Central Arizona Project Archaeology on the Ak-Chin Indian Community

Part of: Central Arizona Project Indian Distribution Division (IDD)

Site Name Keywords
AZ T:16:16(ASM) • AZ T:16:17(ASM) • AZ T:16:20(ASM) • AZ T:16:23(ASM) • AZ T:16:53(ASM) • AZ T:16:55(ASM) • AZ T:16:56(ASM) • AZ T:16:57(ASM) • AZ T:16:61(ASM) • AZ T:16:71(ASM)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Archaeological Feature • Settlements • Hamlet / Village • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Artifact Scatter • Hearth • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno

Other Keywords
Hohokam Agriculture • Hohokam • Ak-Chin Indian community, AZ

Culture Keywords
Hohokam • Historic • Historic Native American

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Site Evaluation / Testing • Historic Background Research • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Systematic Survey • Environment Research • Bioarchaeological Research • Ethnohistoric Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Ground Stone • Shell • Dating Sample • Fauna • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Wood

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Pioneer period • Historic Period • Protohistoric Period • Hohokam Protohistoric Period • Hohokam Historic Period

Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Pinal County (County) • North America (Continent) • Vekol Valley Southern Arizona • Estrella Mountains • Sacaton Mountains • Ak-Chin Indian Community

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Ak-Chin Indian Community West Side Farms Data Recovery Project
  • Ak-Chin Indian Community West Side Farms Data Recovery Project
    PROJECT Cory Dale Breternitz. Robert E. Gasser. W. Bruce Masse. USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

    This project examined the cultural resources of the western half of the Ak Chin Community's lands prior to intensive agricultural development using waters from the Central Arizona Project. The project's research design assumed that Ak Chin had been used as a floodwater farming location for many centuries. The problem domains and research questions focused on the physical {geomorphological), biological, and cultural subsystems within the Ak Chin ecosystem. The investigation also considered the...

Archaeological Survey on the Ak Chin Indian Reservation, West Half
  • Archaeological Survey on the Ak Chin Indian Reservation, West Half
    PROJECT William S. Marmaduke. USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

    Between October 1980 and February 1981, Northland Research, Inc. conducted an archaeological survey of undeveloped lands on the west half of the Ak Chin Indian Reservation (Ak Chin Community). In the slightly more than 7,000 acres surveyed, Northland field crews recorded 51 archaeological sites belonging to the prehistoric Hohokam and historic Papago cultures. Test excavations were undertaken at several of these sites, and the results demonstrate conclusively the presence of preserved subsurface...