Investigations at Sunset Mesa Ruin : archaeology at the confluence of the Santa Cruz and Rillito Rivers, Tucson, Arizona /
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| Imprint: | Tucson, AZ : Statistical Research, Inc., 1999. |
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| Description: | xvii, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Technical series ; 66 Technical series (Statistical Research, Inc. (Redlands, Calif.)) ; no. 66. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4065426 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1.. Introduction
- Report Organization
- Previous Investigations and Project History
- Prehistoric Research Themes
- Household and Community Organization
- Subsistence and Settlement
- Ceramic Production and Exchange
- Mortuary Practices
- Chronology
- Pre-Classic-Classic Period Transition
- Irrigation Systems
- Historical-Period Research Theme: Turn-of-the-Century Hispanic Homesteading
- 2.. Environmental Setting
- Hydrology
- Geology
- Alluvial Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology
- Soils
- Climate
- Vegetation
- 3.. Previous Research and Culture History
- Previous Research
- Culture Historical Background
- Prehistoric and Protohistoric Periods
- Paleoindian Period
- Early and Middle Archaic Periods
- Late Archaic Period
- Early Formative and Pioneer Periods
- Colonial Period
- Sedentary Period
- Classic Period
- Protohistoric to Historical Period Transition
- Historical Period
- The Spanish Era, Late 1600s-1821
- The Mexican Era, 1821-1856
- The American Era, 1856-Present
- 4.. Field Methods
- Backhoe Trenching
- Mechanical Stripping
- Feature Excavation
- Pit Houses
- Historical-Period Structure
- Ramada and Food-Preparation Area
- Canal
- Extramural Pit Features
- 5.. Feature Descriptions
- Testing Phase Features
- Prehistoric Features
- Pit Houses
- Feature 21
- Feature 22
- Feature 23
- Feature 25
- Feature 27
- Irrigation Canal (Feature 18)
- Excavation Method
- Stratigraphic Context
- Canal Stratigraphy
- Dating
- Remarks
- Ramada and Food-Preparation Area
- Feature 13
- Feature 15
- Prehistoric Extramural Features
- Historical-Period Features
- Feature 5
- Extramural Historical-Period Features
- 6.. Ceramics
- Methods
- Sampling
- Recording
- Painted Ceramics
- Unpainted Ceramics
- Reconstructible Vessels
- Sourcing Study
- Results
- Recovery Context and Abandonment Processes
- Pit Houses
- Extramural Features
- Basillio Cuevas Homestead (Feature 5)
- Painted Ceramics
- Rincon Red-on-brown, Style A
- Rincon Red-on-brown and Rincon Black-on-brown, Style B
- Rincon Red-on-brown and Rincon Black-on-brown, Indeterminate Style
- Rincon Phase Polychromes
- Intrusive Ceramics: Hohokam Buff Ware
- Unpainted Ceramics
- Plain Ware
- Intrusive Plain Ware: Gila Plain
- Red Ware
- Historical-Period Native American Pottery
- Research Issues Revisited
- Ceramic Dating
- Design and Technological Variability in Rincon Painted Pottery
- Ceramic Production and Distribution
- Concluding Remarks
- 7.. Flaked and Ground Stone Analyses
- Research Questions
- Flaked Stone Analysis
- Methods
- Results
- Raw Material Procurement
- Flakes
- Cores
- Flaked Stone Tools
- Ground Stone Analysis
- Methods and Results
- Utilitarian Ground Stone
- Nonutilitarian Ground Stone
- Conclusions
- 8.. Shell Analysis
- Methods
- Genera and Species
- Artifact Assemblage
- Finished Artifacts
- Beads
- Pendants
- Bracelets
- Perforated Shell
- Ring-Pendants
- Earspool?
- Etched Shell
- Manufacturing Evidence
- Unfinished Artifacts and Reworked Artifacts
- Waste Material
- Unmodified Valve
- Worked and Unworked Fragments
- Worked Fragments
- Unworked Fragments
- Discussion
- Trade
- Conclusion
- 9.. Archaeobotanical Remains
- Feature Discussions
- Feature 5
- Feature 13
- Feature 15
- Feature 18
- Feature 21
- Feature 22
- Feature 23
- Feature 25
- Feature 27
- Pit Fill and Midden
- Vessel Fill
- General Patterns of Plant Use at Sunset Mesa Ruin
- Notable Plant Taxa at Sunset Mesa Ruin
- 10.. Sunset Mesa Ruin Pollen Analysis
- Limitations of Pollen Data
- Methods
- Analytical Methods
- Laboratory Methods
- Sample Set Overview and Pollen Types Identified
- Results and Interpretations
- Historical-Period Feature 35
- Canal Feature 18
- Prehistoric Pollen Analog: Canal and Surface Samples
- Pit House Feature 21
- Pit House Feature 22
- Pit House Feature 23
- Pit House Feature 25
- Pit House Feature 27
- Kitchen Area: Features 13 and 15
- Extramural Features 41, 46, 47, and 49
- Summary and Conclusions
- 11.. Faunal Analysis
- Analytical Methods
- The Modern Living Community
- Assemblage Composition
- Taxonomic Composition
- Mammals
- Aves
- Unidentified
- Modified Bone
- Burned and Calcined Bone
- Butchered Bone
- Bone Tools
- Summary and Conclusions
- 12.. Historical-Period Resources at Sunset Mesa Ruin
- The Foundations of Homesteading
- Homesteading in Arizona
- The Basillio Cuevas Homestead
- Archaeological Investigation of Historical-Period Features at Sunset Mesa Ruin
- Feature 5, the Basillio Cuevas Adobe
- Artifacts from Surface and Overburden
- Artifacts from General Fill
- Artifacts from Room 1
- Artifacts from Room 2
- Artifacts from Room 3
- Artifacts from Feature 5.01 (Intrusive Pit)
- Other Historical-Period Features
- Feature 19
- Feature 33
- Feature 34
- Feature 42
- Features 39, 40, and 44
- Features 24, 37, 45, and 56
- 13.. Summary and Conclusions
- Chronology
- Household Organization and Site Structure
- House Types
- Courtyard Groups
- Precincts and Village Segments
- Villages and Communities
- Site Structure at Sunset Mesa Ruin
- Subsistence
- Settlement Patterns
- Ceramic Production and Exchange
- Mortuary Practices
- Historical-Period Homesteading
- Conclusions
- Appendixes
- Appendix A.. Ostracode Analysis
- Appendix B.. Archaeomagnetic Sampling, Analysis, and Dating at Sunset Mesa Ruin
- Appendix C.. Obsidian-Source Analysis
- Appendix D.. Petrographic Analysis: Qualitative Analysis of Sedentary Period Potsherds from Tucson, Arizona, with Emphasis on Sunset Mesa Ruin
- Appendix E.. Ceramic-Analysis Forms
- Appendix F.. Archaeobotanical Criteria and Data Tables
- Appendix G.. Sunset Mesa Pollen-Data Tables
- Appendix H.. Paleohydraulic Reconstruction of the Sunset Mesa Canal, Potential Maize Yields, and Population Estimates
- References Cited