A Late Archaic Occupation at AZ AA:12:105 (ASM)
Author(s): Jonathan B. Mabry
Year: 1990
Summary
In August, 1990, archaeologists from Desert Archaeology, Inc. monitored the excavation of a water pipeline trench through the northeastern edge of a multiple-occupation archaeological site sitting upon and buried within an alluvial fan at the western edge of the Santa Cruz River terrace. Several prehistoric cultural features in a buried occupation horizon were identified. Mesquite wood charcoal from the floor of a pithouse yielded a conventional radiocarbon date of 3040 ± 1 1 0 B.P. (radiocarbon years before A.D. 1950), confirming a Late Archaic date for this phase of site occupation. Charred maize cupules and kernels identified in samples of sediment from the pithouse floor represent, therefore, new evidence of the earliest phase of agricultural settlement along the river valleys of the Sonoran Desert.
Cite this Record
A Late Archaic Occupation at AZ AA:12:105 (ASM), 6. Jonathan B. Mabry. 1990 ( tDAR id: 448420) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448420
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Keywords
Culture
Hohokam
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Huhugam
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Late Archaic
Material
Charcoal
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Chipped Stone
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Ground Stone
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Macrobotanical
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Wood
Site Name
AZ AA:12:105(ASM)
Site Type
Hearth
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Midden
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Pit
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Historic Background Research
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Artifact Analysis
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Radio Carbon Dating
Geographic Keywords
Santa Cruz River
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Tucson, AZ
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Late Archaic Period
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Pre-Historic Period
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.099; min lat: 32.338 ; max long: -111.081; max lat: 32.355 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Contributor(s): Douglas B. Craig; Charles Miksicek; Christine R. Szuter
Prepared By(s): Center for Desert Archaeology
Record Identifiers
Technical Report No. (s): 90-6
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