Las Cremaciones: A Hohokam Ball Court Center in the Phoenix Basin
Editor(s): Glen E. Rice; John L. Czarzasty
Year: 2008
Summary
The archaeological excavation of a prehistoric village, site AZ T:12:220 (ASM) (Las Cremaciones), at the proposed K. Hovnanian Homes Project Phoenix, Arizona, used trench sampling, block exposures and screened excavation to recover archaeological features of site AZ T:12:220 (ASM), particularly human burials. The investigation was conducted to ensure compliance with State of Arizona statute A.R.S. 41-865 pertaining to the repatriation of human remains, the City of Phoenix Ordinance on Historic Preservation (Chapter 8, Section 802), and the City of Phoenix Guidelines for Archaeology (Bostwick 2006).
Also included are the appendices A-L which cover the topics of feature inventory and descriptions, decorated vessels chronology, special artifacts, inhumation and cremation burial details, demographic data, and flotation and radiocarbon dating.
Cite this Record
Las Cremaciones: A Hohokam Ball Court Center in the Phoenix Basin. Glen E. Rice, John L. Czarzasty. 2008 ( tDAR id: 428057) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8428057
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Keywords
Culture
Hohokam
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Ground Stone
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Human Remains
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Macrobotanical
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Mineral
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Shell
Site Name
AZ T:12:220 (ASM)
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AZ T:12:4 (PG)
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Las Cremaciones
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Artifact Scatter
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Ball Court
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Borrow Pit
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Burial Pit
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Cemetery
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Cremation Burial
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Hearth
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House floor
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Inhumation burial
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Midden
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Pit
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Post Hole / Post Mold
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Puddling Pit
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Site Evaluation / Testing
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Maricopa (County)
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Phoenix, AZ
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Phoenix Basin
Temporal Keywords
Historic
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Prehistoric
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Sacaton Phase
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Snaketown Phase
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Soho Phase
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 700 to 1300 (Dating for the site AZ T:12:220 (ASM))
Spatial Coverage
min long: -112.151; min lat: 33.358 ; max long: -112.134; max lat: 33.399 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager
Contributor(s): Karen R. Adams; David Bustoz; Shayna L. Coe; John L. Czarzasty; John Gooding; Kristen M. Hartnett; Barnaby V. Lewis; Elizabeth Murphy; Erica L. O'Neil; Kathleen Peterson; Jamie K. Smith; Erik Steinbach; Charles Matthew Thomas
Principal Investigator(s): Glen E. Rice
Landowner(s): Foster Deason
Prepared By(s): Rio Salado Archaeology
Submitted To(s): City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Record Identifiers
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number(s): 2008944054
Project Number(s): PGM 2005-112
File Information
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| 2008_RiceCzarzasty_LasCremaciones_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf | 116.39mb | Oct 20, 2021 9:16:34 AM | Public | ||
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| 2008_RiceCzarzasty_LasCremacionesAppendices_Redacted.pdf | 1.78mb | Oct 20, 2021 9:16:34 AM | Public | ||
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| 2008_RiceCzarzasty_LasCremacionesAppendices.pdf | 1.91mb | Dec 1, 2008 | Apr 6, 2017 3:12:23 PM | Confidential | |
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| 2008_RiceCzarzasty_LasCremaciones_OCR.pdf | 112.34mb | Dec 1, 2008 | Apr 6, 2017 3:12:18 PM | Confidential | |
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