Villages of Tortolita: Phase II Data Recovery at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:682 (ASM), Town of Marana, Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona
Creators: name: Barr, David M. R.
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Arizona Upland Subdivision
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83821/arizona-upland-subdivision
subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Marana, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80031/marana-az
subject: Tucson Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2758/tucson-basin
subject: Pinal (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3961/pinal-county
subject: Pima (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7353/pima-county
subject: Formative Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5645/formative-period
subject: Pioneer Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/111/pioneer-period
subject: Gila Butte Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/212/gila-butte-phase
subject: Santa Cruz Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/213/santa-cruz-phase
subject: Sacaton Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/214/sacaton-phase
subject: Ceramic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5688/ceramic-period
subject: Sweetwater Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6169/sweetwater-phase
subject: Classic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/125/classic-period
subject: Early Agricultural period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/158/early-agricultural-period
subject: Rillito Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5630/rillito-phase
subject: Sedentary Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5504/sedentary-period
subject: Colonial Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5377/colonial-period
subject: Preclassic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5604/preclassic-period
subject: Tanque Verde Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6021/tanque-verde-phase
subject: Hohokam
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subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: AZ AA:12:682 (ASM)
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subject: AZ AA:7:500 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/101183/az-aa7500-asm
subject: Domestic Structures
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subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Pit
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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: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Post Hole / Post Mold
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/359/post-hole-post-mold
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: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: Rhyolite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/248/rhyolite
subject: Quartz
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/314/quartz
subject: Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/444/redware
subject: Lapstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2688/lapstone
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: Mano
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/131/mano
subject: Fauna
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subject: Red-on-Buff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2629/red-on-buff
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Projectile Point
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/71/projectile-point
subject: Core
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2121/core
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Red-on-Brown
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2635/red-on-brown
subject: Andesite
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subject: Pollen
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/13/pollen
subject: Handstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2637/handstone
subject: polishing stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2574/polishing-stone
subject: Pestle
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2192/pestle
subject: Buffware
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subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Obsidian
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subject: Quartzite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/217/quartzite
subject: Netherstone
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subject: Phylite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1244/phylite
subject: pecking stone
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subject: Red-on-Gray
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subject: Awl
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subject: metate
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/167/metate
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

description: Phase II data recovery was conducted at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) and AZ AA:12:682 (ASM) on the Villages of Tortolita property after Phase I data recovery revealed the presence of subsurface cultural deposits. Forty-five features were identified during Phase II data recovery at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM), including pit structures, roasting pits, miscellaneous extramural pits, middens, surface rock concentrations, and cremations. At AZ AA:12:682 (ASM), five highly ephemeral, poorly defined features (charcoal stains and a cluster of cobbles) were investigated. Decorated ceramics recovered at AZ AA:7:500 (ASM) from the Pioneer, Colonial, and Sedentary periods were recovered from feature contexts, suggesting a long occupation of the site (ca. A.D. 600-1150); however, the small number of pit structures suggested very low-intensity use of the area over a long period of time. The material culture assemblage offered few surprises, with ceramics, flaked stone, ground stone, faunal remains, paleobotanical remains, and pollen samples highly typical of low-elevation pre-Classic Hohokam sites in the greater Tucson Basin. Because there were only a few Tanque Verde Red-on-brown sherds at AZ AA:12:682(ASM) and because of the badly disturbed features as a result of agricultural activities, very little could be inferred regarding the Classic period human activity in the area between Los Robles and the Marana Mound site.