A Rincon Phase Occupation at the Julian Wash Site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM)
Creators: name: Mabry, Jonathan B.
Publisher: name: Center for Desert Archaeology
Year: 1996
Subjects: subject: Santa Cruz River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/76790/santa-cruz-river
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: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/79515/arizona-state-territory
subject: Sedentary Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5504/sedentary-period
subject: Middle Rincon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7652/middle-rincon
subject: Early Rincon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7653/early-rincon
subject: Late Rincon
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7687/late-rincon
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: Early Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9/early-archaic
subject: Julian Wash Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/4765/julian-wash-site
subject: AZ BB:13:17 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/87486/az-bb1317-asm
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Ramada
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1202/ramada
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Trash Mound
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/995/trash-mound
subject: Courtyard
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/996/courtyard
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Long House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/262/long-house
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: 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: 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: 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: Artifact Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3318/artifact-analysis
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: This report summarizes the results of an archaeological mitigation project for a 30-ft-wide right-of-way for an access road to Tucson Water's new reservoir at the Julian Wash site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM). This project uncovered a cluster of five pithouses and 36 related extramural features that date to the transition between the Middle and Late Rincon subphases in the Tucson Basin Hohokam chronology, about A.D 1070 to 1150. The cluster of pithouses is probably part of a larger house group arranged around a common courtyard and occupied by a single extended household. A mixed subsistence strategy of farming, foraging, and hunting is represented in the macrobotanical, pollen, and faunal remains, and occupation from at least spring through fall is indicated by the seasons of wild plant resources that were exploited. Maize, beans, and squash were cultivated, probably in the floodplain with canal irrigation, while agave was probably dry farmed on the bajada above. Materials for chipped and ground stone tools were directly procured from local sources. The chipped stone assemblage reflects a largely expedient technology, but with some conservation of tools, flakes, and cores to extend artifact uselife. The ground stone assemblage indicates intensive processing of plants and minerals for food and pigments. Tire limited number and variety of shell artifacts indicate down-the-line exchange of marine shells from the Gulf of California and on-site manufacture of shell ornaments. Identification of pottery temper sources indicates that the pottery was not manufactured at this site; most of it was produced at nearby contemporaneous settlements at the West Branch and St. Mary's sites. Analysis shows that the design styles on the pottery from these two production centers became increasingly distinctive from tire Middle to Late Rincon subphases.