Archaeological Testing at AZ EE:1:2 and :218 (ASM), "Frick's Sahuarita Sites" and "John Brown's Homestead Site", Rancho Sahuarita, Town of Sahuarita, Arizona
Creators: name: Archer, Gavin H.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Santa Cruz River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76790/santa-cruz-river
subject: Rancho Sahuarita
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83846/rancho-sahuarita
subject: Tucson Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2758/tucson-basin
subject: Sahuarita, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83845/sahuarita-az
subject: Pima (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7353/pima-county
subject: Rillito Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5630/rillito-phase
subject: Rincon Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5632/rincon-phase
subject: Protohistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/147/protohistoric
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Tanque Verde Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6021/tanque-verde-phase
subject: Gila Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5625/gila-phase
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: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: AZ EE:1:218 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100432/az-ee1218-asm
subject: AZ EE:1:2 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100431/az-ee12-asm
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Extramural pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3172/extramural-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: Cache
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/519/cache
subject: Ash Lens
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1401/ash-lens
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: Hammerstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/94/hammerstone
subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Mortar
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/177/mortar
subject: Mano
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/131/mano
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: metate
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/167/metate
subject: Red-on-Brown
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2635/red-on-brown
subject: Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/444/redware
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
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: This report details the field, documentary research, and analysis results of archaeological testing at Rancho Sahuarita sites 2 and 218, and recommends data recovery at both sites in accordance with the Rancho Sahuarita Archaeological Research Guidelines. At prehistoric Site 2, six subsurface features indicate at least three activity areas within a large surficial artifact scatter. In addition to a subsurface feature, a pair of large stone tools (metate and mortar) were found on the surface in one of the activity areas. A small, outlying surficial artifact scatter, and subsurface artifacts and ash, suggest the location of a fourth activity area. These four areas will likely yield the remains of Hohokam habitation or subsistence activity and should be targeted during data recovery. Site 218 includes a historical component and a prehistoric component. Preliminary documentary research suggests that the remains of a historical building at the site are probably part of a homestead patented in 1919. Some of the historical artifacts at the site date no later than the 1920s. Prehistoric artifacts on the surface and subsurface, and four subsurface prehistoric features indicate the remains of Hohokam habitation activity similar in scale to previously excavated Rancho Sahuarita sites 222 and 225 (Archer 2000a, 2000b; Archer et al. 1999). Data recovery should include excavation of historical and prehistoric features, and additional documentary research. Trenches excavated at sites 2 (n=47) and 218 (n=3) were backfilled to preserve the archaeological remains. Copies of this report and the project collection (artifacts, field notes, drawings, maps, photographs, analysis notes, etc.) will be conveyed to the Arizona State Museum’s repository.