Archaeological Testing of the Proposed Federal Building and United States Courthouse Property
Author(s): J. Homer Thiel
Year: 1996
Summary
Archaeological testing was conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., at the location of the proposed Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to testing, an archival study indicated that the property had been used as agricultural fields and stables before 1912, as a park and for railroad activities from 1913 to the mid-1930s, and as the location of a hospital from the mid-1930s to 1979. The property is currently used for the annual gem show.
Testing documented 14 archaeological features at site AZ BB:13:510 (ASM). A possible canal and a stables floor predate 1912 and the remaining features relate to the railroad and hospital facilities. Demolition activities have severely impacted these latter features. None of the features are eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places due to their disturbed nature, a lack of associated artifacts, or because better preserved examples are found elsewhere in the Tucson area.
Desert Archaeology does not recommend additional archaeological work on the property.
Cite this Record
Archaeological Testing of the Proposed Federal Building and United States Courthouse Property, 12. J. Homer Thiel. 1996 ( tDAR id: 448760) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8448760
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Keywords
Material
Ceramic
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Fauna
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Glass
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Ground Stone
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Wood
Site Name
AZ BB:13:25
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AZ BB:13:26
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AZ BB:13:510 (ASM)
Site Type
Agricultural or Herding
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Canal or Canal Feature
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Cemetery
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Concrete Floor
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Railroad
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
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Stables
Investigation Types
Collections Research
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Records Search / Inventory Checking
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Pima (County)
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Tucson, AZ
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Tucson Basin
Temporal Keywords
Middle Rincon Subphase
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Rillito Phase
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Tanque Verde Phase
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111; min lat: 32.183 ; max long: -110.951; max lat: 32.227 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Prepared By(s): Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Submitted To(s): Fugro West, Inc.
File Information
| Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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| _tr95-12_final_OCR_PDFA_Redacted.pdf | 11.28mb | Oct 22, 2020 3:55:59 PM | Public | ||
| This file is the redacted version of the resource. | |||||
| _tr95-12_final_OCR_PDFA.pdf | 8.75mb | Feb 1, 1996 | May 10, 2019 12:22:46 PM | Confidential | |
| This file is the unreacted version of the resource. | |||||
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