Cultural Resources Surveys and Overviews of the Rillito River Drainage Area, Pima County, Arizona
Creators: name: Ciolek-Torello, Richard
name: Homburg, Jeffrey A.
Publisher: name: SRI Press
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: Rillito River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78867/rillito-river
subject: Pima (County)
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subject: Historic Native American
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Archaic
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subject: Historic
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subject: Sunset Mesa Ruin
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subject: Binghampton
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16705/binghampton
subject: Rillito Race Track
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16706/rillito-race-track
subject: Jaynes Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16707/jaynes-station
subject: St. Phillip's Plaza
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16708/st-phillips-plaza
subject: AZ BB:9:238
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18564/az-bb9238
subject: Catalina Foothills Estate Building
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16709/catalina-foothills-estate-building
subject: Rillito River Bridge Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18565/rillito-river-bridge-site
subject: AZ AA:12:9
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subject: AZ BB:9:10
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subject: AZ AA:12:10
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subject: AZ BB:9:12
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18567/az-bb912
subject: AZ AA:12:12
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subject: AZ BB:9:17
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subject: AZ AA:12:17
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subject: AZ BB:9:18
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18569/az-bb918
subject: AZ AA:12:21
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subject: AZ AA:12:30
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18570/az-aa1230
subject: AZ AA:12:24
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subject: AZ BB:9:19
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subject: AZ AA:12:26
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16716/az-aa1226
subject: Shannon Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18572/shannon-ranch
subject: AZ AA:12:28
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subject: AZ AA:12:29
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16718/az-aa1229
subject: AZ AA:12:689
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subject: AZ AA:12:690
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16720/az-aa12690
subject: AZ AA:12:691
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16721/az-aa12691
subject: AZ AA:12:692
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16722/az-aa12692
subject: AZ BB:9:5
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16723/az-bb95
subject: 49'ers site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16727/49ers-site
subject: Milagro Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/16729/milagro-site
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Ethnographic Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/14/ethnographic-research
subject: Ethnohistoric Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/17/ethnohistoric-research
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking

description: This volume presents the results of two archaeological surveys conducted by Statistical Research for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, in what is known in planning circles as the Rillito Corridor. When Statistical Research began these studies, we quickly realized that the Rillito Corridor was one of the most surveyed areas in southern Arizona. Several comprehensive overviews of the culture history of the area were available, but despite this microscopic attention, no detailed description of the archaeological resources of the project area had been published. Numerous small and redundant surveys had been completed, often only a few acres in size or along very narrow corridors. As might be expected, sites were rarely encountered in these types of surveys, and only letter reports were produced to document the results. The only large-scale survey along the Rillito River was conducted in the 1930s by Frank Midvale. No report of this survey was ever produced, and many of the sites found by Midvale disappeared as a result of flood damage or development before any more could be learned about them. The archaeological resources at the 49'ers Country Club further upstream along Tanque Verde Wash had suffered a similar fate. With the exception of the Milagro site, only a few small salvage efforts had been completed in this area with little understanding of the nature of archaeological resources in the area. We undertook to remedy this situation. We had three goals in mind: (1) to update and expand upon the previous overviews of the areas' culture histories; (2) to complete an intensive survey of previously unsurveyed portions of the project area; and (3) to document in detail the all available information and the current condition of all known sites within the project area. These investigations were carried out as separate work orders under a single contract. The Corps of Engineers, however, required two separate reports for these studies. The first report covers the cultural resources along the entire length of the Rillito River. The second report covers the cultural resources of the 49'ers Country Club. The Rillito River report also includes a general overview of the regional prehistory and history. The second report focuses on the history and prehistory specific to the 49'ers Country Club and its immediate surroundings.