Archaeological Testing of a Portion of AZ T:12:203 (ASM) in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Foster, Michael S.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Sonoran Desert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2772/sonoran-desert
subject: Phoenix, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76695/phoenix-az
subject: Lower Colorado River Valley Subdivision
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83847/lower-colorado-river-valley-subdivision
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 Classic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/34/late-classic
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: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: AZ T:12:203 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/80552/az-t12203-asm
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
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: Red-on-Buff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2629/red-on-buff
subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Quartzite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/217/quartzite
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: 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: Seefried Properties is proposing the development of approximately 20 acres called the Buckeye 71 Corporate Center. A portion—approximately 4 acres—of a prehistoric Hohokam site, AZ T:12:203 (ASM), extends into the property. The site was recorded as a prehistoric artifact scatter with ceramics, flaked stone, and ground stone with a light scatter of Historic period Euroamerican materials. SWCA was contracted to complete archaeological testing of AZ T:12:203 (ASM) within the project area to assist the property owner and project proponent in complying with Arizona Revised Statutes §41-865 and the City of Phoenix Ordinance on Historic Preservation (see Bostwick 2006). SWCA excavated thirty-six 20-m-long backhoe trenches totaling 720 linear meters of trench within and adjacent to the boundary of AZ T:12:203 (ASM). Five subsurface non-cultural features were encountered. No cultural artifacts—prehistoric or Historic period—were found in or adjacent to these features. Their age and precise origin are undetermined; they are thought to be in-filled swales or rills. Only 15 prehistoric artifacts, mostly ceramic sherds, were exposed as a result of the subsurface testing. Based on the testing completed by SWCA and described in this report, no additional archaeological work is recommended within Seefried Properties’ portion of AZ T:12:203 (ASM). It is further recommended that AZ T:12:203 (ASM) no longer be considered eligible for listing in the NRHP.