A Rincon Phase Occupation at the Julian Wash Site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM)
Author(s): Jonathan B. Mabry
Year: 1996
Summary
This report summarizes the results of an archaeological mitigation project for a 30-ft-wide right-of-way for an access road to Tucson Water's new reservoir at the Julian Wash site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM). This project uncovered a cluster of five pithouses and 36 related extramural features that date to the transition between the Middle and Late Rincon subphases in the Tucson Basin Hohokam chronology, about A.D 1070 to 1150. The cluster of pithouses is probably part of a larger house group arranged around a common courtyard and occupied by a single extended household. A mixed subsistence strategy of farming, foraging, and hunting is represented in the macrobotanical, pollen, and faunal remains, and occupation from at least spring through fall is indicated by the seasons of wild plant resources that were exploited. Maize, beans, and squash were cultivated, probably in the floodplain with canal irrigation, while agave was probably dry farmed on the bajada above. Materials for chipped and ground stone tools were directly procured from local sources. The chipped stone assemblage reflects a largely expedient technology, but with some conservation of tools, flakes, and cores to extend artifact uselife. The ground stone assemblage indicates intensive processing of plants and minerals for food and pigments. Tire limited number and variety of shell artifacts indicate down-the-line exchange of marine shells from the Gulf of California and on-site manufacture of shell ornaments. Identification of pottery temper sources indicates that the pottery was not manufactured at this site; most of it was produced at nearby contemporaneous settlements at the West Branch and St. Mary's sites. Analysis shows that the design styles on the pottery from these two production centers became increasingly distinctive from tire Middle to Late Rincon subphases.
Cite this Record
A Rincon Phase Occupation at the Julian Wash Site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM), 7. Jonathan B. Mabry. 1996 ( tDAR id: 448072) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448072
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Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Early Archaic
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Hohokam
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Huhugam
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Ground Stone
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Macrobotanical
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Pollen
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Shell
Site Name
AZ BB:13:17 (ASM)
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Julian Wash Site
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Courtyard
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Hearth
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Long House
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Ramada
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Trash Mound
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Heritage Management
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
General
Artifact Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Pima (County)
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Santa Cruz River
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Early Rincon
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Late Rincon
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Middle Rincon
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Sedentary Period
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.606; min lat: 32.203 ; max long: -110.675; max lat: 32.632 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Contributor(s): Lisa G. Eppley; Suzanne K. Fish; Christine E. Goetz; James M. Heidke; Charles Miksicek; Arthur W. Yokes; Innovative Excavating, Inc.
Submitted To(s): City of Tucson
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