Testing and Data Recovery at the Nance Site (AZ U:9:276[ASM]), Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Phillips, Bruce G.
Publisher: name: EcoPlan Associates, Inc.
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mesa
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subject: Maricopa (County)
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subject: PaleoIndian
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Historic
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subject: AZ U:9:268 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/131565/az-u9268-asm
subject: AZ U:9:276 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/131564/az-u9276-asm
subject: Historic Structure
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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: Pollen
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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: Dating Sample
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Lehi Terrace
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subject: Cultigens
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subject: Taphonomy
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subject: Ecology
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subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: radiocarbon evidence
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subject: geomorphology
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subject: Chronology
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subject: Ethnobotany
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subject: Chronostratigraphy
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/67782/chronostratigraphy
subject: Canal Crismon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168971/canal-crismon
subject: Huhugam Irrigation Communities
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168972/huhugam-irrigation-communities
subject: Paleoenvironmental Parameters
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subject: Canal Muertos
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168970/canal-muertos
subject: Ground Disturbance Monitoring
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/20/ground-disturbance-monitoring
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: The Nance Site was a seasonally occupied field house site located in the interior of the Salt River floodplain. Current evidence indicates that the site was sporadically occupied in the late Pioneer through the middle Classic periods. Stratigraphic evidence suggests a human presence in the general vicinity of the site during the Early Agricultural/Early Ceramic Periods; a single thermal pit (Feature 19) was found 1.4 m below the surface. The economic activities of the Hohokam inhabitants focused on subsistence activities. The ubiquitous presence of maize, cotton, and squash pollen, and charred maize remains demonstrated that agriculture was practiced throughout the occupation. A variety of small, wild seeds (such as Cheno-Ams, grasses, and milkvetch) also were exploited. A diverse botanical assemblages indicates that people visited the site throughout the growing season and possible throughout the year. The near absence of faunal remains and low abundance of botanical remains, however, suggest that visits were short. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the majority of features (thermal and non-thermal pits) were used in the pre-Classic Period. A single field house was constructed in the early to middle Classic Period. The Nance Site is an example of the dispersed nature of cultural remains on the Salt River floodplain. Clusters of features (such as the Eastern Locus of the Nance Site) might have been established on high spots on the landscape. The inhabitants of the Nance Site likely were members of irrigation communities, groups sharing a common canal network.