Down by the River: Archaeological and Historical Studies of the Leon Family Farmstead

Author(s): J. Homer Thiel

Year: 2005

Summary

A brief cultural background of the Tucson Basin and a set of research questions that guided work at BB:13:157 and BB:13:505 have been presented in Chapter 1. The work at prehistoric sites is presented in Chapter 2, while Chapter 3 chronicles the history of the Leon family and their property. Excavations at the Leon farmstead and the adjacent historic period canal are described in Chapter 4. The historic-period artifacts recovered from the Leon farmstead are examined in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 presents the petrographic study used to determine the places where Native American pottery found at the site was made. A study of historic Native American ceramics follows in Chapter 7, and a discussion of the Leon family's diet is included in Chapter 8. Finally, new findings made through the work conducted during this project are summarized in Chapter 9.

Cite this Record

Down by the River: Archaeological and Historical Studies of the Leon Family Farmstead. J. Homer Thiel. 2005 ( tDAR id: 428761) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8428761

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
AZ BB:13:157 (ASM) • AZ BB:13:640 (ASM)

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Building Substructure • Canal or Canal Feature • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Fence • Hearth • House • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Rock Alignment • Room Block / Compound / Pueblo

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnohistoric Research • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
Petrographic Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Frontage Road • I-10 • Pima (County) • San Agustin Mission • Santa Cruz River • Sentinel Peak • Tucson, AZ • Tucson Basin • Tucson Presidio

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.016; min lat: 32.183 ; max long: -110.944; max lat: 32.229 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Jenny L. Adams; Linda Scott Cummings; Michael W. Diehl; David A. Gregory; James M. Heidke; Elizabeth J. Miksa; Fred L. Nials; Manuel R. Palacios-Fest; R.Jane Sliva; J. Homer Thiel; Arthur W. Vokes

Repository(s): Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ

Prepared By(s): Center for Desert Archaeology

Submitted To(s): Arizona Department of Transportation Environmental Planning Services

Record Identifiers

Salt River Project Library Barcode No.(s): 00090907

Anthropological Papers No.(s): 38

TRACS No.(s): H308801D; H380601D

Contract No.(s): 94-46; 97-03

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