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The Origin of the Sonoyta Townsite, Sonora, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Ronald L. Ives
Ronald L. Ives*
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Boulder, Colorado
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Archaeological investigation in the vicinity of Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, an oasis and crossroads settlement on the south bank of the Sonoyta River, a spring-fed desert stream that parallels the Arizona-Sonora boundary for some miles, discloses plentiful evidence of a lengthy and probably continuous occupation of the area by a toolusing agricultural people. The location and general environment of Sonoyta is shown in Fig. 3a.

During the last thirty years, several tons of polished stone artifacts, mostly metates, manos, and hammers, have been found in the Sonoyta Valley within easy walking distance of the townsite. Many of these, particularly metates and manos, have been salvaged by local Indians, and are still in use.

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Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , July 1941 , pp. 20 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1941

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