Archaeological Investigations at the West Branch Site: Early and Middle Rincon Occupation in the Southern Tucson Basin
Creators: name: Huntington, Frederick W.
Publisher: name: Institute for American Research
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
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, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76651/tucson-az
subject: Pioneer Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/800/pioneer-period
subject: Colonial Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/785/colonial-period
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: Early Rincon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8614/early-rincon
subject: Hopi
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/7591/hopi
subject: Middle Rincon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8615/middle-rincon
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Apache
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/72/apache
subject: Late Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/11/late-archaic
subject: AZ AA:16:49 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100029/az-aa1649-asm
subject: Wyoming Street Locus
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104189/wyoming-street-locus
subject: West branch Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104186/west-branch-site
subject: Irvington Street Locus
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104188/irvington-street-locus
subject: Hamlet / Village
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/254/hamlet-village
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
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: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Lithic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/698/lithic
subject: Lithic Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/14/lithic-analysis
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
subject: Analysis of Plainware ceramics
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160870/analysis-of-plainware-ceramics
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: The Institute for American Research conducted an archaeological mitigation program for the Pima County Department of Transportation. Mapping, testing, and excavation activities at the West Branch Site [AZ AA:16:3(ASM)], a large preclassic Hohokam village, are reported. Hohokam remains were primarily from the Early and Middle Rincon subphases of the Sedentary period. Analyses focused on the refinement of the ceramic typology for the Rincon phase and on the documentation of household units in the archaeological record. The ceramic studies were aided by the use of multi-dimensional scaling techniques which facilitated the separation of Early and Middle Rincon decorated ceramics based on an attribute analysis. A range of household sizes was documented and a model that correlates the change in maximum household size with the diversification of subsistence practices Is presented. A focus on household economics demonstrates that each unit was responsible for Its own subsistence needs and for the production of most of Its material needs. Pottery production Is also documented at the household level and the Introduction of Rincon Redware and Rincon Polychrome ceramics Is seen as a hallmark of the Middle Rincon subphase.