Archaeological Excavations in Hohokam Sites of Southern Arizona

1964 ◽  
Vol 30 (2Part1) ◽  
pp. 145-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Classic Period ◽  
Indian Reservation ◽  
Gila River ◽  
South Central ◽  
State Museum ◽  
New Feature ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Central Arizona ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Significant Data

AbstractIn 1963 archaeological investigations were conducted by the Arizona State Museum in a series of Hohokam sites on the Gila River Indian Reservation of south-central Arizona. Significant data were derived from two of the eight sites tested. One site, Arizona U:13:9, included two small villages. The earlier village was first occupied during the Snaketown phase, which is estimated to date between A.D. 300 and 500. Occupation continued through the Sacaton phase or until about A.D. 1100. The later village was occupied during two phases of the Classic period, or from A.D. 1100 to about 1450. At this ruin both inhumations and cremations, apparently contemporaneous, were found in a distinct burial zone. The patterning noted in the placement of these two types of burials is a new feature for the Hohokam Classic period. The other site, Arizona U:13:11, a small Soho phase village that was occupied between A.D. 1100 and 1300, is important for the support it adds to the establishment of a pattern of burial placement during the Classic period.

The Stratigraphy of Ventana Cave, Arizona

1943 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil W. Haury
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
General Study ◽  
Indian Reservation ◽  
The Past ◽  
South Central ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Key Sites ◽  
The University ◽  
Central Arizona

The Papago Indian Reservation, touching the Mexican border in south-central Arizona, has been the scene of anthropological work by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Arizona and the Arizona State Museum during the past four years. One branch of this general study has been archaeological, consisting of reconnaissance and of excavation in what were considered to be key sites. Beyond Gila Pueblo's limited survey in Papagueria, next to nothing was known about it. The environment is harsh and arid, and scanty surface water limits agricultural possibilities. Yet more than 5000 Papago Indians somehow manage, as they have for centuries, to make a comfortable if simple living in the area. Certainly the life there today is nothing new and it is a fair conclusion that, although inhospitable, the area should furnish a fairly rich archaeological picture. As our work proceeded it became evident that there were ruins in abundance. With few exceptions, these were small and the occupation thinly spread. Occasionally, a large site with sizable trash mounds gave promise of stratigraphy.

A Pre-Spanish Rubber Ball from Arizona

1937 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil W. Haury
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Central American ◽  
Indian Reservation ◽  
Gila River ◽  
South Central ◽  
Rubber Ball ◽  
Central Arizona

In the winter of 1934–35, a ball-court, analogous in many details with those of Central America, was discovered at Snaketown on the Gila River Indian Reservation in south-central Arizona, during excavations conducted by Gila Pueblo. The announcement of a ball-court 1500 miles from its supposed origin, and in a region where it was entirely unexpected, met with skepticism until the discovery was verified by men qualified to judge from first hand knowledge acquired in the Middle American field. A new angle to the problem of relationships of Southwestern, Mexican, and Central American cultures was thus brought to the fore. Now, to add to this discovery, comes another find in the form of a rubber ball. It, too, was found in south-central Arizona and may, indeed, have been used in the game for which the courts were built.

Hohokam Archaeology Along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project. Lynn S. Teague and Patricia Crown, editors. Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series 150, The University of Arizona, Tucson. - Volume I: Research Design. Contributions by R. Barber, M. Bartlett, P. Crown, W. Deaver, S. Fish, R. Gardner, D. Gregory, S. Jernigan, M. Mallouf, C. Miksicek, And L. Teague. 1982. $9.00 (paper); Volume II: Supplemental Archaeological Survey. Contributions by C. MACCARTY, E. SIRES, J. Gibb, R. Ervin, And A. Dart. 1982. $7.00 (paper). - Volume III: Specialized Activity Sites. Contributions by E. Sires, F. Hull, A. Dart, W. Deaver, S. Fish, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, and R. Harrington. 1983. (2 books). $22.00 (paper). - Volume IV: Prehistoric Occupation of the Queen Creek Delta. Contributions by D. Gregory, E. Sires, P. Crown, S. Fish, M. Bartlett, M. Bernard-Shaw, L. Teague, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, R. Harrington, C. Szuter, B. Murphy, R. Lange, and W. Deaver. 1984. (3 books). $23.50 (paper). - Volume V: Small Habitation Sites on Queen Creek. Contributions by P. Crown, E. Sires, D. Abbott, F. Huntington, W. Deaver, A. Dart, F. Hull, S. Fish, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, R. Harrington, B. Murphy, And R. Lange. 1983. (2 books). $20.00 (paper). - Volume VI: Habitation Sites on the Gila River. Contributions by W. Deaver, A. Ferg, E. Sires, C. Shaw, S. Fish, C. Miksicek, R. Barber, R. Harrington, B. Murphy, And R. Lange. 1983. (3 books). $25.00 (paper). - Volume VII: Environment and Subsistence. Contributions by S. Fish, C. Miksicek, C. Szuter, P. Crown, R. Barber, and F. Hull. 1984. $23.00 (paper). - Volume VIII: Material Culture. Contributions by D. Abbott, P. Crown, J. Hepburn, M. Bernard-Shaw, M. Ebinger, A. Vokes, and C. Szuter. 1984. (2 books). $23.00 (paper). - Volume IX: Synthesis and Conclusions. Contributions by L. Teague, A. Rogge, P. Crown, E. Sires, and G. Laden. 1984. $24.00 (paper). (10% discount on any order over $ 100). (Also available through National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA)..

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-420
Author(s):  
David A. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Gila River ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
State Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
Bernard Shaw ◽  
Central Arizona
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