Archaeological Investigations at the Southeastern Margin of the Valencia Site, AZ BB:13:15(ASM), Pima County, Arizona
Creators: name: Ruble, Ellen C.
Publisher: name: Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2004
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: Sedentary Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5504/sedentary-period
subject: Middle Rincon Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7600/middle-rincon-phase
subject: Colonial Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5377/colonial-period
subject: Late Agua Caliente
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7703/late-agua-caliente
subject: Tortolita Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6025/tortolita-phase
subject: Early Ceramic period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5978/early-ceramic-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: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: AZ BB:13:105(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104382/az-bb13105asm
subject: AZ BB:13:223(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104381/az-bb13223asm
subject: AZ BB:13:145(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104384/az-bb13145asm
subject: Valencia Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/560/valencia-site
subject: AZ BB:13:15 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/21552/az-bb1315-asm
subject: Valencia Vieja
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104191/valencia-vieja
subject: AZ BB:13:108(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104383/az-bb13108asm
subject: AZ BB:13:101(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104378/az-bb13101asm
subject: AZ BB:13:74(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104377/az-bb1374asm
subject: AZ BB:13:103(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104380/az-bb13103asm
subject: AZ BB:13:104(ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104379/az-bb13104asm
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Surface Rock Cluster
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3587/surface-rock-cluster
subject: Wattle &amp; Daub (Jacal) Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/261/wattle-daub-jacal-structure
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: Post Hole / Post Mold
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/359/post-hole-post-mold
subject: Road
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/299/road
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: 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: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
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: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Pollen Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3351/pollen-analysis
subject: Petrographic Analysis of Ceramics
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160905/petrographic-analysis-of-ceramics
subject: Artifact Analyses
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/6668/artifact-analyses
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: 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
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: Desert Archaeology, Inc., was contracted by Entranco, Inc., as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) improvement project to conduct phased archaeological data recovery prior to construction of a drainage ditch. The project area is located in the southeastern corner of the Valencia site (AZ BB:13:15 [ASM]), which is part of the larger Valencia community. The core area of the Valencia site is located at the southern end of the Valencia community. The community consists of the Valencia site, an unnamed Middle Rincon site (AZ BB:13:74 [ASM]), and several smaller sites (AZ BB:13:101 [ASM], AZ BB:13:103 [ASM], AZ BB:13:104 [ASM], AZ BB:13:105 [ASM], AZ BB:13:108 [ASM], AZ BB:13:145 [ASM], and AZ BB:13:223 [ASM]. The Valencia site contains a ballcourt, a plaza, trash mounds, and dense concentrations of surface artifacts. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, under Criterion D (Doelle 1983). The current project area is located in the southeastern corner of this portion of the site. The features discovered during this project date to the Colonial and Sedentary periods (A.D. 750-1150). The northern portion of the site is referred to as Valencia Vieja (Old Valencia), because it was occupied earlier than the southern portion. Valencia Vieja contains a plaza and features that date from the late Agua Caliente (A.D. 150-550) and Tortolita (A.D. 550-650) phases of the Early Ceramic period, as well as a Middle Rincon phase component (A.D 1000­ 1100). This report presents background information on the project, project setting, environmental setting, a cultural overview of the Tucson Basin, information about previous archaeological work at the site, methods and results of fieldwork, artifact analyses, macrobotanical and pollen analyses, geomorphology, and interpretations and conclusions.