Pozos de Sonoqui project
Arizona's Maricopa County Department of Transportation is extending Riggs Road in Queen Creek, Arizona. Prior to their moving forward with the extension, local archaeologists recovered and documented onsite data through March 2013. The essential fieldwork associated with the excavation and documentation of the Pozos de Sonoqui site was an important part of the Riggs Road design effort.
The excavation site was part of the remnants left by the group of people we know as the Hohokam. They established villages along the Salt and Gila Rivers in Arizona around 1 A.D. The Pima Indians gave this culture the name Hohokam, which means "all used up" in the Pima language.
The Hohokam had a flourishing culture in the Salt River Valley, with villages, temple mounds, ball courts, trade routes, and the largest and most sophisticated irrigation system in the prehistoric New World. By 1450 A.D., the Hohokam culture had disappeared from the area. Little is known about where these early inhabitants of the desert went or what became of them, although some archaeologists think the Pima and the Papago Peoples are the descendants of the Hohokam.*
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Once they number, bag and box the artifacts, they store the artifacts on shelves in the basement of buildings payed for by taxpayers. Remember this is their property, their artifacts funded by your dollars.
@jimmoses6617
8 ай бұрын
They are stored (curated) at the Arizona State Museum in Tucson, UofA campus. The curation fees are paid by the companies that fund the research, either private or public (ADOT). Last I checked it costs thousands of dollars for a single box of artifacts. Plus, they charge for each photograph, plus project registration fees, and on and on. One day archaeologists will excavate this giant artifact storage facility and ask "Why did they gather up all the old stuff and put it in one place? Was this some type of ritual?". :)
There have been hundreds of Hohokam sites excavated in the Phoenix Basin. No new information has come to light. We know enough about the Hohokam. Just monitor construction for human remains. We don't need to excavate another pithouse as it will reveal no new information. I say this as a professional archaeologist who has worked in Arizona for three decades. It is a revenue generator now, a "make work" program. Don't be fooled about the "it is important to the public as it reveals important information".
Why is this so scripted?
@ryancorbell9520
3 жыл бұрын
Cause it was lmao they dont really care, they just wanted to build they highways