Results of Data Recovery in North Freeway Tuscon, Pima County, Arizona: AZ AA:12:85 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:911 (ASM)
Creators: name: M.L. Brack
Publisher: name: Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2007
Subjects: 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: Early Agricultural period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/158/early-agricultural-period
subject: Early Rincon Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7694/early-rincon-phase
subject: Classic Hohokam period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5856/classic-hohokam-period
subject: Canada del Oro Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6022/canada-del-oro-phase
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: North Freeway
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104757/north-freeway
subject: AZ AA:12:911 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104664/az-aa12911-asm
subject: AZ AA:12:85 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104663/az-aa1285-asm
subject: Sheet Trash
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1917/sheet-trash
subject: Trash Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/351/trash-midden
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Agricultural or Herding
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/273/agricultural-or-herding
subject: Canal or Canal Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/275/canal-or-canal-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Storage Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/358/storage-pit
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: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
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: Dating Sample
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3/dating-sample
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Charcoal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/20/charcoal
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: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Mineral
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/12/mineral
subject: Lithic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/14/lithic-analysis
subject: Chronometric Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160749/chronometric-analysis
subject: Mineral Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/56202/mineral-analysis
subject: Archaeobotanical Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/133305/archaeobotanical-analysis
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) purchased property at North Freeway, Tucson, Arizona, to facilitate improvements along the Interstate 10 (I-10) corridor. Following completion of construction, ADOT proposed selling the property lying outside the I-10 right-of-way. EcoPlan Associates, environmental consultants to ADOT, requested a cultural resources assessment of the property prior to sale. Desert Archaeology, Inc., identified potentially significant surface remains and initiated a testing project to determine National Register eligibility of the project area. Significant cultural resources were encountered, and an additional phase of work was proposed. Data recovery results from AZ AA:12:85 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:911 (ASM) are presented in this report, and all archaeological investigations at the property are summarized. This study constitutes a 30-percent sample of the North Freeway parcel. Methods focused on identifying structural and trash features, and additional extramural features are likely preserved. Both sites extend beyond the immediate project area and remain largely uninvestigated. Ownership of the property has transferred to Prince of Tucson RV Park, a commercial mobile home enterprise. This business is using the property for vehicle and equipment storage. Due to existing agricultural disturbance, this activity has no affect on the integrity or significance of buried cultural remains at the property.