Data Recovery at AZ EE:9:117, a Small Site along the Santa Cruz River North of Nogales, Arizona
Creators: name: Swartz, Deborah L.
Publisher: name: Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Santa Cruz (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3484/santa-cruz-county
subject: Classic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/125/classic-period
subject: Early Agricultural
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7693/early-agricultural
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Colonial Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5377/colonial-period
subject: Pre-classic period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5857/pre-classic-period
subject: Early Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5602/early-ceramic
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: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: EE:9:117(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104221/ee9117asm
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: Burial Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/307/burial-pit
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: Post Hole / Post Mold
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/359/post-hole-post-mold
subject: Fence Line
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3579/fence-line
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: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Analysis of Ground Stone Artifacts
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160883/analysis-of-ground-stone-artifacts
subject: An Anaylsis of the Macroplant Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160884/an-anaylsis-of-the-macroplant-remains
subject: Artifact and Bone Analyses
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160881/artifact-and-bone-analyses
subject: Analysis of Vertebrate Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160882/analysis-of-vertebrate-fauna
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
subject: Flaked Stone Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/89387/flaked-stone-analysis
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
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: The project along South River Road was conducted for Santa Cruz County prior to road improvements. The data recovery focused on a single site, AZ EE:9:117 (ASM), a small fieldhouse site along the Santa Cruz River, with a prehistoric and a historic-period component. The prehistoric component included two pithouse remnants, numerous extramural pits, and one unique mortuary feature. Dates recovered through several different methods suggest a long, low-intensity, prehistoric use of the site from A.D. 750 to 1100 with the most intensive occupation probably during the Colonial period (A.D. 750-950). There are also indications of a low-level protohistoric use of the site between A.D. 1480 to 1545. The historic-period occupation was between 1886 and 1900. Only a portion of the historical component was within the right-of-way, and it did not include any structures. Several burned pits, that may have been campfires, were excavated. Structural remains outside the right-of-way and evidence of on-site butchering indicate that the historic-period occupation was probably more substantial than the excavated remains suggest.