Archaeological Investigation of Historic Blocks 406 and 451: The Main Gate Monitoring and Data-Recovery Project, Tucson, Arizona

Author(s): Matthew A. Sterner

Year: 1997

Summary

This report details construction monitoring of AZ BB: 13:445 (ASM) and data recovery on discovered features by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI). The site includes portions of two city blocks, known as historic Blocks 406 and 451 (based on designations used on Sanborn Fire Insurance maps), known to have been occupied since at least 1902. The project area was being prepared for the construction of the Main Gate Center office complex and accompanying multilevel parking facility. Following an initial survey of historic Block 451 by SRI, conducted in March 1994, further work in the form of monitoring and data recovery was conducted on both that parcel as well as the adjacent block to the north, historic Block 406. Monitoring was restricted to observation of the earthmoving activities performed by the construction crews, with data recovery limited only to those areas where features were identified.

Cite this Record

Archaeological Investigation of Historic Blocks 406 and 451: The Main Gate Monitoring and Data-Recovery Project, Tucson, Arizona. Matthew A. Sterner. Technical Series ,64. Tucson, AZ: SRI Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 425951) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8425951

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Tucson • Spanish

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Pollen • Wood

Site Name
AZ BB: 13:445 (ASM) • Historic Block 406 • Historic Block 451

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Historic Structure • Midden • Non-Domestic Structures • Structure

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
1st Street • Euclid Avenue • Historic Block 406 • Historic Block 451 • Tucson, Arizona • Tyndall Avenue • University of Arizona • West University Historic District

Temporal Keywords
20th Century • Historic Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1910 to 1940 (Chronological range of diagnostic artifacts)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.972; min lat: 32.219 ; max long: -110.945; max lat: 32.243 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): SRI Press

Contributor(s): James E. Ayres; David Maxwell; Leslie E. Raymer

Collaborator(s): Arizona State Historic Preservation Office

Prepared By(s): Statistical Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Business Finance Development Corporation, Tucson, Arizona

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