Archaeological Excavations at La Villa (AZ T:12:148[ASM]): The Maricopa County Human Services Campus, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Author(s): Chester W. Shaw, Jr.; Douglas B. Craig; Mark R. Hackbarth; David R. Abbott
Editor(s): Douglas B. Craig
Year: 2005
Summary
Maricopa County, the City of Phoenix, and the Central Arizona Shelter Services plan to build a homeless shelter on two adjacent parcels of land in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Within this area are the remains of a prehistoric Hohokam village known as La Villa [AZ T:12:148 (ASM)], as well as remains associated with the early twentieth century history of the City of Phoenix. In order to mitigate the impact of development on these culturally significant properties, Maricopa County contracted Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) to conduct archaeological data recovery within the La Villa/Arizona Shelter project area. The following report documents the results of these data recovery efforts.
Roughly 1,840 linear meters of backhoe trenches were excavated and an estimated 2,600 cubic meters of overburden were removed within these two city blocks as part of Northland’s data recovery efforts, resulting in the discovery of 348 cultural features. Most of these features were associated with the prehistoric settlement of La Villa, including 146 pit houses from a residential district in the heart of the settlement. A poorly preserved historical component was also identified, with the most notable feature being a foundation for a foundry in operation during World War I.
Cite this Record
Archaeological Excavations at La Villa (AZ T:12:148[ASM]): The Maricopa County Human Services Campus, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, 94. Chester W. Shaw, Jr., Douglas B. Craig, Mark R. Hackbarth, David R. Abbott, Douglas B. Craig. 2005 ( tDAR id: 446760) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8446760
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Keywords
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Concrete
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Glass
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Ground Stone
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Human Remains
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Macrobotanical
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Metal
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Pollen
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Shell
Site Name
AZ T:12:148 (ASM)
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La Villa
Site Type
Cremation
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Foundry Foundation
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Hearth
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Historic Structure
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Inhumation
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Midden
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Post Hole / Post Mold
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Historic Background Research
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
Geographic Keywords
Arizona
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Maricopa (County)
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Phoenix, AZ
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Phoenix Basin
Temporal Keywords
Early Colonial Period
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Historic
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Pioneer Period
Spatial Coverage
min long: -112.103; min lat: 33.434 ; max long: -112.07; max lat: 33.452 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): City of Phoenix Archaeology Office
Contributor(s): David Abbott; James Cogswell; Douglas Craig; Kurt Dongoske; Cindy Dongoske; Mark Hackbarth; Maren Hopkins; Johna Hutira; John Marshall; Chester Shaw; Miranda Warburton
Submitted To(s): Facilities Management Department
Record Identifiers
PGM Project No.(s): 2005-69
NRI Project No.(s): 03-30
Report No.(s): 05-94
File Information
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| COP-699_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 90.84mb | May 1, 2005 | Sep 19, 2018 8:54:15 AM | Confidential | |
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| COP-699_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf | 132.02mb | Apr 6, 2021 9:56:35 AM | Public | ||
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