Archaeological Data Recovery Plan and Test Results for the Proposed Great Western Homes Development at Las Cremaciones, Site AZ T:12:220(ASM), Phoenix, Arizona
Creators: name: Czarzasty, John L.
name: Rice, Glen E.
Publisher: name: Office of Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Phoenix, Arizona
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77400/phoenix-arizona
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/79515/arizona-state-territory
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
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: AZ T:12:220(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/103713/az-t12220asm
subject: Las Cremaciones
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/86774/las-cremaciones
subject: AZ T:12:4 (PG)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/86773/az-t124-pg
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Cremation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/880/cremation
subject: Ball Court
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/310/ball-court
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: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Historic Floor
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3372/historic-floor
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
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: The test excavation and data recovery plan for the site of Las Cremaciones reported in this monograph was conducted to assist Great Western Homes in their consultation with the City of Phoenix concerning the proposed construction of a housing development on the main occupation area of Las Cremaciones, site AZ T:12:220 (ASM), previously recorded as site AZ T:12:4 (PG). The archaeological subsurface test conducted in March 2005 determined that cremation burials were present in three loci. The test was conducted at the request of Michael Lee of Great Western Homes. The purpose of the test was to assist Great Western Homes in complying with Arizona Statute A.R.S. 41-865 and the City of Phoenix Ordinance on Historic Preservation (Chapter 8, Section 802). The statute and ordinance pertain to the recovery of prehistoric Native American burials and their repatriation to appropriate culturally affiliated Native American communities. This project used an existing burial agreement previously reached by the City of Phoenix, working with the Arizona State Museum, and the Salt River Pima - Maricopa Indian Community designating the Community as the group to accept the human remains and associated grave goods from Las Cremaciones for repatriation. Additionally, during the test phase cultural representatives from the Salt River Pima - Maricopa Indian Community visited the site to bless the burials before they were removed. Remains were not removed until the site had been blessed.