“Archaeological Investigations of La Ciudad within the Frank Luke Addition: A Neighborhood Services Department Project”

Logan Simpson Design photograph of Hohokam pithouse excavation at La Ciudad archaeological site in Frank Luke Addition.

This free presentation will be given by archaeologists Mark Hackbarth and Chris Garraty, sponsored by the Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix on Thursday, April 14, 2016 from 7-9 pm.** Archaeologists Hackbarth and Garraty will discuss recent excavations by the Logan Simpson Design consulting company in Phoenix’s Frank Luke Addition, near a dense concentration of Classic period materials. The investigation resulted in the identification of a Pioneer and Colonial period habitation area and an area with predominantly Pioneer to Sedentary period field houses. The activities and distinctly different feature types in these areas suggests that patterns of land use and a land tenure system were established by the middle Pioneer period and were sustained over several centuries until the early Sedentary period.  ** This is not an Old Pueblo Archaeology Center-sponsored event, however, Old Pueblo members can attend PGMA functions at PGMA‘s member-discount rates, and vice-versa. For details contact Pueblo Grande Museum at 602-495-0901 or pueblo.grande.museum.pks@phoenix.gov.