Archaeological Investigations for the Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building VII (ISTB 7) Project, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona

Editor(s): Christopher Garraty; Erik Steinbach

Year: 2021

Summary

Logan Simpson multi-phased (Phases I and II) data recovery investigations and archaeological monitoring within the prehistoric Hohokam habitation site of AZ U:9:165(ASM)—also known as La Plaza or La Plaza de Tempe—and two historic periods linear sites (summarized below) on the Arizona State University (ASU) Tempe Campus in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. The archaeological investigations were conducted at the request of ASU in advance of ground-disturbing construction of a new campus building complex, called the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building VII (abbreviated hereafter as the ISTB 7). This document provides details concerning Logan Simpson’s archaeological testing and data recovery efforts and findings. The methods and findings related to Logan Simpson’s currently ongoing archaeological monitoring during construction of the ISTB 7 building complex and any related infrastructure will be addressed in a future addendum to this report.

The technical report includes pertinent contextual information for the project, a review of the overarching research themes that guided the Phase I and Phase II data recovery investigations, the methods and results of fieldwork and laboratory work, and assessment of findings based on the research issues and questions presented in the HPTP (Mitchell and Jones 2018) and addendum to the HPTP (Garraty 2018) developed for this project.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Investigations for the Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building VII (ISTB 7) Project, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona. Christopher Garraty, Erik Steinbach. 2021 ( tDAR id: 473020) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8473020

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Hohokam

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Metal • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AZ FF:9:17 (ASM)/Historic US 80 • AZ U:9:165 (ASM) • AZ U:9:189 (ASM) • AZ U:9:298 (ASM) • Creamery Branch Railroad • Kirkland-McKinney Ditch • La Plaza de Tempe • McKinney-Kirkland Ditch • US 80/Bankhead Highway

Site Type
Burial Pit • Burned Rock Midden • Canal or Canal Feature • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hearth • Midden • Railroad • Refuse Pit • Road • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Biosilicate Analysis • Canal Morphology • Canal Paleohydraulics • Ceramic Analysis • Chronological Analysis • Chronometric Analysis • Geomorphic Context • Geomorphological Analysis • Historical Development • Historic and Archival Research • Historic Artifact Analysis • Hohokam Irrigation Systems • Hohokam Trade and Exchange • Human Osteology • Lithic Artifact Analysis • Macro-Botanical Remains • mortuary practices • Optically Simulated Luminescence Dating • Paleobotanical Analysis • Paleoenvironmental and Invertebrate Microfaunal Analysis • Particle Size Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Radiocarbon Dating • Sedimentology • Shell Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Lower Colorado River Valley • Phoenix Basin • Sonoran Desertscrub Biotic Community

Temporal Keywords
Historic / Prehistoric • Hohokam • Proto-Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.952; min lat: 33.398 ; max long: -111.909; max lat: 33.439 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Daniel Garcia

Contributor(s): Steven Bozarth; Michael Bryk; David Bustoz; Craig Fertelmes; Steven Forman; Marybeth Harte; Christopher Garraty; Alexandra Howard; Eric Karns; Manuel R. Palacios-Fest; Bruce Phillips; Steven Schmich; Erick Steinbach; Catherine Vaughn

Submitted To(s): Arizona State University; ASU Capital Programs

Record Identifiers

Logan Simpson Project No.(s): 185420c

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