Identification of the Pima Tribe No. 10, Improved Order of Red Men Plot Within the Court Street Cemetery, AZ BB:13:156 (ASM), Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (TR2011-9) (PDF)

Identification of the Pima Tribe No. 10, Improved Order of Red Men Plot Within the Court Street Cemetery, AZ BB:13:156 (ASM), Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (TR2011-9)

Edited by: J. Homer Thiel

Contributions by: Jenny L. Adams, Michael W. Diehl, James M. Heidke, Chris Haney Lange, R. Jane Sliva, Amanda K. Stroud

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Identification of the Pima Tribe No. 10, Improved Order of Red Men Plot Within the Court Street Cemetery, AZ BB:13:156 (ASM), Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (TR2011-9)

Archaeological testing was conducted at the Salvation Army property located near the southeastern corner of North Main Avenue and West Speedway Boulevard. Work identified 20 graves within the Improved Order of Red Men plot in the Court Street Cemetery, as well as eight prehistoric features. The portion of the property on the western side of North Alder Avenue contained a single prehistoric pit and no human burials. The pit was sampled. The area tested on the eastern side of North Alder Avenue contained 20 graves from the Improved Order of Red Men plot, present in two separate clusters of 10 burials. Two pit houses and five prehistoric pits were present in the western group of burials. The houses and two pits were sampled. None of the graves was excavated.