Preliminary Results of Archaeological Testing at AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM) within the Proposed Red Mountain Freeway Corridor (Gilbert Road to Higley Road) Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Erin Davis; Laurene Montero; Michael Stubing; Mary-Ellen Walsh

Year: 2000

Summary

Entranco conducted archaeological testing at AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM) during October and November 2000. The testing was done to assess the eligibility of the two sites for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The project was completed at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation prior to the proposed construction of the Red Mountain Freeway Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment, which will impact both AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM). Testing including mapping, limited surface collection, and the excavation of hand units and backhoe trenches. Preliminary results of testing indicate that AZ U:10:122 consists of 32 rock features and a dispersed artifact scatter. Cultural materials at AZ U.122 (ASM) are limited to the surface with no subsurface artifacts present. Subsurface testing at AZ U:10:123 (ASM) identified two pithouses, three pits, and an area of cultural fill containing fire-cracked rock, charcoal, and burned organic material. Artifacts from both sites are of Hohokam manufacture; ceramics tentatively date AZ U:10:123 (ASM) to the Hohokam Sedentary-Classic period transition. Temporal information is not available from the limited ceramic collection at AZ U:10:122 (ASM).

Based on the results of testing, AZ U:10:122 (ASM) appears to have limited information potential, and is not considered to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. The results of testing indicate that AZ U:10:123 (ASM) has the potential to contribute to further information regarding prehistoric use of the Salt river Valley, and it is considered to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. No further work is recommended for AZ U:10:122 (ASM); however data recovery investigations are recommended for AZ U:10:123 (ASM) to mitigate potential impacts from construction of the Red Mountain Freeway.

Cite this Record

Preliminary Results of Archaeological Testing at AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM) within the Proposed Red Mountain Freeway Corridor (Gilbert Road to Higley Road) Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, 043. Erin Davis, Laurene Montero, Michael Stubing, Mary-Ellen Walsh. 2000 ( tDAR id: 426279) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8426279

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Basalt Flake • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Flakes • Gila Plain • Gila Plainware, Gila Variety • Gila Plainware, Salt Variety • Gila Redware • Ground Stone • Hohokam Buffware • Hohokam Plainware • Hohokam redware • Mano fragment • metate • Quartzite flake • Sacaton Red-on-Buffware • Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware • Tabular tools

Site Name
AZ U:10:122 (ASM) • AZ U:10:123 (ASM)

Site Type
Non-Thermal Pit • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Rock Alignment • Rock Cluster • Thermal Pit

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

General
Basalt • Basalt Flake • Chalcedony • Cultural Resource Testing • Excavation • Limited surface testing • Mano Fragment • Mechanical trenching • Metate Fragment • Phase I Testing • Quartzite • Rhyolite • Site Mapping • Tabular Tool

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Gilbert Road • Higley Road • Maricopa (County) • Mesa, AZ • Red Mountain Freeway

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam • Pre-Classic - Classic transition

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.801; min lat: 33.43 ; max long: -111.713; max lat: 33.482 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Principal Investigator(s): Mary-Ellen Walsh

Project Director(s): Michael Stubing

Repository(s): Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ

Prepared By(s): ENTRANCO, Environmental Services Group

Submitted To(s): Environmental Planning Group, Arizona Department of Transportation

Record Identifiers

SRP Barcode No.(s): 00091022

Project Report No.(s): 2000-043

TRACS No.(s): 202L MA 017 H5299 01C

SRP Call No.(s): HE206.2.R43D38 2000

ASM Permit No.(s): 2000-125ps

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