Identification of the Pima Tribe No. 10, Improved Order of Red Men Plot Within the Court Street Cemetery, AZ BB:13:156 (ASM), Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Author(s): J. Homer Thiel
Year: 2012
Summary
Archaeological testing was conducted at the Salvation Army property. Work identified 20 graves within the Improved Order of Red Men plot in the Court Street Cemetery, as well as eight prehistoric features. A portion of the property contained a single prehistoric pit and no Compliance Summary Page iii human burials. The pit was sampled. The area tested on the eastern side contained 20 graves from the Improved Order of Red Men plot, present in two separate clusters of 10 burials. Two pit houses and five prehistoric pits were present in the western group of burials. The houses and two pits were sampled. None of the graves was excavated.
It is recommended that the Salvation Army proceed with construction work on the property west, where no burials were located. The discovery of human burials on the property on the eastern side, presents a unique set of issues. The Salvation Army has options for how to proceed that include: (1) no action is required if the burials located through testing are left in place without further disturbance; (2) current design plans could be modified to incorporate an appropriate, non-disturbing use, such as open space, courtyards, playgrounds, etc., in the area around the known graves; (3) if ground-disturbing uses cannot be avoided in the burial areas, the graves would need to be exhumed pursuant to A.R.S. §41-865,following the procedures outlined in the forthcoming Burial Disinterment Court Order being prepared by the City of Tucson's Attorney's Office; and, (4) a combination of these strategies could be implemented.
Cite this Record
Identification of the Pima Tribe No. 10, Improved Order of Red Men Plot Within the Court Street Cemetery, AZ BB:13:156 (ASM), Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, 09. J. Homer Thiel. 2012 ( tDAR id: 448344) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448344
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Keywords
Culture
Historic
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Historic Native American
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Hohokam
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Huhugam
Material
Ceramic
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Charcoal
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Chipped Stone
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Glass
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Ground Stone
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Human Remains
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Mano
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pecking stone
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Shell
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Textile
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Wood
Site Name
AZ BB:13:156 (ASM)
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The Court Street Cemetery
Site Type
Burial Pit
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Cemetery
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Pit
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Post Hole / Post Mold
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Historic Background Research
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Site Evaluation / Testing
Geographic Keywords
Pima (County)
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Tucson, AZ
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Early Rincon Phase
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Late Rincon Phase
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Prehistoric Period
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Tanque Verde Phase
Spatial Coverage
min long: -110.986; min lat: 32.222 ; max long: -110.956; max lat: 32.253 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Contributor(s): Jenny L. Adams; Michael W. Diehl; James M. Heidke; Chris Haney Lange; R. Jane Silva; Amanda K. Stroud
Prepared By(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Submitted To(s): Salvation Army, Tuscan Coordination Office
Record Identifiers
Technical Report No.(s): 2011-09
Pima Tribe No.(s): 10
City of Tucson Resolution No.(s): 12443
File Information
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| tr2011-09_final_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 37.11mb | Jun 1, 2012 | Mar 29, 2019 11:32:13 AM | Confidential | |
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