Archaeological Data Recovery at the Rohrig Substation, Queen Creek, Arizona
Author(s): T. Kathleen Henderson
Year: 2006
Summary
The Southwest Germann site is among the largest of prehistoric Hohokam settlements in the Queen Creek area. The Rohrig Substation property is located at its southwestern edge and overlaps a previously unreported habitation locus. Archaeological testing (Phase 1 data recovery) at the substation documented the presence of adobe-walled rooms, puddling pits, and trash deposits that were probably contained within an adobe-walled compound on the easternmost side of the Rohrig property. Salt River Project decided to restrict substation construction to the western 2 acres of the property to preserve the habitation features. Phase 2 data recovery focused on the 2-acre construction area. Features documented during the Phase 2 effort included a large midden, several small pits, a roasting pit, several crematoria, secondary cremations, and animal burials. Diagnostic ceramics indicated the locus was primarily occupied during the late Soho and early Civano phases of the Classic period (A. D. 1250-1350).
The Rohrig Substation investigations were designed to obtain new information about the types of cultural activities that occurred on the margin of large Hohokam habitation areas in the Queen Creek area. The data recovery research provides new insights about residential activity, subsistence, mortuary practices, and patterns of interaction within the the Southwest Germann site. The results of the project suggest the Classic period inhabitants of the Rohrig Substation locus had strong ties with populations in the middle Gila River Basin and a set of traditions and customs strongly rooted in the past.
Contributions of expertise were provided by Jenny L. Adams, Michael W. Diehl, T. Kathleen Henderson, Gary Huckleberry, Penny Dufoe Minturn, R. Jane Sliva, Arthur W. Vokes, Jennifer A. Waters, and Gregory J. Whitney.
Cite this Record
Archaeological Data Recovery at the Rohrig Substation, Queen Creek, Arizona, 03. T. Kathleen Henderson. Technical Report No. ,2005. Tucson, AZ: Desert Archaeology, Inc. 2006 ( tDAR id: 406070) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8406070
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Keywords
Culture
Hohokam
Material
Accipitridae
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Adobe
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Agave
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Andesite
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Antelope Jackrabbit
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Antler
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Argopecten circularis
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Atriplex sp.
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Basalt
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Black-on-Brownware
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit
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Black Volcanic Rock
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Bone
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Brownware
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Buffware
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Building Materials
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Canis familiaris
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Canis sp.
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Carnegiea gigantea
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Casa Grande Buffware
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Casa Grande Red-on-Buffware
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Ceramic
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Cerithidea albonodosa
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Cerithidea sp.
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Cervidae
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cf. Lepus alleni
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cf. Prosopis sp.
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cf. Zea mays
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Chipped Stone
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Conus sp.
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Cotton
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Cottontail
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Diorite
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Domestic Dog
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Equus
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False Purslane
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Fauna
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Gila Polychrome Ware
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Gila Redware
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Glycymeris gigantea
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Gneiss
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Gossypium sp.
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Grandiorite
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Granite
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Green Volcanic Rock
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Ground Stone
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Hawk
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Hohokam Buffware
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Horse
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Human Remains
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Jackrabbit
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Laevicardium elatum
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Large Mammal
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Latite
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Lepus californicus
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Lepus sp.
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Macrobotanical
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Maize
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Mammal
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Marine Bivalve
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Marine Shell
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Marine Univalve
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Medium Mammal
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Medium Rodent
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Mesquite
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Metal
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Muscovite
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Phyllite
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Plainware
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Polychrome Ware
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Prosopis sp.
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Quartzite
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Red-on-Brownware
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Red-on-Buffware
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Redware
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Rodent
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Sacaton Buffware
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Sacaton Redware
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Saguaro
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Salado Polychrome Ware
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Saltbush
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Salt Redware
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Sand
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Sandstone
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Schist
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Shell
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Small Mammal
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Small-Medium Hawk
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Snaketown Buffware
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Sweetwater Buffware
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Sylvilagus sp.
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Tivela sp.
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Tonto Polychrome Ware
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Trianthema sp.
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Tuff
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Turquoise
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Vesicular Basalt
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Volcanic Rock
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Wood
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Zea mays
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Site Name
AZ U:10:2 (ASM)
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Southwest Germann Site
Site Type
Adobe Compound
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Adobe Room
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Adobe Structure
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Adobe Wall
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Agricultural or Herding
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Animal Burial
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Archaeological Feature
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Burial
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Compound
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Cremation
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Cremation Burial
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Crematorium
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Ditch
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Dog Burial
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Fence
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Fenceline
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Hawk Burial
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Horse Burial
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Midden
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Pit
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Post Hole
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Post Hole / Post Mold
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Puddling Pit
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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Roasting Pit
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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Room
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Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
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Structure
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Trash Deposit
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Wall
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Water Control Feature
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Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Abrader
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Adult Cremains
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Andesite Lapstone
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Antler (Cervid)
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Apache Tear
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Appendicular Element (Human)
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Argopecten circularis Pendant
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Axe
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Axial Element (Human)
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Ball
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Barbed Wire
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Basalt Axe
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Basalt Ball
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Basalt Lapstone
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Basalt Polisher
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Bead
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Beam
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Bone (Accipitridae)
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Bone (Animal)
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Bone (Antelope Jackrabbit)
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Bone (Black-Tailed Jackrabbit)
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Bone (Canis familiaris)
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Bone (Canis sp.)
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Bone (Cervidae)
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Bone (cf. Lepus alleni)
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Bone (Cottontail)
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Bone (Domestic Dog)
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Bone (Equus sp.)
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Bone (Hawk)
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Bone (Horse)
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Bone (Human)
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Bone (Jackrabbit)
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Bone (Large Mammal)
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Bone (Lepus californicus)
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Bone (Lepus sp.)
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Bone (Mammal)
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Bone (Medium Mammal)
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Bone (Medium Rodent)
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Bone (Rodent)
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Bone (Small Mammal)
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Bone (Small-Medium Hawk)
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Bone (Sylvilagus sp.)
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Bowl
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Bracelet
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Buffware Bowl
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Buffware Jar
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Buffware Scoop
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Calcaneus (Canid)
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Caudex
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Caudex (Agave)
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Caudex (Agave sp.)
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Ceramic Comal
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Ceramic Figurine
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Ceramic Vessel
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Cerithidea albonodosa Bead
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Cerithidea Bead
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Cervical Vertebra (Hawk)
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Charcoal
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Charcoal (Saltbush)
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Child Cremains
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Chopper
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Cob (Maize)
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Cob (Zea mays)
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Comal
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Coracoid (Hawk)
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Core
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Core Hammer
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Cranial Bone (Human)
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Cremains
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Cupule
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Cupule (cf. Zea mays)
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Cupule (Maize)
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Cupule (Zea mays)
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Dental Element (Human)
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Denticulate
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Diabase Axe
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Diabase Polisher
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Diorite Axe
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Disk
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Disk Bead
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Donut Stone
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Femur (Canid)
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Fibular (Canid)
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Figurine
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Figurine Head
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Flake
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Furculum (Hawk)
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Gila Redware Bowl
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Glycymeris gigantea Bracelet
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Glycymeris gigantea Pendant
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Gneiss Handstone
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Grandiorite Anvil
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Grandiorite Mano
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Granite Lapstone
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Granite Mano
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Hammerstone
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Handstone
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Humerus (Hawk)
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Igenous Rock Denticulate
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Igneous Rock Core
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Igneous Rock Debitage
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Igneous Rock Flake
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Igneous Rock Hammer
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Igneous Rock Notch
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Ilium (Black-Tailed Jackrabbit)
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Jar
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Lapstone
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Latite Saw
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Latite Tool
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Lithic Debitage
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Long Bone (Canid)
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Long Bone (Hawk)
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Long Bone (Horse)
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Lumbar Vertebra (Black-Tailed Jackrabbit)
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Lumbar Vertebra (Canid)
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Mano
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Metamorphic Rock Chopper
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Metamorphic Rock Core
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Metamorphic Rock Debitage
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Metamorphic Rock Hammer
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Metate
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Nail
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Notch
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Obsidian Debitage
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Obsidian Scraper
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Ornament
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Pendant
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Phalanx (Canid)
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Phalanx (Hawk)
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Phyllite Tool
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Plainware Bowl
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Plainware Jar
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Plainware Scoop
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Polisher
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Polychrome Bowl
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Polychrome Jar
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pottery anvil
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Pottery Polisher
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Pottery Vessel
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Quartzite Hammerstone
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Quartzite Handstone
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Quartzite Mano
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Quartzite Tool
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Radius (Hawk)
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Redware Bowl
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Redware Jar
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Redware Scoop
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Rhyolite Metate
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Rib (Canid)
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Rib (Horse)
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Rohrig Substation
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Salt River Project
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Sandstone Lapstone
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Saucer Bead
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Saw
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Scapholunar (Hawk)
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Scapula (Hawk)
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Schist Saw
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Schist Tool
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Scoop
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Scraper
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Seed
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Seed (Carnegeia gigantes)
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Seed (cf. Prosopis sp.)
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Seed (Cotton)
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Seed (False Purslane)
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Seed (Gossypium sp.)
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Seed (Mesquite)
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Seed (Prosopis sp.)
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Seed (Saguaro)
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Seed (Trianthema sp.)
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Shell Bead
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Shell Bracelet
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Shell Pendant
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Sherd Disk
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Sherd Pendant
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Silica Core
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Silica Debitage
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Skeleton (Dog)
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Skeleton (Hawk)
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Skull (Horse)
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SRP
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Synsacrum (Hawk)
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Tabular Saw
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Tabular Tool
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Tarsometatarsus (Hawk)
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Thoracic Vertebra (Canid)
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Tibia (Canid)
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Tibiotarsus (Hawk)
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Tissue (Agave)
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Trough Metate
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Tuff Abrader
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Tuff Bowl
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Tuff Figurine
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Turquoise Bead
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Ulna (Hawk)
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Vessel
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Volcanic Rock Mano
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Volcanic Rock Metate
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Wood (Mesquite)
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Wood (Prosopis sp.)
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Wooden Beam
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Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Phoenix Basin
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Pinal (County)
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Queen Creek, AZ
Temporal Keywords
1910s
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1920s
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1930s
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1940s
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1950s
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1960s
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20th Century
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Classic Period
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Historic
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Prehistoric
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1913 to 1960 (Dates of historic use of site, indicated by historic documents.)
Calendar Date: 1250 to 1350 (Dates of main use of site, indicated by ceramic analysis.)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.679; min lat: 33.249 ; max long: -111.653; max lat: 33.294 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager
Contributor(s): Jenny L. Adams; Michael W. Diehl; Gary Huckleberry; Penny Dufoe Minturn; R. Jane Sliva; Arthur W. Vokes; Jennifer A. Waters; Gregory J. Whitney; Richard Anduze; Steve Ditschler; Gretchen Gallagher; Jennifer May; April Tutt; Mason Riddle; Stephanie Sherwood; Trish Castalia; Jean Kramer; Sara Lely; Emilee Mead; Donna Doolittle; William Doelle
Field Director(s): Greg Whitney
Lab Director(s): Lisa Eppley
Landowner(s): Salt River Project
Sponsor(s): Salt River Project
Repository(s): Arizona State Museum
Record Identifiers
Desert Archaeology Project No.(s): 04-135
Arizona State Museum Accession No.(s): 2004-1055
Arizona Repatriation Case No.(s): 04-30
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