Times of Transition: Excavations at the Pima Animal Care Center, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Publisher: name: Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Tucson Basin
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subject: Pima (County)
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subject: Tucson, AZ
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subject: Historic Period
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subject: Classic Period
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subject: Early Agricultural period
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subject: Colonial Period
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subject: Late Rincon Phase
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subject: Snaketown Phase
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subject: Tucson Phase
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subject: Tanque Verde Phase
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subject: Tortolita Phase
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Huhugam
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subject: AZ AA:12:46 (ASM)
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subject: AZ AA:12:980 (ASM)
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subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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subject: Channel
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subject: Settling Basin
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subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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subject: Cremation
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subject: Agricultural or Herding
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subject: Wall
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subject: Canal or Canal Feature
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Thermal Pit
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subject: Reservoir
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subject: Hearth
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subject: Crematorium
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subject: Outhouse Pit
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subject: Animal Burial
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subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Bone Scatter
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subject: Pit
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
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subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
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subject: Pollen
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subject: Shell
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subject: Charcoal
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subject: Scraper
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subject: Schist
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Dating Sample
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Building Materials
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subject: Charcoal Flecking
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subject: Human Remains
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Ceramic Analysis
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subject: Macrobotanical Analysis
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subject: Vertebrate Faunal Analysis
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subject: Artifact Analysis
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subject: Pollen Analysis
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subject: Sediment Analysis
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Geophysical Survey
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subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking

description: Excavations at the Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) revealed a unique portion of the prehistoric Hohokam landscape. Uncovered were the vestiges of a settlement that was occupied for two short periods at the beginning and the end of the Hohokam pre-Classic. Both periods of occupation occurred during times of transition in the prehistoric Tucson Basin. The Tortolita phase occupation corresponds with the founding of villages and the transition to Hohokam lifeways throughout southern and central Arizona. The Late Rincon-Tanque Verde phase occupation occurred during the transition between the Hohokam pre-Classic and the Classic period, spanning the time between the abandonment of pre-Classic villages and the advent of Classic period villages centered on platform mounds. Occupation during the intervening time was absent, although it is argued that the area was not abandoned during this period, but rather, remained an integral part of the Hohokam landscape. Data recovery and archaeological monitoring during the current project resulted in the identification of 281 archaeological features at AZ AA:12:46(ASM) and 15 features at AZ AA:12:980 (ASM). All water-control features were included in AZ AA:12:980(ASM), with all other feature types assigned to AZ AA:12:46(ASM). The features and the artifacts that filled them provide a unique opportunity to examine the social and economic context of the Hohokam landscape during times of transition.