Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad de Los Hornos: Lassen Substation Parcel

Author(s): Richard W. Effland, Jr.

Year: 1990

Summary

The archaeological investigations at the Lassen Substation were designed to address four primary research issues: 1) the structure of and changes in domestic household arrangements, 2) chronology and dating of the early Hohokam occupation at Los Hornos, 3) subsistence, and 4) architectural construction and variability. The methods employed during the excavation and the subsequent analyses were selected with these research objectives in mind.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad de Los Hornos: Lassen Substation Parcel. Richard W. Effland, Jr.. 1990 ( tDAR id: 427923) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8427923

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AZ U:9:48 (ASM) • La Ciudad de Los Hornos • Los Hornos

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Burial Pit • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Shade Structure / Ramada

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

General
Lassen Substation • Salt River Project • SRP

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Guadalupe, AZ • Guadalupe Cemetery • Highway 10 • Highway 60 • Kyrene Road • Maricopa (County) • Phoenix, AZ • Tempe, AZ

Temporal Keywords
Early Colonial Period • Early Sedentary Period • Gila Butte Phase • Late Colonial Period • Late Sedentary Period • Sacaton • Santa Cruz • Sedentary Period • Soho Phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.97; min lat: 33.369 ; max long: -111.942; max lat: 33.407 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Oslynn Benjamin; Linda Scott Cummings; Jeffrey L. Eighmy; Penny Dufoe-Minturn; Mark R. Hackbarth; Ann Valdo Howard; Johna Hutira; Donald C. Irwin; Charles F. Merbs; Mary-Ellen Walsh

Field Director(s): Mark Hackbarth

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Effland

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

Prepared By(s): Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.

Submitted To(s): Arizona Archaeological Society

Record Identifiers

Arizona Archaeological Society Paper No.(s): 24

Cultural Resources Report No.(s): 52

Salt River Project Catalog No.(s): T37.E33 1990

Salt River Project Barcode No.(s): 00023630

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
1990_Effland_ArchaeologicalInvestigations_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf 48.21mb Oct 20, 2021 9:05:41 AM Public
This file is a redacted copy.
Effland_1990_ArchaeologicalInvestigations_OCR.pdf 49.07mb Dec 1, 1990 May 3, 2023 5:18:10 PM Confidential
This file is unredacted.

Accessing Restricted Files

At least one of the files for this resource is restricted from public view. For more information regarding access to these files, please reference the contact information below

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

This Resource is Part of the Following User Created Collections