Mescal Wash Site

The Mescal Wash Site is an archaeological site in Pima County, Southeastern Arizona in the United States. It is located near Cienega Creek, situated in where the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert meet. Its environment consists of upland hills and grassland in the desert. Mescal Wash was occupied by various cultural groups from the area such as Hohokam, Mogollon, Trincheras, and Sonoran indigenous groups over the span of 3,000 years from 1200 B.C to 1450 A.D. Mescal Wash Site was excavated after the land was surveyed before the construction of a proposed traffic interchange and highway overpass over the site. Its excavation took place from 2000-2016 by archaeologists who were supported by the Arizona Department of Transportation and Statistical Research Inc.

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