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Multi-periodSite Name: Romero Ruins Alternative Name: Romero Ruins Interpretive Trail, Romero Ruins TrailCountry: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Desert Springs, AZ
Latitude: 32.422550N Longitude: 110.91574W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Romero Ruins in Catalina State Park is a large and significant archaeological site in the northern Tucson Basin. The ruins are a Hohokam village occupied between CE 500 and CE 1450. There is evidence that the park and surrounding area have been continuously occupied since about 5000 BCE by the Hohokam people.
The site was widely used for nearly 400 years, estimated around 1000–1450 CE. The Romero Ruin still contains pueblos built of rock and adobe, as well as a Mesoamerican ball court. The site also contains remains of recent structures built by Francisco Romero, a local rancher, and evidence of large agricultural fields nearby.
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_State_Park
Archaeology Southwest:
https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/explore/romero-ruin-catalina-state-park/
Directions:
From Desert Springs, AZ via Canyon Springs Place, 1.9 mi.
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