The Valencia Site Testing Project: Mapping, Intensive Surface Collecting, and Limited Trenching Of a Hohokam Ballcourt Village in the Southern Tucson Basin
Author(s): Mark D. Elson; William H. Doelle
Year: 1986
Summary
Mapping, surface collection, and testing at the Valencia site (AZ BB:13:15 [ASM]), a large prehistoric Hohokam village in the Tucson Basin, provided a wealth of new and significant information. More than 20,000 artifacts were recovered through controlled collection. These data allowed for a more precise reconstruction of the site chronology and structure, and indicated that the Valencia site was initially occupied during the Snaketown phase and continued through the Early Rincon subphase. Occupation drastically decreased during the Middle Rincon subphase and the site was essentially abandoned by the Late Rincon subphase. An isolated and discrete component in the southern section of the site was tested through backhoe trench excavation to determine the significance of this area and the location of the southern site boundary. Twenty-six subsurface features were recorded in trenches spaced 50 m apart. These included 20 pithouses and it is estimated that the southern component contained a substantial occupation during the Rillito phase; as many as 60 to 85 houses are predicted to be present. The southern boundary of the site was defined through the testing.
Cite this Record
The Valencia Site Testing Project: Mapping, Intensive Surface Collecting, and Limited Trenching Of a Hohokam Ballcourt Village in the Southern Tucson Basin, 6. Mark D. Elson, William H. Doelle. 1986 ( tDAR id: 448414) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448414
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Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Historic
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Hohokam
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Huhugam
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Late Archaic
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Ground Stone
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Human Remains
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Shell
Site Name
AZ BB:13:15 (ASM)
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Valencia Site
Site Type
Ball Court
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Cremation Area
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Hearth
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House
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Pit
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Road
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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Rock Alignment
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Trash Midden
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Ground Stone Analyses
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Lithic Analyses
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Pima (County)
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Early Rincon Subphase
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Middle Rincon Subphase
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Preclassic Period
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Rillito Phase
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Snaketown Phase
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1000 to 1100 (Middle Rincon subphase)
Calendar Date: 950 to 1000 (Early Rincon subphase)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.007; min lat: 32.167 ; max long: -110.978; max lat: 32.203 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Contributor(s): Jeffrey Altschul; Michael R. Waters
Sponsor(s): Department of Interior; National Park Service; City of Tucson; The Arizona State Land Department
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| tr86-06_final_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 84.36mb | Jan 1, 1986 | Apr 9, 2019 11:48:50 AM | Confidential | |
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