Preliminary Results of Archaeological Testing at AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM) within the Proposed Red Mountain Freeway Corridor (Gilbert Road to Higley Road) Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

Autor: Davis, Erin, Laurene Montero, Stubing, Michael, Mary-Ellen Walsh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2000
Předmět:
Mechanical trenching
Limited surface testing
Rock Alignment
Archaeological Overview
Gila Plainware
Gila Variety
Gila Plain
Tabular Tool
Higley Road
Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware
Mesa
AZ
Tabular tools
Cultural Resource Testing
Sacaton Red-on-Buffware
Hohokam
Reconnaissance / Survey
Excavation
Hohokam Plainware
Hohokam redware
Ground Stone
Mano fragment
AZ U:10:122 (ASM)
Site Mapping
Non-Thermal Pit
Site Evaluation / Testing
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Gila Plainware
Salt Variety
Rhyolite
Thermal Pit
Fire Cracked Rock
Arizona (State / Territory)
Gila Redware
AZ U:10:123 (ASM)
Pre-Classic - Classic transition
Chalcedony
Metate Fragment
Gilbert Road
Red Mountain Freeway
Maricopa (County)
Quartzite flake
Hohokam Buffware
Basalt Flake
metate
Chipped Stone
Phase I Testing
Ceramic
Flakes
Data Recovery / Excavation
Quartzite
Rock Cluster
Pit
Basalt
DOI: 10.6067/xcv8426279
Popis: Entranco conducted archaeological testing at AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM) during October and November 2000. The testing was done to assess the eligibility of the two sites for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The project was completed at the request of the Arizona Department of Transportation prior to the proposed construction of the Red Mountain Freeway Gilbert Road to Higley Road segment, which will impact both AZ U:10:122 (ASM) and AZ U:10:123 (ASM). Testing including mapping, limited surface collection, and the excavation of hand units and backhoe trenches. Preliminary results of testing indicate that AZ U:10:122 consists of 32 rock features and a dispersed artifact scatter. Cultural materials at AZ U.122 (ASM) are limited to the surface with no subsurface artifacts present. Subsurface testing at AZ U:10:123 (ASM) identified two pithouses, three pits, and an area of cultural fill containing fire-cracked rock, charcoal, and burned organic material. Artifacts from both sites are of Hohokam manufacture; ceramics tentatively date AZ U:10:123 (ASM) to the Hohokam Sedentary-Classic period transition. Temporal information is not available from the limited ceramic collection at AZ U:10:122 (ASM). Based on the results of testing, AZ U:10:122 (ASM) appears to have limited information potential, and is not considered to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. The results of testing indicate that AZ U:10:123 (ASM) has the potential to contribute to further information regarding prehistoric use of the Salt river Valley, and it is considered to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. No further work is recommended for AZ U:10:122 (ASM); however data recovery investigations are recommended for AZ U:10:123 (ASM) to mitigate potential impacts from construction of the Red Mountain Freeway.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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