Pit House, Presidio, and Privy: 1,400 Years of Archaeology and History on Block 180, Tucson, Arizona

Editor(s): Richard Ciolek-Torello; Mark T. Swanson

Year: 1997

Summary

This report details the results of archival research and archaeological testing and data recovery on the historical Block 180 of the original townsite of Tucson. This work was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc., for the Pima County Facilities Management Department due to the planned construction of the Pima County Public Works Center and YMCA complex on the block. The investigations uncovered extensive evidence of human occupation of the block from the prehistoric Hohokam to the historical American Territorial period.

Although the historical Spanish and Mexican period presidio of San Agustin del Tucson was adjacent to the project area, only isolated and highly disturbed evidence of the Hispanic occupation of Tucson was found. The most significant remains of this early historical period found was a burial pit containing two males of probable Mexican descent.

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Pit House, Presidio, and Privy: 1,400 Years of Archaeology and History on Block 180, Tucson, Arizona. Richard Ciolek-Torello, Mark T. Swanson. Statistical Research Technical Series ,63. Tucson, AZ: SRI Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 441970) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8441970

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Keywords

Culture
American Territorial • Archaic • Classic • Historic • Historic Native American • Hohokam • Late Archaic • PIONEER • Snaketown • Spanish Colonial • Tanque Verde

Material
Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Human Remains • Lithic • Macrobotanical • Metal • Pollen • Shell

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Burial Pit • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Midden • Pit

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

General
Human Remains

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Block 180 • Pima (County) • Tucson • Tucson Basin

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111; min lat: 32.181 ; max long: -110.926; max lat: 32.249 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): SRI Press

Contributor(s): James E. Ayres; Walter H. Birkby; Linda Scott Cummings; William L. Deaver; Karen G. Harry; Lisa W. Huckell; Angie Kay Huxley; Bruce A. Jones; Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Jeffrey Altschul; Linda M. Gregonis; Susan A. Martin

Prepared By(s): Statistical Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Pima County Facilities Management Department

Record Identifiers

Work Order(s): HYX-518; HYX-519

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