Historic Properties Treatment of Nine Sites within the Anthem at Merrill Ranch Development, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona
Creators: name: Duwe, Samuel
name: Neal, Lynn A.
Publisher: name: EnviroSystems Management, Inc.
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Gila River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3958/gila-river
subject: Florence, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/79463/florence-az
subject: Pinal (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3961/pinal-county
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Hohokam Classic period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/144/hohokam-classic-period
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Colonial Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5377/colonial-period
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5633/hohokam
subject: Hohokam Pioneer period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/171/hohokam-pioneer-period
subject: Euro-American
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5100/euro-american
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: AZ U:15:489 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95366/az-u15489-asm
subject: AZ U:15:512 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95368/az-u15512-asm
subject: AZ U:15:237 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/78887/az-u15237-asm
subject: AZ U:15:497 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95367/az-u15497-asm
subject: AZ U:15:498 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95370/az-u15498-asm
subject: AZ U:15:490 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95369/az-u15490-asm
subject: Hunt Highway
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/25307/hunt-highway
subject: AZ U:15:335 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/81212/az-u15335-asm
subject: AZ U:15:511 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95372/az-u15511-asm
subject: AZ U:15:496 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/95371/az-u15496-asm
subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/272/resource-extraction-production-transportation-structure-or-features
subject: Rock Ring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/738/rock-ring
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: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Rock Pile
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1077/rock-pile
subject: Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/294/road-trail-and-related-structures-or-features
subject: Ash Stain
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1415/ash-stain
subject: Railroad
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/298/railroad
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: agave knives
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/206/agave-knives
subject: Rhyolite flakes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2158/rhyolite-flakes
subject: Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/465/buffware
subject: Charcoal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/20/charcoal
subject: Gila Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/471/gila-plainware
subject: Snaketown Red-on-Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/953/snaketown-red-on-buffware
subject: Sacaton Red-on-Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/508/sacaton-red-on-buffware
subject: Railroad Tie
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/636/railroad-tie
subject: Gila Plainware, Salt Variety
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/704/gila-plainware-salt-variety
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: Dating Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3/dating-sample
subject: Mano
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/131/mano
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Collections Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/3/collections-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: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: Given the relatively uniform nature of the seven identified resource processing sites in the Anthem at Merrill Ranch project area, as well as, Site AZ U:15:237(ASM) with its agricultural features, the research focus of the data recovery plan was to gain a better basic understanding of the temporal affiliations of and subsistence strategies represented by the project area’s eight prehistoric sites. An additional goal was to place these sites within the greater context of Hohokam occupation along the Gila River. Site AZ U:15:335(ASM), the SPRR Coolidge to Florence Spur, was assessed archivally to better understand its contribution to the theme of historic railroading in Arizona. The presence of roasting features at the resource processing sites indicated the potential for recovery of botanical, faunal, and radiocarbon materials. The ability to assign time of use and particular subsistence items to these sites was expected to allow EnviroSystems archaeologists to contribute to the supporting body of knowledge related to land use on the fringe of the habitation areas along the Gila River during specific time periods. A strategy of instrument mapping, surface collection and in-field analysis, limited mechanical and hand excavations, and laboratory analysis of artifacts and samples was employed to recover data to address these research issues.