Archaeological Investigations at Nine Sites in the Madera Highlands Development, Pima County, Arizona
Creators: name: Lyon, Jerry D.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Sonoran Desert
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subject: Santa Cruz River
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subject: Pima (County)
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subject: Green Valley, AZ
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subject: Interstitial Zone D
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subject: Continental, AZ
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subject: Upland Sonoran Subdivision
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subject: Pioneer Period
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subject: Cortaro Phase
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subject: Gila Butte Phase
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subject: Cañada del Oro Phase
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subject: Santa Cruz Phase
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subject: Sacaton Phase
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subject: Classic Period
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subject: Proto-Historic
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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: Preclassic Period
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subject: Tanque Verde Phase
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subject: DRAGOON
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subject: Mogollon
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Huhugam
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subject: Historic
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subject: AZ EE:1:280 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:279 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:282 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:281 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:286 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:283 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:287 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:276 (ASM)
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subject: AZ EE:1:275 (ASM)
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subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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subject: Cemetery
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subject: Cremation
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subject: Isolated Burial
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Inhumation
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subject: Hearth
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Midden
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subject: Trash Midden
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subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Pit
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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subject: Storage Pit
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subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
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subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
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subject: Rock Alignment
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subject: Shade Structure / Ramada
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subject: Cerros Red-on-White
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subject: Plainware
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subject: Tabular Tool
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subject: Chopper
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subject: Lapstone
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Animal Bone
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Black-on-white
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subject: Mano
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Red-on-Buff
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Projectile Point
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subject: Daub
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subject: Core
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subject: Red-on-Brown
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subject: Mineral
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subject: Pollen
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subject: Handstone
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subject: Shell
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subject: Pestle
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subject: Buffware
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subject: Wingfield Plainware
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subject: Netherstone
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subject: Scraper
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subject: Hammerstone
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subject: Awl
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subject: Trincheras Purple-on-Red
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subject: Trincheras Purple-on-Brown
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subject: Galiuro Red-on-Brown
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subject: Encinas Red-on-Brown
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subject: Rio Rico Polychrome
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subject: Nogales Polychrome
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subject: Altar Polychrome
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subject: metate
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subject: Babocomari Bichrome
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subject: Ramanote Red-on-brow
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subject: Paloparado Plainware
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subject: Micaceous plainware
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subject: Pink-on-Red
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subject: Pink-on-Brown
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subject: Archaeofaunal Analysis
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subject: Ground Stone Analysis
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subject: Flotation Analysis
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subject: Pollen Analysis
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subject: Flake Stone Analytic Methods
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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: Reconnaissance / Survey
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subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
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subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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description: Between March 27 and June 1, 2001, SWCA Environmental Consultants conducted archaeological investigations at nine archaeological sites on the 920-acre Madera Highlands property owned by Harvard Investments. The property encompasses lower bajada ridges and upper river terraces on the east side of the Santa Cruz River near the towns of Continental and Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona. The SWCA's excavations at Madera Highlands involved testing and data recovery at nine ridgetop sites in the Continental Group. The sites were situated strategically below wild bajada and mountain resources, overlooking arable alluvial fans where washes disgorge from the bajada, and a short distance from irrigable bottom land. Architectural remains at eight small sites represented five or fewer pit houses, but multiple courtyard groups were identified at one large site. The sites were occupied during the Rincon-Tanque Verde transition.