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 (original) (raw)

2012

Abstract

Archaeological testing was conducted at the Salvation Army property. Work identified 20 graves within the Improved Order of Red Men plot in the Court Street Cemetery, as well as eight prehistoric features. A portion of the property contained a single prehistoric pit and no Compliance Summary Page iii human burials. The pit was sampled. The area tested on the eastern side 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. It is recommended that the Salvation Army proceed with construction work on the property west, where no burials were located. The discovery of human burials on the property on the eastern side, presents a unique set of issues. The Salvation Army has options for how to proceed that include: (1) no action is required if the burials located through testing...

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