Archaeological Data Recovery at La Lomita (AZ U:9:67 ASM), Phoenix, Arizona
Editor(s): Douglas R. Mitchell; Thomas N. Motsinger
Year: 1997
Summary
Under contract to Balsz School District No. 31, SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants carried out a program of archaeological data recovery at a portion of the prehistoric Hohokam village of La Lomita, in Phoenix, Arizona, during August of 1995. Three areas were excavated in portions of the school property where future improvements are planned. Overburden was removed, and hand excavations were conducted at a total of 21 archaeological features, including ten pithouses or house fragments, three cremation burials, two pits, two canals, two potbreaks, a midden, and a surface or trash area.
All the pithouses were investigated, and the remaining features were test excavated or mapped. The excavations resulted in the collection of over 8,000 artifacts, most of which were ceramics. Ceramic analysis revealed a shift in external socioeconomic relationships between the Colonial and Sedentary periods. Botanical analyses (pollen and flotation) identified the remains of corn, cotton, squash, and a variety of non-domesticated plants. Faunal remains were dominated by rabbit and other small mammals. The features excavated are similar to those investigated at the northern part of La Lomita in 1988. This part of the village was found (through archaeomagnetic dating and ceramic seriation) to date to the late Santa Cruz and early Sacaton phases, between about A.D. 900 and 1000.
Cite this Record
Archaeological Data Recovery at La Lomita (AZ U:9:67 ASM), Phoenix, Arizona, 81. Douglas R. Mitchell, Thomas N. Motsinger. 1997 ( tDAR id: 446168) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8446168
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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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Pollen
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Shell
Site Name
AZ U:9:67 (ASM)
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La Lomita
Site Type
Canal or Canal Feature
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Cooking Pit
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Cremation
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Hearth
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House
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Midden
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Pit
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Potbreak
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Historic Background Research
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Archaeomagnetic Dates
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Ceramic Analysis
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Faunal Analysis
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Flotation Sample
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Lithic Assemblage
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Pollen Analysis
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Shell Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Maricopa (County)
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Phoenix, AZ
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Phoenix Basin
Temporal Keywords
Early Sacaton Phase
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Late Santa Cruz Phase
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 850 to 1100 (Occupation dates for La Lomita)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -112.146; min lat: 33.442 ; max long: -112.111; max lat: 33.473 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants
Contributor(s): David R. Abbott; John D. Goodman II; Dawn M. Greenwald; Eric Hansen; Dee Jones; Douglas R. Mitchell; Thomas N. Motsinger; Susan Smith; Michael Stubing
Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants
Submitted To(s): Balsz School District No. 31
Record Identifiers
Arizona Antiquities Act Permit No.(s): 1995-92PS
SWCA Archaeological Report No.(s): 96-81
File Information
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| 96-81_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 6.77mb | Jan 23, 1997 | Jun 7, 2018 9:54:13 AM | Confidential | |
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| 96-81_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf | 6.83mb | Mar 5, 2021 11:12:33 AM | Public | ||
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