Cottonwood Wash Rock Pile (Site Name Keyword)
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POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FOR ROCK PILES, SITE AZ EE:3:48(ASM), TUCSON BASIN, ARIZONA (2001)
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Pollen and phytolith analyses were undertaken on samples from three rock piles at AZ EE:3:48, the Cottonwood Wash Rock Pile site. These rock piles are situated in semidesert grassland and probably represent Hohokam dry farming features used during the Classic period between AD 1100 and 1300. Rock piles often are interpreted to be associated with agave cultivation, although both maize and cotton pollen also have been recovered from sediments associated with rock piles in the Tucson Basin (Fish...