The Cortaro Road Site: 2800 Years of Prehistory in the Northern Tucson Basin
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Marana, AZ
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subject: Sonoran Desert
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subject: Santa Cruz River
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subject: Tucson Basin
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subject: Pima (County)
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subject: Formative Period
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subject: Pioneer Period
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subject: Late Colonial Period
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subject: Vahki Phase
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subject: Tucson Phase
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subject: Estrella Phase
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subject: Cienega phase
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subject: Gila Phase
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subject: Canada del Oro
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subject: Sacaton
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subject: Classic Period
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subject: Rillito Phase
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subject: Sedentary Period
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subject: Rincon Phase
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subject: Colonial Period
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subject: Early Ceramic
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subject: San Pedro phase
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subject: Tanque Verde Phase
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subject: Tortolita Phase
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subject: Mogollon
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subject: Early Agricultural
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Huhugam
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Late Archaic
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subject: AZ AA:12:232 (ASM)
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subject: Cortaro Road Site
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subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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subject: Agricultural or Herding
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subject: Canal or Canal Feature
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Pit
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
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subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Plainware
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subject: Rhyolite
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subject: Redware
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Mano
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Dacite
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Projectile Point
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subject: Brownware
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subject: Core
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Red-on-Brown
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subject: Andesite
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subject: Pollen
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subject: Handstone
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subject: Shell
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subject: Basalt
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subject: Quartzite
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subject: Netherstone
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subject: Scraper
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subject: Hammerstone
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subject: Cobble Pestle
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subject: San Francisco Redware
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subject: metate
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subject: Faunal Remains
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subject: Artifact Analysis
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subject: Pollen Analysis
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subject: Geoarchaeological Analysis
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Historic Background Research
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
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subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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description: Between November 9, 2001 and May 31, 2002, SWCA archaeologists conducted a series of testing and data recovery investigations at the Cortaro Road Site (AZ AA:12:232 (ASM)) for Arizona Pavilions Development in the Town of Marana, Pima County, Arizona. This work was conducted to comply with the Town of Marana's regulations for a grading permit. Archaeological features dating to the Early Agricultural (pre-San Pedro, San Pedro, Early Cienega, and Late Cienega phases) and Early Ceramic (Tortolita phase) periods were investigated, as well as minor more recent hohokam features dating to the Sedentary (Rincon phase) and possibly Early Classic (Tanque Verde phase) periods. The Early Agricultural and Early Ceramic period occupations consisted primarily of pits used for resource processing and storage. Most of the feature information about the hohokam components appears to have been lost through historical and modern plowing. One hohokam pit structure that likely served as a field house was poorly preserved and contained a unusual mix of Tortolita phase and Tanque Verde phase ceramics.