Archaic Occupation on the Santa Cruz Flats: the Tator Hills Archaeological Project

Author(s): Carl D. Halbirt; T. Kathleen Henderson

Year: 1993

Summary

This report describes the results of archaeological investigations undertaken northeast and in the vicinity of the Tator Hills at the southern edge of the Santa Cruz Flats. The archaeological investigations were funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Projects Office, and identified as Tasks 43 and 45 of Contract 3-PA-30-00740. The work was conducted to mitigate the impact to prehistoric resources in the construction of the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District, Central Unit IV irrigation system. Three sites, two Archaic campsites (AZ AA:6:18[ASM]) and AZ AA:6:19[ASM]) and one Hohokam resource procurement locus (AZ AA:6:17[ASM]), were investigated. The primary goal of the study was to describe and elucidate the Archaic occupation of the Santa Cruz Flats.

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Archaic Occupation on the Santa Cruz Flats: the Tator Hills Archaeological Project. Carl D. Halbirt, T. Kathleen Henderson. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Research, Inc. 1993 ( tDAR id: 244030) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8GF0WJC

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Hohokam • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Material
Abrading Stones • Biface • Bone • carnivore bone • Ceramic • Cobble hammerstone • Core • Deer Bone • Fauna • Figurine • Fire Cracked Rock • Flakes • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Mano • metate • Pestle • Plainware • Projectile Point • rabbit bone • Redware • rodent bone • Scraper • Shell • Shell Bead • Shell pendants • Spadefoot bone • tabular knives • Tabular tools Show More

Site Name
AZ AA:6:17 (ASM) • AZ AA:6:18 (ASM) • AZ AA:6:19 (ASM) • AZ AA:6:20 (ASM) • AZ AA:6:21 (ASM) • Coffee Camp • Tator Hills Site

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Brush Structure • Burial Pit • Cremation Burial • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Inhumation burial • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Thermal Feature • Thermal Pit

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Friendly Corners, AZ • Santa Cruz Flats

Temporal Keywords
Archaic Period • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Sedentary period • Late Archaic • Late Archaic to Protohistoric • Middle Archaic Period • Protohistoric / Historic Periods

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -2500 to 1800

Calendar Date: -1500 to 1 (Date range of occupation for Coffee Camp site based on projectile point typology)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.707; min lat: 32.55 ; max long: -111.586; max lat: 32.617 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): James M. Copus; Jannifer W. Gish; Johna Hutira; Annick Kaler; Judith Lancaster; Richard J. Martynec; Kurt E. Dongoske; Lisa W. Huckell; Steve R. James; JoAnn E. Kisselburg; William S. Marmaduke; Laurene G. Montero

Field Director(s): Carl D. Halbirt

Repository(s): Central Arizona Project, Tucson, Arizona

Prepared By(s): Northland Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation

Record Identifiers

Contract No. (s): 3-PA-30-00740

NADB document id number(s): 5603031

NADB citation id number(s): 000000242399

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