Archaeological Investigations at the West Branch Site: Early and Middle Rincon Occupation in the Southern Tucson Basin
| Autor: | Huntington, Frederick W. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Analysis of Plainware ceramics
Pioneer Period Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex Lithic Analysis Arizona (State / Territory) Tucson AZ Pima (County) Hamlet / Village West branch Site Shell Huhugam Hopi Middle Rincon Hohokam Ceramic Reconnaissance / Survey Apache Wyoming Street Locus Pollen Analysis Archaic Heritage Management Late Archaic Lithic Data Recovery / Excavation Fauna Tucson Basin Ground Stone Colonial Period Pollen AZ AA:16:49 (ASM) Irvington Street Locus Early Rincon |
| DOI: | 10.48512/xcv8448030 |
| Popis: | The Institute for American Research conducted an archaeological mitigation program for the Pima County Department of Transportation. Mapping, testing, and excavation activities at the West Branch Site [AZ AA:16:3(ASM)], a large preclassic Hohokam village, are reported. Hohokam remains were primarily from the Early and Middle Rincon subphases of the Sedentary period. Analyses focused on the refinement of the ceramic typology for the Rincon phase and on the documentation of household units in the archaeological record. The ceramic studies were aided by the use of multi-dimensional scaling techniques which facilitated the separation of Early and Middle Rincon decorated ceramics based on an attribute analysis. A range of household sizes was documented and a model that correlates the change in maximum household size with the diversification of subsistence practices Is presented. A focus on household economics demonstrates that each unit was responsible for Its own subsistence needs and for the production of most of Its material needs. Pottery production Is also documented at the household level and the Introduction of Rincon Redware and Rincon Polychrome ceramics Is seen as a hallmark of the Middle Rincon subphase. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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