Ak-Chin Indian Community West Side Farms Data Recovery Project

Summary

This project examined the cultural resources of the western half of the Ak Chin Community's lands prior to intensive agricultural development using waters from the Central Arizona Project. The project's research design assumed that Ak Chin had been used as a floodwater farming location for many centuries. The problem domains and research questions focused on the physical {geomorphological), biological, and cultural subsystems within the Ak Chin ecosystem. The investigation also considered the regional implications of the proposed agricultural development.

Cite this Record

Ak-Chin Indian Community West Side Farms Data Recovery Project. ( tDAR id: 377895) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8F76DZN

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Ak Chin Archaeological Data Recovery Project

Keywords

Culture
Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AZ T:16:16(ASM) • AZ T:16:17(ASM) • AZ T:16:20(ASM) • AZ T:16:23(ASM) • AZ T:16:52(ASM) • AZ T:16:53(ASM) • AZ T:16:55(ASM) • AZ T:16:56(ASM) • AZ T:16:57(ASM) • AZ T:16:61(ASM) • AZ T:16:71(ASM) • AZ T:16:83(ASM) • AZ T:16:84(ASM) • AZ T:16:85(ASM) • AZ T:16:95(ASM) • Beeth Ha-ha-a • Frog Pot • Painted Horse • Va-pak • Watch Frog • Whimsy Flat

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Bioarchaeological Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Ethnohistoric Research • Geophysical Survey • Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Ak-Chin Indian community, AZ • Hohokam • Hohokam Agriculture

Geographic Keywords
Ak-Chin Indian Community • Estrella Mountains • Sacaton Mountains • Vekol Valley Southern Arizona

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period • Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Pioneer period • Protohistoric Period

Temporal Coverage

Radiocarbon Date: 1850 to 200

Spatial Coverage

min long: -112.179; min lat: 32.994 ; max long: -112.062; max lat: 33.081 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Principal Investigator(s): Cory Dale Breternitz

Project Director(s): Robert E. Gasser; W. Bruce Masse

Landowner(s): Ak-Chin Indian Community

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Permitting Agency(s): Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pheonix Area Office

Prepared By(s): Soil Systems, Inc.

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

ARPA Permit No.(s): SSI/Ak/PAO-001a

Bureau of Reclamation Contract No.(s): 5-07-30-W0058

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