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The Square Hearth site: AZ AA:12:745 (ASM)

Archaeological investigations of early village sites in the middle Santa Cruz Valley • (18) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 229-281

By: Wöcherl, Helga, Clark, Jeffrey J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

The Square Hearth site has three periods of use. The Late Archaic/Early Agricultural period is indicated by a San Pedro-type projectile point. The radiocarbon dates and the diagnostic ceramics indicate an Agua Caliente phase and a late Colonial/early Sedentary Hohokam occupation as well. Data ascribed to the Hohokam were not marked for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes. The main use of the site falls within the Agua Caliente phase. The site has rectangular and circular pit structures, square hearths with and without ventilator features, trash deposits, mortuary features, a few roasting pits, but few storage pits when compared to the other sites excavated during the mitigation portion of the Interstate 10 Corridor Improvement Project.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Dwellings

Heating and lighting equipment

Cultural stratigraphy

Settlement patterns

Burial practices and funerals

Chronologies and culture sequences

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Middle-Late Desert Archaic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2010

RegionThe area the document pertains to

North America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southwest and Basin

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

essay

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry; 2010

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

1992-1993

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

Late Archaic/Early Agricultural period–late Colonial/early Sedentary period; 2160–950 BP (160 BC–AD 1050)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Square Hearth site, south-central Arizona, United States

NotesAdditional notes

Helga Wöcherl and Jeffery J. Clark

Submitted to: Arizona Dept. of Transportation; Contract Nos. 90-21 and 94-46

For bibliographical references see document 16:Mabry et al

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Indians of North America--Antiquities