Archaeology in the City: A Hohokam Village in Phoenix Arizona

Author(s): Michael H. Bartlett; Thomas M. Kolaz; David A. Gregory

Year: 1986

Summary

During 1982, 1983, and 1984, archaeologists from the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona excavated parts of Las Colinas that were to be affected by the construction of Interstate 10. This research, sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation in cooperation with the Federal Highways Administration, was accomplished in accordance with the federal and state laws that govern and protect our nation's cultural resources. By sponsoring the research at Las Colinas, these agencies insured that valuable scientific information contained in these sites would be properly collected, analyzed, and, in that way, preserved.

This document includes an overview of the Hohokam, a brief overview of Las Colinas, an overview of artifact processing and analysis, and an introduction to public archaeology. The document presents archaeological concepts through the example of Las Colinas.

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Archaeology in the City: A Hohokam Village in Phoenix Arizona. Michael H. Bartlett, Thomas M. Kolaz, David A. Gregory. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. 1986 ( tDAR id: 405680) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8405680

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Ancestral Puebloan • Hohokam • Patayan

Material
Bone • Ceramic • Dating Sample • Fauna • Macrobotanical

Site Name
Las Colinas

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Ball Court • Canal • Canal or Canal Feature • Compound • Cremation • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • House • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Platform Mound • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Roasting Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Storage Pit • Village

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview

General
Alphonse Pinart • Anasazi Vessel • Archaeomagnetic Dating • Arizona History • Chronometric Sample • Frank Midvale • Omar A. Turney • Patayan Pottery • Pottery • Soil Sample • Vessel

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Phoenix, AZ • Phoenix Basin • Salt River Valley • Sonoran Desert

Temporal Keywords
Classic Period • Prehistoric • Sedentary Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 900 to 1450 (Approximate dates of occupation of Las Colinas.)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.65; min lat: 33.414 ; max long: -112.045; max lat: 33.476 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Arizona State Museum; Arizona Archaeological Society

Field Director(s): Laurens C. Hammack

Project Director(s): David A. Gregory

Sponsor(s): Arizona Department of Transportation

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