Archaeological Data Recovery at La Lomita (AZ U:9:67 ASM), Phoenix, Arizona
Creators: name: System User
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 1997
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: Late Santa Cruz Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6223/late-santa-cruz-phase
subject: Early Sacaton Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6224/early-sacaton-phase
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: AZ U:9:67 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/79316/az-u967-asm
subject: La Lomita
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/235/la-lomita
subject: Cremation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/880/cremation
subject: House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/259/house
subject: Canal or Canal Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/275/canal-or-canal-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Cooking Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1958/cooking-pit
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Potbreak
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1751/potbreak
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
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: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Ceramic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/133439/ceramic-analysis
subject: Shell Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/40926/shell-analysis
subject: Lithic Assemblage
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/4534/lithic-assemblage
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
subject: Faunal Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/137099/faunal-analysis
subject: Flotation Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/20251/flotation-sample
subject: Archaeomagnetic Dates
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/70123/archaeomagnetic-dates
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: 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: Under contract to Balsz School District No. 31, SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants carried out a program of archaeological data recovery at a portion of the prehistoric Hohokam village of La Lomita, in Phoenix, Arizona, during August of 1995. Three areas were excavated in portions of the school property where future improvements are planned. Overburden was removed, and hand excavations were conducted at a total of 21 archaeological features, including ten pithouses or house fragments, three cremation burials, two pits, two canals, two potbreaks, a midden, and a surface or trash area. All the pithouses were investigated, and the remaining features were test excavated or mapped. The excavations resulted in the collection of over 8,000 artifacts, most of which were ceramics. Ceramic analysis revealed a shift in external socioeconomic relationships between the Colonial and Sedentary periods. Botanical analyses (pollen and flotation) identified the remains of corn, cotton, squash, and a variety of non-domesticated plants. Faunal remains were dominated by rabbit and other small mammals. The features excavated are similar to those investigated at the northern part of La Lomita in 1988. This part of the village was found (through archaeomagnetic dating and ceramic seriation) to date to the late Santa Cruz and early Sacaton phases, between about A.D. 900 and 1000.