Archaeological Investigations at an Early Classic Period Farmstead - The First Peoples Site
Creators: name: Shaw, Chester W.
Publisher: name: Northland Research Inc
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: South Mountain
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subject: Arizona
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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: Classic Period
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: AZ T:12:189(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101640/az-t12189asm
subject: AZ T:12:188(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101642/az-t12188asm
subject: AZ T:12:183(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101641/az-t12183asm
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Nonthermal pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3377/nonthermal-pit
subject: Canal or Canal Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/275/canal-or-canal-feature
subject: Field House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/595/field-house
subject: Inhumation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/947/inhumation
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Thermal Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1492/thermal-pit
subject: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
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: Alluvial aprons/Bajada
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3368/alluvial-apronsbajada
subject: Trash Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/842/trash-pit
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: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Modeled Spindle Whorl
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2840/modeled-spindle-whorl
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
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: 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: Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) has completed archaeological investigations. Investigations included testing and data recovery of prehistoric cultural resources. Work was completed for Trend Homes at the request of the City of Phoenix, Neighborhood Services Department. This project was initially referred to as the “Bellatrix Project”, but is now called the “Trend Homes Project”. Fieldwork was conducted between 23 January and 19 March 2003 by Brent Kober (Project Director) under the supervision of Chester W. Shaw (Principle Investigator). The current work follows a monitoring phase in which three prehistoric structures and several canals were documented. The structures, observed in the profiles of trench walls, were originally identified as field houses. Field houses are characterized as seasonally occupied habitations, usually small in overall dimension and lacking in the degree of formalized preparation. Field houses are often associated with farming and other agricultural pursuits such as canal maintenance and operation. Given the project areas position along several canals and at a considerable distance from a known Hohokam village, field houses were expected. At the onset of the current investigation backhoe trenching revealed large structures containing multiple hearths, as well as several extramural features including trash pits and numerous thermal and nonthermal pits (AZ T:12:183[ASM]). In addition to these features three burials were encountered.