End of Fieldwork Interim Report: Archaeological Data Recovery and Clearance of the SunAmerica Washington Park Property, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Cory Dale Breternitz; Christine K. Robinson; Banks L. Leonard

Year: 2006

Summary

Between September 1997 and March 2002, Soil Systems, Inc. (SSI) conducted archaeological excavations on approximately 32.5 ac of private lands at the large Classic Period Hohokam village of Pueblo Grande in Phoenix, Arizona. The property owned by SunAmerica is referred to as Washington Park. The excavations included testing and data recovery of prehistoric features to clear the parcel for proposed building construction. The excavations recovered human burials, architecture, and other features, all of which were fully documented.

All human remains and associated mortuary artifacts have been fully analyzed and repatriated to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community per the terms of Burial Agreement No. 97-36 issued to SSI by the Arizona State Museum (ASM). Letters were submitted to the City of Phoenix on April 16, 2001 and March 22, 2002 recommending clearance. Analyses of the nonmortuary artifacts and features is on-going and will result in a final comprehensive report to be submitted to the City of Phoenix.

Cite this Record

End of Fieldwork Interim Report: Archaeological Data Recovery and Clearance of the SunAmerica Washington Park Property, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, 18. Cory Dale Breternitz, Christine K. Robinson, Banks L. Leonard. 2006 ( tDAR id: 439945) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8439945

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Human Remains

Site Name
AZ U:9:7(ASM)

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Animal Burial • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Concentration • Artifact Scatter • Ash Pit • burned pit • Canal or Canal Feature • Cemetery • Cremation Burial • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Entryway • Extramuralamural feature • Floor • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • Inhumation • Isolated Burial • Midden • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Retaining Wall • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Slab-Lined Pit • surface adobe • Trash Midden • Trash Mound • Unburned pit • Wall Show More

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Hohokam Expressway Corridor • Maricopa (County) • Phoenix, AZ • Phoenix Basin • Washington Park

Temporal Keywords
Classic Hohokam period • Hohokam

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.991; min lat: 33.433 ; max long: -111.973; max lat: 33.462 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office

Contributor(s): Todd Bostwick; Cory Dale Breternitz

Sponsor(s): SunAmerica, Inc.

Submitted To(s): City of Phoenix

Record Identifiers

Arizona State Museum Burial Agreement No.(s): 97-36

Soil Systems Technical Report No.(s): 06-18

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Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office

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