The Prehistory of Sun City Vistoso, Arizona
Creators: name: Craig, Douglas B.
Publisher: name: Institute for American Research
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Tucson Basin
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subject: Pima (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7353/pima-county
subject: Hohokam Sedentary period
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subject: Hohokam Early Classic period
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subject: AZ BB:9:153 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105332/az-bb9153-asm
subject: AZ BB:9:152 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105331/az-bb9152-asm
subject: AZ BB:9:190 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105334/az-bb9190-asm
subject: AZ BB:9:154 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/105333/az-bb9154-asm
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
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: Pollen
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subject: Shell
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Ground Stone
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subject: Human Remains
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
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subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
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subject: Systematic Survey
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description: This report presents the results of testing and data recovery efforts at four sites in Sun City Vistoso: AZ BB:9:152 (ASM), AZ BB:9:153 (ASM), AZ BB:9:154 (ASM), and AZ BB:9:190 (ASM). All four sites are Hohokam limited activity sites dating to the Sedentary period. Testing operations consisted of excavating narrowly-spaced backhoe trenches in an attempt to identify subsurface cultural features. No subsurface features were identified at AZ BB:9:152 and AZ BB:9:154; consequently, no further work was done at those two sites. Subsurface features were identified at AZ BB:9:153 and AZ BB:9:190, with the result being that testing was expanded to include data recovery. At AZ BB:9:190, a small roasting pit was partially excavated. At AZ BB:9:153, three pithouses were excavated in addition to several extramural features. Analysis of the materials from AZ BB:9:153 focused on trying to understand the activities which took place at the site and the factors that led to the formation of the archaeological record. The results of the study suggest that AZ BB:9:153 functioned as a seasonal farmstead that was occupied at least twice over a roughly 150 year time period (ca., A.D. 1000 to 1150).