Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad, AZ T:12:1(ASM), The Frank Luke Addition Locus, Volume 1: Introduction, Feature Descriptions, Chronology, and Canals

Editor(s): Mark R. Hackbarth; Christopher P. Garraty

Year: 2016

Summary

Logan Simpson conducted archaeological excavations between February and June 2013 for the City of Phoenix’s Frank Luke Addition (FLA) Project. The excavations were completed within a 9.1-acre parcel situated within the prehistoric site of La Ciudad (AZ T:12:1[ASM]), a Hohokam village located north of the Salt River. The FLA Project is located within a highly urbanized portion of the City of Phoenix (COP) in the Phoenix Basin, south-central Arizona.

Historical documents indicate that the FLA parcel was used for farming until about 1906, when it was subdivided for private housing. In 1950, the COP purchased the 12.2-acre parcel for redevelopment as public housing and named the development in honor of the World War I flying ace Frank Luke. The 1950s public housing complex consisted of 39 1-story apartment buildings separated by grass lawns, play areas, and a curving street. The apartments were built in 1952 and were demolished in 2012, following appropriate documentation, to make way for a larger complex of multiple-story apartments to be developed by the COP using a combination of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, General Obligation bonds, and a U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HOPE VI grant.

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Archaeological Investigations at La Ciudad, AZ T:12:1(ASM), The Frank Luke Addition Locus, Volume 1: Introduction, Feature Descriptions, Chronology, and Canals. Mark R. Hackbarth, Christopher P. Garraty. 2016 ( tDAR id: 446124) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8446124

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam • Huhugam

Material
Ash • Bead • Buffware • Caliche • Ceramic • Charcoal • Chipped Stone • Cobble • Creosote • Daub • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Mano • Mesquite • Mineral • Plainware • Pollen • Red-on-Buff • Redware • Schist • Shell • Turquoise

Site Name
AZ T:12:1 (ASM) • La Ciudad

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Canal or Canal Feature • Cesspit • Domestic Structures • Fire Pit • Hearth • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Reservoir • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Storage Pit • Trash Pit

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ground Disturbance Monitoring • Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Stewardship Monitoring

General
Ceramic Analysis • Faunal Analysis • Flotation Analysis • Ground Stone Analysis • Obsidian Analysis • Petrographic Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Shell Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Gila River • Lower Colorado Subdivision • Maricopa (County) • Mesa, AZ • Phoenix, AZ • Phoenix Basin • Phoenix Mountains • Salt River • Sonoran Desert • South Mountain

Temporal Keywords
Classic Period • Colonial Period • Gila Butte Phase • Pioneer Period • Prehistoric • Sacaton Phase • Santa Cruz Phase • Sedentary Period • Snaketown Phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.065; min lat: 33.438 ; max long: -112.029; max lat: 33.471 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office

Contributor(s): Christopher P. Garraty; Gary Huckleberry; Erick Laurila; Sean Teeter

Field Director(s): J. Scott Courtright

Principal Investigator(s): Mark R. Hackbarth; Robert B. Neily

Prepared By(s): Logan Simpson Design, Inc.

Submitted To(s): City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department

Record Identifiers

Arizona Antiquities Act Permit No.(s): 2013-074ps

Burial Agreement Case No.(s): 2013-009

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