The Phoenix Indian School Archaeological Project: Results of the Test Excavations

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Authors: Barton, C. Michael and James, Steven R.

Publisher: Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University

Pub Date: 1991

Binding: Paperback

Condition:Fair.  Ex-corporate library.  Binding tight.  No tears or folds.  Library tag taped to lower front cover corner at spine foot, with tape overlapping to front and rear covers.  One approx. 1/8″ chip to upper front cover edge.  Upper front cover corner has approx. 1″ crease.  Some edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Anthropological Field Studies Number 25.  The Phoenix Indian School was closed in 1990, after almost a hundred years of operation.  “Archaeological investigations on the Indian School property, conducted by the Arizona State University Department of Anthropology…took place in January 1990.  The goals of this testing program were to investigate historic cultural materials noted by BIA staff archaeologist Randall Morrison (1987) and to identify and assess the significance of any other archaeological resources that might be adversely affected by the planned property transfer.”  The property transfer sounds like a sweet deal for the National Park Service, the Arizona Inter-Tribal Council, the City of Phoenix and the Veterans Administration.  The NPS added 115,000 acres to the Everglades National Park, the Inter-Tribal Council received $35 million for a trust fund for Indian education, the City of Phoenix got 20 acres for an urban park, and the VA got 15 acres for hospital expansion.  The land was traded to The Barron Collier Companies, a Florida land developer, who received 68 acres in the heart of Phoenix.  “Don’t throw me in that briar patch.”