Archaeological Data Recovery at AZ U:9:8 (ARS), A Prehistoric Hohokam Site Near Mesa Grande, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Stone, Lyle M.
Publisher: name: Archaeological Research Services, Inc.
Year: 1987
Subjects: subject: Mesa, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77549/mesa-az
subject: Mesa Grande
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/74499/mesa-grande
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Classic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/125/classic-period
subject: Colonial Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5377/colonial-period
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Santa Cruz Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/213/santa-cruz-phase
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: AZ U:9:8 (ARS)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/90289/az-u98-ars
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
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: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/359/post-hole-post-mold
subject: Trash Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/842/trash-pit
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
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: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Archaeological Data Recovery Programs
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/129919/archaeological-data-recovery-programs
subject: Salt River Project
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/139554/salt-river-project
subject: Paleoethnobotany
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/27305/paleoethnobotany
subject: SRP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/147417/srp
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: Site AZ U:9:8 (ARS) was initially defined by Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) on April 26, 1985. At that time, Salt River Project (SRP) was excavating a footings trench for a concrete panel wall to be erected around a well site, and the construction crew encountered and reported archaeological remains in one of the excavated trenches. ARS was then requested by SRP to inspect the exposed remains, and to provide recommendations for the disposition of any identified cultural materials. In inspecting the exposed bottom and side profiles of an east-west oriented footings trench, ARS noted numerous prehistoric ceramic sherds and lithic flakes in-situ, in construction backdirt, and in the general vicinity of the construction job site. Accordingly, ARS indicated the presence of potentially important archaeological remains at this location, and recommended an archaeological testing program in order to further evaluate the nature, extent, and significance of this site in terms of National Register of Historic Places criteria of eligibility. At the immediate conclusion of testing field work, ARS reported these findings to SRP (by letter from Stone to Harris; 5/7/85), and advised that SRP authorize the further study of this site in order to recover, document, and report all important archaeological remains within an area of the job site which would be further affected by the completion of the construction project. This data recovery study was to involve the excavation of the remainder of the pithouse feature, and additional excavations within the trash deposit in order to firmly establish the age of this feature, and to determine its relationship to the pithouse. In recommending these additional studies, it was suggested that completion of the wall construction project be postponed in order to assure that the site would not be further disturbed prior to the completion of data recovery excavations. This report provides a brief review of the 1985 test excavation project, and describes the results of data recovery studies which were undertaken in April, 1986. Project personnel included Lyle M. Stone (Project Director), Daniel R. Bontrager, Brad W. Stone, and Everett J. Bassett. Bontrager performed the analysis of data recovery program lithics, and Stone provided an analysis of ceramic artifacts. The analysis of ethnobotanical remains derived from soil samples was undertaken and reported as Appendix A by Scott L. Fedick. David C. Eshbaugh analyzed a small sample of faunal remains.