Pit House, Presidio, and Privy: 1,400 Years of Archaeology and History on Block 180, Tucson, Arizona
Creators: name: Sutton, Tyler
Publisher: name: SRI Press
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Block 180
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83809/block-180
subject: Tucson Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2758/tucson-basin
subject: Pima (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7353/pima-county
subject: Tucson
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/48267/tucson
subject: Historic Native American
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/30/historic-native-american
subject: Spanish Colonial
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/802/spanish-colonial
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: PIONEER
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/6615/pioneer
subject: American Territorial
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9143/american-territorial
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Snaketown
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9144/snaketown
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Classic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/1049/classic
subject: Tanque Verde
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8617/tanque-verde
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Burial Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/307/burial-pit
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: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/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: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
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: Lithic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/698/lithic
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/133281/human-remains
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: This report details the results of archival research and archaeological testing and data recovery on the historical Block 180 of the original townsite of Tucson. This work was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc., for the Pima County Facilities Management Department due to the planned construction of the Pima County Public Works Center and YMCA complex on the block. The investigations uncovered extensive evidence of human occupation of the block from the prehistoric Hohokam to the historical American Territorial period. Although the historical Spanish and Mexican period presidio of San Agustin del Tucson was adjacent to the project area, only isolated and highly disturbed evidence of the Hispanic occupation of Tucson was found. The most significant remains of this early historical period found was a burial pit containing two males of probable Mexican descent.