
Hammer
Quartz Flake
Spokeshave
Systematic Survey

description: In late August, 1988, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) performed a cultural resources survey on lands of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for the Arizona Department of Transportation. The survey was undertaken for a project involving the construction of turn lanes. The project area encompassed a 4700 ft x 67 ft construction right-of-way adjacent to the northern edge of SR 87. Five prehistoric habitation sites and one prehistoric canal were identified within the right-of-way. The ceramics and architectural features associated with these sites indicate they were occupied by the Hohokam during the Sedentary and Classic Periods. At the request of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, ARS collected all of the surface artifacts from the five habitation sites within the construction right-of-way. A variety of ceramic and lithic artifacts were recovered, as well as some faunal remains and shell artifacts. This study presents an analysis of the surface collections from those five sites, and assesses the content and structure of the archaeological deposits for the portion of each site within the right-of-way. The results of the analysis suggest there were two groups of sites characterized by different artifact assemblages. One group of sites was associated with both Sedentary and Classic Period occupations, while a second group of sites was only associated with the Classic Period occupation of the area. These sites represent a group of agricultural communities that were first occupied during the Sedentary Period, and that grew substantially by Classic Period times. ARS will monitor the proposed turn lane construction for the presence of sub-surface cultural features and remains when the project is undertaken.