Archaeological Data Recovery at a Small Portion of AZ EE:9:174 (ASM), a Prehistoric Habitation Site North of Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Creators: name: Swartz, Deborah L.
Publisher: name: Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Nogales
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78873/nogales
subject: Interstitial Zone D
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83753/interstitial-zone-d
subject: Santa Cruz (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3484/santa-cruz-county
subject: Hohokam Sedentary period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/143/hohokam-sedentary-period
subject: Hohokam Colonial Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7702/hohokam-colonial-period
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: AZ EE:9:174 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117054/az-ee9174-asm
subject: AZ EE:9:117 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117053/az-ee9117-asm
subject: AZ EE:9:175 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117055/az-ee9175-asm
subject: Sheet Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/349/sheet-midden
subject: Trash Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/351/trash-midden
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Burned Rock Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/348/burned-rock-midden
subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Dating Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3/dating-sample
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: Archaeological data recovery was conducted at the eastern margin of a larger site, AZ EE:9:174 (ASM), by Desert Archaeology, Inc. Four pit structures and 11 extramural features were identified and excavated. No human remains were found. The structures were all structures-in-pits oriented toward the east and the Santa Cruz River. Results from this project were limited because only a small portion of the site was investigated. Ceramic analysis suggested this portion of the site was occupied during the eleventh century, and possibly from only A.D. 1050 to 1080. Other analyses suggested this part of the site had limited activities and was occupied intermittently over several years. All indications were that the investigated area interacted with a larger, more permanently occupied agricultural site. This could have been the uninvestigated portion of the site; Aldea Inesperada, a nearby hamlet to the north; or an unidentified site in the area. The high frequency of locally produced ceramics in the ceramic assemblage, the presence of more Trincheras ceramics than Hohokam ceramics, and the Hohokam-looking pit structures, supported the concept of this area being a frontier between the Hohokam and the Trincheras cultures.