Archaeological Testing at AZ EE:1:2 and :218 (ASM), "Frick's Sahuarita Sites" and "John Brown's Homestead Site", Rancho Sahuarita, Town of Sahuarita, Arizona

Author(s): Gavin H. Archer

Year: 2001

Summary

This report details the field, documentary research, and analysis results of archaeological testing at Rancho Sahuarita sites 2 and 218, and recommends data recovery at both sites in accordance with the Rancho Sahuarita Archaeological Research Guidelines.

At prehistoric Site 2, six subsurface features indicate at least three activity areas within a large surficial artifact scatter. In addition to a subsurface feature, a pair of large stone tools (metate and mortar) were found on the surface in one of the activity areas. A small, outlying surficial artifact scatter, and subsurface artifacts and ash, suggest the location of a fourth activity area. These four areas will likely yield the remains of Hohokam habitation or subsistence activity and should be targeted during data recovery.

Site 218 includes a historical component and a prehistoric component. Preliminary documentary research suggests that the remains of a historical building at the site are probably part of a homestead patented in 1919. Some of the historical artifacts at the site date no later than the 1920s. Prehistoric artifacts on the surface and subsurface, and four subsurface prehistoric features indicate the remains of Hohokam habitation activity similar in scale to previously excavated Rancho Sahuarita sites 222 and 225 (Archer 2000a, 2000b; Archer et al. 1999). Data recovery should include excavation of historical and prehistoric features, and additional documentary research.

Trenches excavated at sites 2 (n=47) and 218 (n=3) were backfilled to preserve the archaeological remains. Copies of this report and the project collection (artifacts, field notes, drawings, maps, photographs, analysis notes, etc.) will be conveyed to the Arizona State Museum’s repository.

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Archaeological Testing at AZ EE:1:2 and :218 (ASM), "Frick's Sahuarita Sites" and "John Brown's Homestead Site", Rancho Sahuarita, Town of Sahuarita, Arizona, 16. Gavin H. Archer. 2001 ( tDAR id: 441082) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8441082

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Keywords

Culture
Historic • Hohokam • Huhugam

Material
Ceramic • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Hammerstone • Mano • metate • Mortar • Plainware • Red-on-Brown • Redware

Site Name
AZ EE:1:2 (ASM) • AZ EE:1:218 (ASM)

Site Type
Ash Lens • Cache • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Extramural pit • Midden • Pit • Pit House / Earth Lodge • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Pima (County) • Rancho Sahuarita • Sahuarita, AZ • Santa Cruz River • Tucson Basin

Temporal Keywords
Gila Phase • Prehistoric • Protohistoric • Rillito Phase • Rincon Phase • Tanque Verde Phase

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.096; min lat: 31.837 ; max long: -110.853; max lat: 32.087 ;

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Contact(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Contributor(s): Gina Vega; Paul Rawson; Laura Mitchell; Rob Miller; Vick Evans; Seth Rosenberg; Linda Grogonis; Chuck Sternberg; Lamb Excavation of Sahuarita

Repository(s): Arizona State Museum

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Submitted To(s): Westland Resources, Inc.

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