1. Archaeological Test Excavations at La Ciudad de los Hornos: The Casa Fiesta Location
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Laurene G. Montero
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Pollen (Liguliflorae) ,Pollen (Cheno-Am) ,Saguaro ,Dating Sample ,Bone (Human) ,Pollen (Cucurbita sp.) ,Ephedra torreyana ,Casa Fiesta ,Plainware Bowl ,Micaceous Schist ,Ancient Structure ,AZ U:9:71(ASM) ,Pyrene sp ,Knife ,Seed (Saguaro) ,Buffware ,Tonto Polychrome Ware ,Oenthera sp ,Basin and Range Physiographic Province ,Pinyon Pine ,Snail ,Oak ,Charcoal ,Amaranth ,Canal ,Site Evaluation / Testing ,Pit House / Earth Lodge ,Cylindropuntia sp ,Pollen (Cholla) ,Domestic Structures ,Pinus sp ,Projectile Point ,Obsidian Flake ,Pollen (Grass) ,Pollen (Gramineae) ,Pollen (Mustard) ,Cupule (Corn) ,Spiderling ,Pollen (Sphaeralcea sp.) ,Hammerstone ,Pollen (Amaranth) ,Seed (Grass) ,Quercus sp ,Ceramic ,Pine ,Pyrene Ring ,Pollen (Acalypha sp.) ,Pollen (Pinus pondersosa) ,Pollen (Rock Purslane) ,Trash Pit ,Low-Spine Compositae ,Boerhaavia sp ,Squash ,Cotton ,Pollen (Red Maids) ,Early Classic Period ,Liguliflorae ,Larrea sp ,Creosotebush ,Borrow Pit ,Hamlet / Village ,Late Sedentary Period ,Santa Cruz Red-on-Buffware ,Phyllite ,Pollen (Boerhaavia sp.) ,Civano Phase ,Building Materials ,Spurge ,Pollen (Zea) ,Archaeological Feature ,Joint Fir ,Redware ,Grass ,Canal or Canal Feature ,Pollen (Cereus sp.) ,Pollen (Spurge) ,Rock Purslane ,Ground Stone ,Hearth ,Plainware ,Pollen (Cruciferae) ,Tempe, AZ ,Diorite Hammerstone ,Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno ,Calandrinia sp ,Pollen (Ponderosa Pine) ,Pollen (Juniper) ,Plaintain ,Red-on-Buffware ,Kochia ,Pollen (Pinus sp.) ,Gila Polychrome Ware ,Pollen (Oenthera sp.) ,Pollen (Quercus sp.) ,Seed (Kochia) ,Caliche ,Pollen (Plantago sp.) ,Sandstone Hammerstone ,Salt River Valley ,Macrobotanical ,Obsidian Projectile Point ,Maize ,Pinus ponderosa ,Quartzite ,Pollen (Pinus edulis) ,Feldspar ,Pit ,Cereus sp ,Pit House ,Plantago sp ,Glass ,Pollen (Ephedra nevadensis) ,Pollen (Oak) ,Seed (Agave) ,Pollen (Joint Fir) ,Pollen (Typha domingensis) ,Cobble Hammerstone ,Seed (Cotton) ,Sandstone ,Salt Redware ,Agave ,Agricultural or Herding ,Tansy Mustard ,Village ,Horno ,Zea sp ,Pod (Mesquite) ,Ring ,Cheno-Am ,Cucurbita sp ,Funerary and Burial Structures or Features ,Sacaton Red-on-Buffware ,Pollen (Plantain) ,Distribution Canal ,Laevicardium sp ,Pollen (Goosefoot) ,Surface ,Pollen (Larrea sp.) ,Pollen (Cattail) ,Seed (Cheno-Am) ,Pollen (Spiderling) ,Pollen ,Pollen (Acanthus) ,Acanthus ,Late Classic Period ,Obsidian ,Pollen (Low-Spine Compositae) ,Arizona (State / Territory) ,Evening Primrose ,Cruciferae ,Pollen (Evening Primrose) ,Ponderosa Pine ,Sphaeralcea sp ,Shell (Laevicardium sp.) ,Pollen (Pinyon Pine) ,Greenstone ,Greenstone Flake ,Shell ,Flake ,Prosopis sp ,Pollen (Calandrinia sp.) ,Pollen Sample ,Midden ,Lateral Canal ,Goosefoot ,Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features ,Chipped Stone ,Phoenix Basin ,Non-Domestic Structures ,Structure ,Gramineae ,Pollen (Maize) ,Settlements ,Shell Ring ,Radiocarbon Sample ,Wall Footing ,Pinus edulis ,Cremation ,Juniperus sp ,Jar ,Polychrome Ware ,Cholla ,Human Remains ,Classic Period ,Pollen (Saguaro) ,Burial ,High-Spine Compositae ,Pollen (Ephedra torreyana) ,Schist ,Pollen (Globemallow) ,Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex ,Mesquite ,Juniper ,Pollen (Cylindropuntia sp.) ,Western Canal ,Salt River ,Decorated Ware ,Pollen (Prosopis sp.) ,Pollen (Acanthaceae) ,Euphorbia sp ,Sedentary Period ,Ephedra nevadensis ,Tidestromia sp ,Corn ,Pollen (Euphorbia sp.) ,Seed (Tansy Mustard) ,Hohokam ,Flotation Sample ,Cattail ,Pollen (Squash) ,Pollen (Pine) ,Colonial Period ,Pollen (Juniperus sp.) ,White Feldspar ,Typha domingensis ,Pollen (Mesquite) ,Quartzite Knife ,La Ciudad de Los Hornos ,Seed (Mesquite) ,Ash ,Acalypha sp ,Diorite ,Acanthaceae ,Red Maid ,Ash Lens ,Pollen (High-Spine Compositae) ,Sonoran Desert ,Mustard ,Kallstroemia sp ,Ceramic Jar ,Prehistoric ,Lower Colorado River Valley ,Pollen (Creosotebush) ,Pollen (Kallestroemia sp.) ,Quartzite Flake ,Bowl ,Pollen (Tidestroemia sp.) ,Globemallow - Abstract
Archaeological test excavations have been conducted at a portion of La Ciudad de los Hornos (AZ U:9:71 (ASM)), a prehistoric multicomponent Hohokam village. The field work for this project, sponsored by AMCOR Investment Company, was undertaken during the fall of 1989 by Northland Research, Inc. pursuant to the proposed redevelopment of the Casa Fiesta trailer park. The Casa Fiesta project area consists of a 55-acre (22-ha), triangular lot. Archaeological testing consisted of cutting a series of backhoe trenches, resulting in the excavation of 9,442 ft. (2,878 m, 221 trenches) of trench or a roughly one percent sample of the project area. Thirty-seven prehistoric cultural features were identified. The remains represent a Hohokam occupation dating primarily to the Sedentary and Classic periods. Although the Casa Fiesta project area has been subject to a great deal of disturbance by agricultural and construction activities, the cultural features identified do not appear to have been impacted substantially by these activitites, but instead are fairly intact. With the possible exception of hornos and a few surfaces, most features appear not to have been truncated by agricultural activities. Testing results suggest that there is a great potential for these features and as yet unidentified features to yield data significant to the interpretation of Hohokam habitation and subsistence practices during the late Sedentary and Classic periods. This report includes contributions by Jennifer W. Gish, T. Kathleen Henderson, and Johna Hutira.
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- 1990
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