Preliminary Archaeological Testing at the West Branch Site, AZ AA:16:3, in the Saguaro Knolls Development Area
Author(s): Michael W. Lindeman
Year: 1997
Summary
This document discusses the results of preliminary archaeological work for the Saguaro Knolls development project. The Saguaro Knolls project area is a 55 a tract of land that is slated for residential development. It lies wholly within a previously recorded archaeological site, AZ AA:16:3 (ASM), the West Branch site. A recent archaeological survey confirmed that archaeological remains were present on the surface of the parcel (Stephen 1997). As a result of these findings Desert Archaeology, Inc. conducted limited archaeological testing under contract to the Schomac Group. This work had two goals: to determine if buried resources were present in the area and to provide better information to plan an archaeological compliance program for the Saguaro Knolls project area. This work was facilitated by Don Laidlaw of Don Laidlaw and Associates and carried out under the State of Arizona Antiquities Permit number 97-104ps. The fieldwork was completed between 27 and 29 August 1997 and was directed by Mike Lindeman with the assistance of Rob Ciaccio, Lambert Jose, and Loren Conde. The following sections describe the project location, archaeological background, previous research at the West Branch site, the results of the archaeological testing, and recommendations for further work in the project area.
Cite this Record
Preliminary Archaeological Testing at the West Branch Site, AZ AA:16:3, in the Saguaro Knolls Development Area, 16. Michael W. Lindeman. 1997 ( tDAR id: 448691) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448691
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Keywords
Material
Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Ground Stone
Site Name
AZ AA:16:3 (ASM)
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West branch Site
Site Type
Burial Pit
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Pit
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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Trash Midden
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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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Rillito Phase
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Tanque Verde Phase
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.019; min lat: 32.15 ; max long: -111.002; max lat: 32.166 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Contributor(s): James M. Heidke; R. Jane Sliva
Prepared By(s): Center for Desert Archaeology
Submitted To(s): Schomac Group, Inc.
Record Identifiers
State of Arizona Antiquities Permit(s): 97-104ps
File Information
| Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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| _tr97-16_final_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf | 1.79mb | Nov 23, 2020 11:32:32 AM | Public | ||
| This file is the redacted version of the resource. | |||||
| _tr97-16_final_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 1.70mb | Nov 1, 1997 | May 7, 2019 11:39:04 AM | Confidential | |
| This file is the unredacted version of the resource. | |||||
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