A Summary of the Archaeological Excavations at the Mesa Riverview Development, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Mitchell, Douglas R.
name: Foster, Michael S.
name: Ryden, Ronald F.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesa, AZ
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subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
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: 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: Cremation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/880/cremation
subject: Agricultural or Herding
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/273/agricultural-or-herding
subject: Canal or Canal Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/275/canal-or-canal-feature
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Field House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/595/field-house
subject: Historic Ditch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3348/historic-ditch
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: Pollen
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subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Macrobotanical
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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

description: This report presents a summary of the archaeological excavations conducted by SWCA at the Mesa Riverview development project. Archaeological investigations were conducted in the area by the Mesa Southwest Museum in compliance with City of Mesa guidelines on cultural resources. SWCA Environmental Consultants was requested by DERITO/KIMCO RIVERVIEW, LLC to assist the Museum with the excavation of features discovered during the test trenching that was done in this area in September 2005. The trenching and subsequent feature excavation were conducted under the overall direction of Jerry Howard, Curator of Anthropology at the Mesa Southwest Museum, who is serving as the project Principal Investigator. During both the testing and subsequent data recovery, SWCA’s team included Douglas R. Mitchell as the project manager, Dr. John Lindly as the senior archaeologist, Ron Ryden as field director, and Jennifer Butts, Sylvia Kadlubowski, Sam Taylor, Jim Shrieve, and Chris Rayle as archaeological technicians. Chris North collected GPS data during the fieldwork with a Trimble GeoXT unit and Chris Query produced the project maps. The data recovery fieldwork was conducted in October, 2005. The project area lies near several large Hohokam canals and sites AZ U:9:135 (ASM) and AZ U:9:136 (ASM). AZ U:9:135 (ASM) consists of four canals and a small field camp and AZ U:9:136 (ASM) was a cluster of canals and several pits. In the Riverview area SWCA documented twenty features including one pithouse, 11 pits, 6 canal segments, one historic ditch and one cremation during the test trenching. Jerry Howard, of the Mesa Southwest Museum, recommended that a sample of the features be excavated prior to development. This report provides a summary of the feature excavations.