Limited Data Recovery for the Proposed Kindred TCC Facility within the Boundaries of La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[ASM]), Phoenix, Arizona
Creators: name: Bostwick, Todd W.
Publisher: name: PaleoWest Archaeology
Year: 2014
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: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Late Pioneer Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5631/late-pioneer-period
subject: Snaketown Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/211/snaketown-phase
subject: Gila Butte Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/212/gila-butte-phase
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: AZ T:12:1 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/78529/az-t121-asm
subject: La Ciudad
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/236/la-ciudad
subject: Borrow Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/893/borrow-pit
subject: Canal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/818/canal
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: Thermal Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1492/thermal-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: Historic Pits
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/2411/historic-pits
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: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
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: Hide
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/18/hide
subject: Dating Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3/dating-sample
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Charcoal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/20/charcoal
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: Lithic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/14/lithic-analysis
subject: Radiocarbon Dating
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/135975/radiocarbon-dating
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
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

description: PaleoWest Archaeology was contracted to conduct data recovery in advance of the development of a new medical building on St. Luke’s campus. Limited archaeological data recovery was conducted in the project area because of the presence of prehistoric features and the possibility of human remains existing in the area. The parcel is within the boundaries of a large prehistoric site known as La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[ASM]). The data recovery project included the excavation of 100 m of trench and overburden removal of approximately 219 square meters. The goal of this phase of work was to search for human burials and excavate a sample of the features that were identified during the testing phase. Excavation occurred at three features identified during testing as pithouses (Features 12, 13, and 18) and one feature (Feature 11) identified as an horno. Other features were identified in the trenches and profiled; additional features were identified in stripped area and recorded. After further investigation, two of the pithouses (Features 13 and 18) were determined to represent borrow pits and the third pithouse may have also been a borrow pit. Fragments of a human cranium were discovered in the fill of the horno, and small fragments of cremated human bone were recovered from two other features. The ceramic assemblage and a C14 date indicate use of the project area during the early Gila Butte phase of the Hohokam Colonial Period, between about A.D. 775 and 850. No further excavation work is recommended for the project area.