The Greenway Road and 17th Avenue Petroglyph site (AZ T:8:102[ASU])
Author(s): Todd W. Bostwick
Year: 1989
Summary
On August 11, 1988, Tanner Construction Company contacted the City of Phoenix Archaeology Section and informed the Pueblo Grande Museum staff that a local homeowner had complained about the possible damage to an archaeological site located next to a street improvement project in Northern Phoenix. The archaeological site (AZ T:8:102[ASU]) is a cluster of petroglyphs (rock art) pecked onto boulders located on the north side of Moon Hill, adjacent to Cave Creek.
Pueblo Grande staff visited the petroglyph site August 12, and confirmed its identification as prehistoric, since many of the petroglyph designs are similar to those associated with the prehistoric Hohokam populations that inhabited the Salt River Valley (Schaafsma 1980). Conversations with the field supervisor for Tanner Construction Company and with the City of Phoenix Major Streets Division engineers determined that the Greenway Road project had the potential to adversely impact the northern edge of the petroglyph site. This impact would not result from road construction, but from rechannelization of Cave Creek on the south side of Greenway Road which included the removal of the boulders to widen the channel.
The following is a report of the City Archaeology Section's investigation of site AZ T:8:102(ASU). Previous research conducted at the site is summarized, results of the present study are discussed, and comparisons are made with other Hohokam petroglyph analyses.
Cite this Record
The Greenway Road and 17th Avenue Petroglyph site (AZ T:8:102[ASU]), 19. Todd W. Bostwick. 1989 ( tDAR id: 446742) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8446742
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Keywords
Culture
Hohokam
Material
Chipped Stone
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Ground Stone
Site Name
AZ T:8:100 (ASU)
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AZ T:8:101 (ASU)
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AZ T:8:102 (ASU)
Site Type
Artifact Scatter
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Canal or Canal Feature
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Petroglyph
Investigation Types
Historic Background Research
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Reconnaissance / Survey
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Moon Hill
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Phoenix, AZ
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Phoenix Basin
Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 900 to 1150 (Hohokam petroglyphs)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -112.11; min lat: 33.613 ; max long: -112.077; max lat: 33.633 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office
Prepared By(s): Pueblo Grande Museum
Submitted To(s): City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department
Record Identifiers
Report No.(s): PGM-88-19
File Information
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| 1988-19_Greenway-Rd---17th-Ave-Petroglyph-Site_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 2.95mb | Sep 10, 2018 9:55:23 AM | Confidential | ||
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| 1988-19_Greenway-Rd---17th-Ave-Petroglyph-Site_OCR_Redacted.pdf | 2.23mb | Oct 5, 2020 11:31:41 AM | Public | ||
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