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Archaeological Investigations at the Tanque Verde Wash Site A Middle Rincon Settlement in the Eastern Tucson Basin (AP-7) (PDF)

Excavations by the Institute for American Research at the Tanque Verde Wash site (AZ BB:13:68 [ASM]) uncovered a nearly complete segment of a single component Middle Rincon subphase (A.D. 1000-1100) hamlet. The site was located along Tanque Verde Wash, the largest permanent drainage within the eastern Tucson Basin. Nineteen pithouses, three trash mounds, and 66 extramural features were recovered within a 2500 square meter area. The excavation methodology, which involved the complete excavation of all major features and the stripping of large areas of extramural space, allows for a detailed investigation into Hohokam settlement of this area.