Archaeological Investigations at a Portion of the Julian Wash Site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona
Editor(s): Homer Thiel; Henry D. Wallace
Year: 2008
Summary
Archaeological work was conducted in April and May of 2004, at a portion of the Julian Wash site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM), located in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, prior to construction of a drainage system. Previous excavations by Desert Archaeology, Inc., and Statistical Research, Inc., identified several loci of this large prehistoric Hohokam site.The new project area was between these loci in an area that once lay beneath an embankment of Interstate 19 (I-19). The removal of this embankment and plans for the drainage system led to testing the area and subsequent data recovery.
The results of the work at this portion of the Julian Wash site are presented in this report. Two components were documented. The prehistoric Hohokam component consisted of a number of borrow pits, from which soil and caliche were mined, a possible pit structure, numerous small pits, and an isolated vessel. A possible prehistoric dog burial and another prehistoric feature were found in a nearby cutbank. Numerous features associated with the St. Joseph's Children's Home, which operated from 1905 to 1936, were also located. These were primarily landscaping features such as planting pits and trenches, along with a fenceline.
Basic background data on the project area, including its location, description, previous archaeological research, and a history of the orphanage, are provided in this chapter. Results of the fieldwork are provided in Chapter 2, while the prehistoric ceramic assemblage recovered from the site is summarized in Chapter 3. Other artifacts found during the project are discussed in Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 outlines the ethnobotanical and faunal analyses. Chapter 6 concludes the report.
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Archaeological Investigations at a Portion of the Julian Wash Site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona, 02. Homer Thiel, Henry D. Wallace. 2008 ( tDAR id: 448140) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448140
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Keywords
Culture
Historic
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Historic Native American
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Hohokam
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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Mineral
Site Name
AZ BB:13:17 (ASM)
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Julian Wash Site
Site Type
Animal Burial
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Archaeological Feature
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Burial Pit
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Pit
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Refuse Pit
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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Storage Pit
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Trash Concentration
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Trench
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Ethnobotanical Analysis
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Faunal Analysis
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Lithic Analysis
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Sherd Attribute Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Pima (County)
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Early Rincon
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Hohokam Colonial
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Hohokam Sedentary period
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Middle Rincon
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 750 to 1150 (Rincon Phase)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.03; min lat: 32.157 ; max long: -110.923; max lat: 32.222 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Contributor(s): Jenny L. Adams; Michael W. Diehl; James Heidke; R. Jane Sliva; J. Homer Thiel; Henry Wallace; Jennifer A. Waters
Prepared By(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Submitted To(s): URS Corporation
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