Villages of Tortolita: Phase II Data Recovery at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:682 (ASM), Town of Marana, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona

Author(s): David M. R. Barr

Year: 2009

Summary

Phase II data recovery was conducted at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:682 (ASM) on the Villages of Tortolita property after Phase I data recovery revealed the presence of subsurface cultural deposits. Forty-five features were identified during Phase II data recovery at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM), including pit structures, roasting pits, miscellaneous extramural pits, middens, surface rock concentrations, and cremations. At AZ AA:12:682 (ASM), five highly ephemeral, poorly defined features (charcoal stains and a cluster of cobbles) were investigated.

Decorated ceramics recovered at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) from the Pioneer, Colonial, and Sedentary periods were recovered from feature contexts, suggesting a long occupation of the site (ca. A.D. 600-1150); however, the small number of pit structures suggested very low-intensity use of the area over a long period of time. The material culture assemblage offered few surprises, with ceramics, flaked stone, ground stone, faunal remains, paleobotanical remains, and pollen samples highly typical of low-elevation pre-Classic Hohokam sites in the greater Tucson Basin.

Because there were only a few Tanque Verde Red-on-brown sherds at AZ AA:12:682(ASM) and because of the badly disturbed features as a result of agricultural activities, very little could be inferred regarding the Classic period human activity in the area between Los Robles and the Marana Mound site.

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Villages of Tortolita: Phase II Data Recovery at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:682 (ASM), Town of Marana, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona, 26. David M. R. Barr. 2009 ( tDAR id: 446084) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8446084

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Hohokam • Huhugam

Material
Andesite • Awl • Basalt • Buffware • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Core • Fauna • Ground Stone • Handstone • Lapstone • Macrobotanical • Mano • metate • Netherstone • Obsidian • pecking stone • Pestle • Phylite • Plainware • polishing stone • Pollen • Projectile Point • Quartz • Quartzite • Red-on-Brown • Red-on-Buff • Red-on-Gray • Redware • Rhyolite Show More

Site Name
AZ AA:12:682 (ASM) • AZ AA:7:500 (ASM)

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Hearth • Midden • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Arizona Upland Subdivision • Marana, AZ • Pima (County) • Pinal (County) • Tucson Basin

Temporal Keywords
Ceramic Period • Classic Period • Colonial Period • Early Agricultural period • Formative Period • Gila Butte Phase • Pioneer Period • Preclassic Period • Rillito Phase • Sacaton Phase • Santa Cruz Phase • Sedentary Period • Sweetwater Phase • Tanque Verde Phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.311; min lat: 32.462 ; max long: -111.197; max lat: 32.529 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Contributor(s): Karen R. Adams; David M. R. Barr; Joseph A. Ezzo; Janet Hagopian; India S. Hesse; Regina Chapin-Pyritz; Susan Smith; David Tucker

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Submitted To(s): TMR Investors, L.L.C.

Record Identifiers

SWCA Project No. (s): 13302

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