Named after the mortar holes found in volcanic rocks throughout the site, Los Morteros is a well-preserved Hohokam village site. The mortar holes were used to grind mesquite pods, seeds, and corn.

Los Morteros is the site of a large Native American village inhabited between about 850 and 1300 CE. The site stretches north and south along the Santa Cruz River and extends west of the river past the current right-of-way of Silverbell Road.

Los Morteros is the site of an ancient Hohokam village believed to have been occupied from 850 to 1300 AD. A vast area encompassing 210.0 acres, it is located in Marana, Arizona, west of interstate 10 and near the present-day intersections of North Silverbell Road and West Linda Vista Boulevard, bounded to the North by Coachline Boulevard and ...

2018年3月12日 · One of the morteros, or bedrock mortars, that were used by ancient peoples to grind and process plant foods. They are protected today at Los Morteros Conservation Area northwest of Tucson.

2015年12月5日 · Los Morteros, translated to the mortars, was a large Hohokam village occupied between A.D. 850 and 1300. Located along the Santa Cruz River near the northern end of the Tucson Mountains, the site is names for the many bedrock mortars that are ground into natural outcrops characterizing the site’s topography.

Los Morteros has long been recognized as a highly sig-nificant cultural and historic location in Pima County, and represents the major cultural traditions that shaped southern Arizona and Pima County. Los Morteros is an important pre-historic village situated on the west side of the Santa Cruz River within the Town of Marana. The site has been vis-

Los Morteros, or “the mortars”, is a large Colonial-Classic period Hohokam community, dating between A.D. 500 to 1450. Features at the site include an intact ball court, an irrigation canal system, numerous other intact features, and trincheras.

2021年12月21日 · Los Morteros, an ancient village site of the Hohokam Indians from about 850 to 1300 CE, has been studied by archaeologists and historians for more than a century.

2022年3月20日 · Los Morteros, an ancient village site inhabited by Hoho- kam Indians from about 850 to 1300 CE, has been studied by archaeologists and historians for more than a century.

2018年5月1日 · While adventuring on foot, keep an eye out for morteros. These "bedrock mortars" are fascinating archaeological remnants from the ancient past. Visually, morteros look like simple, bowl-shaped depressions in flat slabs of rock that range from relatively shallow to …