AZ AA:12:111 (Site Name Keyword)
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Samples from canal features at sites AZ AA:12:91/103, AZ AA:12:111, and AZ AA:12:788 were submitted for macrofloral analysis. Charcoal and charred botanic remains selected from the macrofloral samples were then submitted for AMS radiocarbon dating. These sites were excavated during Phase 2 recovery for the Pima County Interconnect Project along the Santa Cruz River in southern Arizona. Macrofloral analysis will be used to provide information concerning plant resources utilized by the site...
PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF EARLY AGRICULTURAL PERIOD FIELD SEDIMENTS AT THE SITE OF LAS CAPAS (AZ AA:12:111), TUCSON, ARIZONA (2012)
A total of 26 sediment samples from agricultural field contexts were submitted for phytolith analysis from the site of Las Capas (AZ AA:12:111), which is located near Tucson, Arizona. Las Capas is an early agricultural period site that utilized canal irrigation for maize and possibly other cultivated plants. The sediments submitted for phytolith analysis are from Stratum 504, which spans a date range of 950 B.C. to 800 B.C., and places them within the San Pedro Phase Early Agriculture period....
Recent Research On Tucson Basin Prehistory: Proceedings of the Second Tucson Basin Conference (1988)
The study of Tucson’s prehistory has been pursued with an unprecedented intensity in recent years, and it seemed essential that the new results that were emerging be shared on a broader basis. This volume is the outcome of papers prepared for the Second Tucson Basin Conference in conjunction with the 1986 fall meeting of the Arizona Archaeological Council.