Archaeological Testing and the Lombeye Ruin and Adjacent Areas, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Homburg, Jeffrey A.
name: Ciolek-Torrello, Richard
Publisher: name: Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT)
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
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: Pre-Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5965/pre-historic
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
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: AZ T:12:109 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/80506/az-t12109-asm
subject: Lombeye Ruin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/80507/lombeye-ruin
subject: Agricultural or Herding
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/273/agricultural-or-herding
subject: Furrows
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3378/furrows
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: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
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: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Ceramic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/133439/ceramic-analysis
subject: Lithic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/14/lithic-analysis
subject: Faunal Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/137099/faunal-analysis
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
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: Archaeological test excavations and surface collections were completed by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), at the Lombeye Ruin (AZ T:12:109 [ASM]). The major objective of this testing project was to determine if archaeological remains were present in the new right-of-way (ROW) and if they are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This work was completed for the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) prior to construction of left turn lanes and a retention basin. Surface inspection revealed a moderately dense ceramic-and-lithic scatter in the southern part of the Lombeye Ruin, mainly in the spoils of a modem canal cut into a prehistoric midden deposit. Intact cultural features and deposits associated with the Lombeye Ruin were identified in backhoe trenches placed in the new road ROW. Cultural features exposed in trench walls included prehistoric cooking features, a midden deposit, possible prehistoric house pits, a lateral canal of the prehistoric Canal System 7, and possible historical-period irrigation features that are buried. The age of the prehistoric features could not be determined precisely, but they most likely date to the Sedentary and early Classic periods. Based on the presence of intact cultural deposits and features, we recommend that the Lombeye Ruin is eligible for listing in the NRHP under Criterion D. Data recovery is not recommended, as the proposed project will not impact any of the identified cultural remains.