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Multi-periodSite Name: Las Capas Alternative Name: The LayersCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 14.202 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tucson, AZ
Latitude: 32.329000N Longitude: 111.057W
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 |
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Ancient Village in Pima County, Arizona.
Village with irrigation canals build as early as 1200BC. The canals appear to have been periodically maintained until 800 BC. At this point a flood appears to have caused enough damage for the site to have been abandoned.
Called Las Capas (the Layers) for the layers of sediment seen in the excavation, the village is in the Santa Cruz river valley, near where the Cañada del Oro and Rillito Creek join the river.
The site was found during surveys associated with the improvement of access and frontage roads near Arizona's I-10 highway and Tucson's Ina Road waste water treatment facility. Desert Archaeology Inc has conducted the excavations of this site since its discovery in 1998.
Note: The location listed is approximate, but based on photographs and news video of the excavation.
Note: Arizona Excavations spurred by development find earliest irrigation canals in US southwest.
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