Archaeological Testing at the Romero Ruin: Part 2

Author(s): Deborah L. Swartz

Year: 1993

Summary

Limited archaeological testing was conducted at the Romero Ruin, AZ BB:9:1 (ASM), during the spring of 1993 by archaeologists from the Center for Desert Archaeology. The site is a large prehistoric Hohokam village with an overlying historic component, located in Catalina State Park approximately 10 miles north of Tucson, Arizona. The purpose of the testing program was threefold: 1) to expose archaeological features along the interpretive trail prior to the features' being stabilized, 2) to recover archaeological information that would be destroyed by the stabilization, and 3) to determine the effects of stabilization of the upright-cobble and post-reinforced adobe pitroom, Feature 14, and to identify a location for the interpretive sign. As a result of the excavations, the wall alignments became much more visible since the adjacent wall fall was removed. Stabilization of the masonry wall segments along the trail was done to protect them from being disturbed by visitors. The work was funded in part by an Arizona Heritage Fund Grant administered by the State Historic Preservation Office. Matching funds for this grant were provided by the Coronado National Forest and Catalina State Park, and in-kind contributions came from the Center for Desert Archaeology, Coronado National Forest, and Catalina State Park. The report describes the results of the test excavations and stabilization efforts. It is focused only on the work that was done in this field phase. For a prehistoric overview of the area, see Doelle and Fish 1988.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Testing at the Romero Ruin: Part 2, 8. Deborah L. Swartz. Technical Report ,93. Tucson, AZ: Center for Desert Archaeology. 1993 ( tDAR id: 399318) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QC05BZ

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Hohokam

Material
Adobe • Agave • Agaveceae • Agave sp. • Aizoaceae • Amaranth • Amaranthaceae • Amaranthus sp. • Anodonia sp. • Antelope Jack Rabbit • Argopecten sp. • Arizona Cypress Juniper • Artiodactyla • Ash • Aves • Basalt • Bird • Black-Tailed Jack Rabbit • Bledo • Bone • Brown Glass • Buffware • Building Materials • Cactaceae • Canegeia gigantea • Canid • Canidae • Carnivora • Century Plant • Ceramic • cf. Cupressus arizonica • cf. Juniperus sp. • cf. Populus sp. • cf. Salix sp. • Chalcedony • Chenopodiaceae • Chenopodium sp. • Chert • Corn • Cottontail • Cruciferae • Curessaceae • Decorated Ware • Deer • Descuraniania sp. • Earthenware • Fauna • Fraxinus sp. • Glass • Globe Mallow • Glycymeris sp. • Gneiss • Goose Foot • Gramineae • Granite • Green Glass • Ground Stone • Haliotis sp. • Hawk • Horse Purslane • Human Remains • Igneous Rock • Indurated Limestone • Jack Rabbit • Kinosternon • Laevicardium sp. • Lagomorpha • Lamb's Quarters • Leguminosae • Leporidae • Lepus alleni • Lepus californicux • Lepus sp. • Limestone • Macrobotanical • Maize • Malvaceae • Mammal • Mammalia • Masonry • Mescal • Metal • Metamorphic Rock • Mica • Mineral • Mud Turtle • Odocoileus • Oleaceae • Olivella sp. • Pecten sp. • Pigweed • Plainware • Prosopis cf. velutina • Quail • Quartz • Quelites • Rabbit • Redware • Reptile • Reptilia • Rhyolite • Rincon Redware • River Cobble • Saguaro • Salicaceae • Schist • Sedimentary Rock • Shell • Sillicified Limestone • Sphaeralcea sp. • Sylvagus sp. • Tansy Mustard • Testudinata • Tin • Tortolita Redware? • Trianthema portulacastrum • Turquoise • Turtle • Turtle Shell • Velvet Mesquite • Vesicular Basalt • Willow • Zea mays Show More

Site Name
AZ BB:9:1 (ASM) • Pueblo Viejio • Romero Ruin

Site Type
Adobe Pitroom • Adobe Wall • Agricultural or Herding • Animal Burial? • Archaeological Feature • Borrow Pit • Boulder Mortar • Cobble Structure • Cobble Wall • Compound Wall • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hawk Burial? • Inhumation • Masonry Structure • Midden • Milling Feature • Mixing Pit • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Ranch • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo • Settlements • Trash Midden • Village • Wall Show More

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Stabilization

General
Antler • Antler (Deer) • Awl • Biface • Bone (Animal) • Bone (Human) • Bone Awl • Bone Ring • Bone Tube • Bottle • Bowl • Bracelet • Burned Bone • Button • Can • Carapace (Turtle) • Cartridge Shell • Caudal Vertebra (Artiodactyl) • Core • Cranium (Human) • Cranium (Infant) • Cup • Debitage • Disc • Earthenware Bowl • Earthenware Cup • Earthernware Plate • Femur (Artiodactyl) • Figurine • Flotation / Botanical Analysis • Francisco Romero • Frontal (Artiodactyl) • Glass Bottle • Glycymeris Bracelet • Hammerstone • Hole-In-Top Can • Hook • Infant Burial • Jewelry • Knife • Long Bone (Artiodactyl) • Lumbar Vertebra (Artiodactyl) • Mano • Metal Hook • Metapodial (Artiodactyl) • Metate • Mica Disc • Milk Can • Mortar • Nail • Olivella Shell Bead • Pendant • Perforator • Phalange (Artiodactyl) • Plano Scraper • Plate • Polishing Stone • Projectile Point • Ring • Romero Ranch • Scapula (Artiodactyl) • Scapula (Deer) • Shell Bead • Shell Bracelet • Shell Button • Shell Pendant • Square Nail • Stone Tool • Tabular Knife • Tibia (Artiodactyl) • Tool • Tube • Turquoise Pendant • Union Metallic Cartridge Company • Vertebra (Artiodactyl) • Wing Element (Hawk) • Wing Element (Quail) • Wood Charcoal Analysis • Wrist Element (Artiodactyl) • Zooarchaeological Analysis Show More

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Catalina State Park • Montrose Canyon Wash • Santa Catalina Mountains • Sutherland Wash • Tucson, AZ • Tucson Basin

Temporal Keywords
Cañada del Oro Phase • Classic Period • Colonial Period • Early Colonial Period • Historic • Middle Rincon Subphase • Pioneer Period • Prehistoric • Tanque Verde Phase

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 550 to 1450 (Approximate dates of site occupation.)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.936; min lat: 32.392 ; max long: -110.914; max lat: 32.429 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Arizona State Parks

Contributor(s): Lisa W. Huckell; J. Homer Thiel; Ron Beckwith; Jim Holmlund; Luis Rodriguez; Christine Goetz; James Heidke

Lab Director(s): Lisa Eppley

Sponsor(s): Arizona State Parks; Coronado National Forest; Catalina State Park

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