Archaeological Investigations of Selected Mortuary Contexts at AZ AA:12:321 (ASM), Marana, Pima County, Arizona
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Publisher: name: Desert Archaeology, Inc.
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Tucson Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2758/tucson-basin
subject: Silverbell-Coachline Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84469/silverbell-coachline-site
subject: Town of Marana
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84010/town-of-marana
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: Snaketown Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/211/snaketown-phase
subject: Preclassic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/52/preclassic
subject: Cañada del Oro Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6132/canada-del-oro-phase
subject: Agua Caliente phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6391/agua-caliente-phase
subject: Tortolita Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6025/tortolita-phase
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Silverbell-Coachline Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105085/silverbell-coachline-site
subject: AA:12:149 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/104309/aa12149-asm
subject: AA:12:321 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105084/aa12321-asm
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Cremation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/880/cremation
subject: Mortuary Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3618/mortuary-feature
subject: Artisan Burial
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3619/artisan-burial
subject: Extramural pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3172/extramural-pit
subject: Pit Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/965/pit-structure
subject: Pithouse
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/999/pithouse
subject: Roasting Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1084/roasting-pit
subject: Ash
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/157/ash
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: 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: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Artifact Analysis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/3318/artifact-analysis
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
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: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: A summary of the mortuary remains recovered by Desert Archaeology, Inc., personnel during excavations at AZ AA:12:321 (ASM) is provided in this report. The site is situated in the northwestern Tucson Basin approximately 1 km west of the Santa Cruz River, in the town of Marana, Pima County, Arizona. Additional compliance, management, and legal information for the current project is provided in the Compliance Summary in the front matter of this report. AA:12:321, also referred to as the Silverbell-Coachline site, is thought to be a component of the larger Redtail site, AZ AA:12:149 (ASM), because the two sites are in close proximity, they date to the same time periods, and they are joined by a low-density artifact scatter. However, two separate site numbers have been assigned to areas of the site, A:12:149 north of the road and AA:12:321 to the south. As discussed in greater detail below, the AA:12:149 portion of the site was investigated by Desert Archaeology (then called the Institute for American Research) in 1987, resulting in the excavation of 49 Hohokam Pioneer and Colonial period (A.D. 500950) pithouses, extramural pits, and mortuary features. The archaeological investigations reported here cover a limited set of prehistoric features, 24 secondary cremations and three extramural (non-burial) pits, excavated at AA:12:321. Subsequent to these excavations, archaeologists from Tierra Right of Way Services, Ltd., more intensively investigated an expanded portion of the Desert Archaeology project area. They found 40 pithouses, 94 extramural pits, and an additional 144 mortuary features. Tierra Right of Way is preparing a report about those excavations. That report combines and integrates the mortuary features excavated by Desert Archaeology with those recovered by Tierra Right of Way.