El Macayo: A Prehistoric Settlement in the Upper Santa Cruz River Valley

Summary

Archaeological data recovery was undertaken by Statistical Research, Inc., at the site of El Macayo (AZ EE:9:107 [ASM]), a prehistoric village located on land occupied by the Santa Cruz County Complex in Nogales, Arizona. Fieldwork was conducted by a crew of four archaeologists and a physical anthropologist under the direction of William L. Deaver between April 16 and May 23, 1996. By the end of 28 days of fieldwork, 177 features had been exposed, identified, and mapped. Of these 177 features, 11 pit structures, 11 burials, 19 pits, and 1 miscellaneous feature were partially or fully excavated.

Analysis and interpretation of architectural, ceramic, lithic, shell, floral, faunal, and burial data suggest that the village was occupied over a period of six centuries between A.D. 550 and 1150. The multicultural occupants of the site were foragers and farmers who had access to material goods produced in the Gila-Salt and Tucson Basins and in the Trincheras region of Sonora. After A.D. 950, they were producers of a local pottery tradition with links to the traditions of the Santa Cruz series documented for the Tucson Basin area.

Cite this Record

El Macayo: A Prehistoric Settlement in the Upper Santa Cruz River Valley. William L. Deaver, Carla R. Van West, Jeffrey Altschul, Barbara K. Montgomery. Statistical Research Technical Series ,74. Tucson, AZ: SRI Press. 2001 ( tDAR id: 441976) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8441976

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic Formative PaleoIndian Protohistoric

Material
Ceramic Fauna Glass Ground Stone Human Remains Lithic Macrobotanical Metal Pollen Shell

Site Name
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Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.055; min lat: 31.27 ; max long: -110.807; max lat: 31.401 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): SRI Press

Contributor(s): Anthony Della Croce; Robert A. Heckman; Juerena R. Hoffman; Richard G. Holloway; Barbara A. Murphy; Steven D. Shelley; Sharon F. Urban; Marcy H. Rockman

Field Director(s): William L. Deaver

Principal Investigator(s): Carla R. Van West

Collaborator(s): Bureau of Land Management

Sponsor(s): Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Department of Public Works

Repository(s): Arizona State Museum

Prepared By(s): Statistical Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Department of Public Works

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