Archaeological Monitoring of the Salt River Project Utility Line Expansion from Lassen Substation

Author(s): John T. Marshall

Year: 1995

Summary

The document presents the results of archaeological monitoring at the Salt River Project (SRP) Lassen Substation in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The work was conducted by Northland Research, Inc. for SRP and entailed monitoring for their expansion of utility lines along the Western Canal beginning at Lassen Substation. The project area is located within La Ciudad de Los Hornos (Los Hornos), a Hohokam site. Lassen Substation is on land owned by SRP; the Western Canal and right-of-way is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, but maintained and operated by SRP. Archaeological monitoring was performed from January 24 through February 10, 1995. Three archaeological features were encountered: a pithouse, a midden, and a canal (possibly historic). These features, observed only in trench profile, were recorded through profile drawings, photographs, and artifact collections. No human remains were encountered. As the trenching has been completed and all archaeological remains have been documented, no further work is deemed necessary at this time.

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Archaeological Monitoring of the Salt River Project Utility Line Expansion from Lassen Substation. John T. Marshall. Tempe, AZ: Northland Research, Inc. 1995 ( tDAR id: 402748) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8402748

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Arkosic Sand • Basalt • Buffware • Building Materials • Camelback Granite • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Clay • Dating Sample • Daub • Estrella Gneiss • Feldspar • Gila Butte Red-on-Buffware • Glycymeris sp. • Gneiss • Grandiorite • Granite • Gray Phyllite • Gray Quartz • Gray Rock • Gray Schist • Ground Stone • Hornblende • Laevicardium sp. • Micaceous Schist • Mineral • Mussel • Mussel Shell • Phyllite • Pink Quartz • Plainware • Pollen • Quartz • Red-on-Buffware • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Sand • Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware • Schist • Shell • South Mountain Grandiorite • White Feldspar Show More

Site Name
La Ciudad de Los Hornos • Los Hornos

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Canal • Canal or Canal Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Hamlet / Village • Midden • Parabolic Pit • Pit • Pit House • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements • Village

Investigation Types
Ground Disturbance Monitoring

General
Basalt Flake • Basalt Mano • Bracelet • Ceramic Figurine • Clay • Clay Fillet • Figurine • Flake • Flotation Sample • Glycymeris Bracelet • Incised Ware • Lassen Substation • Line Expansion • Mano • Pollen Sample • Radiocarbon Sample • Salt River Project • Shell Bracelet • SRP • Two-Handed Mano • Worked Laevicardium Shell • Worked Shell

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Maricopa (County) • Tempe, AZ • Western Canal

Temporal Keywords
Classic Period • Colonial Period • Historic • Pioneer Period • Prehistoric • Sedentary Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.982; min lat: 33.368 ; max long: -111.937; max lat: 33.403 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): T. Kathleen Henderson

Landowner(s): U. S. Bureau of Reclamation; Salt River Project

Sponsor(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Northland Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Salt River Project

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