Interim Report: Cultural Resources Extent Testing for 11.8 Acres within the Prehistoric Site of Pueblo Del Rio (AZ T:12:116 (ASM)), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Author(s): Scotty Moore; Gina Gage

Year: 2007

Summary

Northland Research, Inc. has completed archaeological testing within a portion of Pueblo del Rio (AZ T:12:116[ASM]), a large Hohokam habitation site located about one mile north of the Salt River. The purpose of the testing was to determine the nature, extent, and significance of subsurface cultural remains within an 11.8-acre parcel located within the previously determined boundaries of the site. The testing included limited surface collections and systematic backhoe trenching to determine if subsurface features were present. Eighty backhoe trenches, totaling 1,584.1 linear meters, were excavated. It is estimated that the Northland backhoe trenching program sampled roughly 2.3 percent of the project area. Eighty-three features were identified and included five pit houses, 10 possible pit houses, two prehistoric canals, 59 non-thermal pits, three thermal pits, two middens, one trash layer, and one secondary cremation. The cremation was reported to the City of Phoenix and to the Salt River Maricopa Indian community and was removed following procedures laid out in the burial agreement; it is awaiting repatriation. No evidence for the historic Farmer’s Canal was identified during testing; however, two large prehistoric canals were identified. The larger of the two may represent Canal Alamo, a major Hohokam canal that served several sites in the central Phoenix Valley including Pueblo del Alamo and Pueblo del Rio.

Preliminary indications, based on ceramic evidence, are that the portion of Pueblo del Rio investigated during this project was occupied primarily during the early and middle Pre-Classic period, ca. A.D. 150 to 950. The presence of several deeply buried features in the southern portion of the project area, however, may indicate the presence of an earlier Late Archaic occupation at the site. A final report documenting the results of the testing project is currently being prepared. This report will include descriptions of recorded features and will provide interpretive analyses of the site.

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Interim Report: Cultural Resources Extent Testing for 11.8 Acres within the Prehistoric Site of Pueblo Del Rio (AZ T:12:116 (ASM)), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, 03. Scotty Moore, Gina Gage. 2007 ( tDAR id: 440585) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8440585

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Shell

Site Name
AZ T:12:116(ASM) • Pueblo del Rio

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Burial Pit • Canal or Canal Feature • Cremation • Dog Burial • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • Midden • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Storage Pit • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Maricopa (County) • Phoenix, AZ • Phoenix Basin • Pueblo del Rio • Sonoran Desert

Temporal Keywords
Early Preclassic Period • Historic • Late Archaic • Middle Preclassic period • Preclassic Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 150 to 950 (Estimated Early and Middle Pre-Classic Period date from ceramic evidence)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.169; min lat: 33.406 ; max long: -112.123; max lat: 33.445 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office

Contributor(s): Douglas Craig

Prepared By(s): Northland Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): ICC/Stravinski Development

Record Identifiers

Northland Project No. (s): 06-61T

PGM Project No. (s): 2006-133

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