![]() Some trincheras appear to have functioned as water control devices, channeling run-off water into agricultural areas. The construction and use of the trincheras appears to have been largely confined to the Early Classic period between A.D. Researchers studying the trincheras as Los Morteros have identified more than 200 of the features above the site. Trincheras are enigmatic structures of dry-laid rock alignments located on volcanic hillsides above Hohokam villages throughout southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Features at the site include an intact ballcourt, an irrigation canal system, numerous other intact features and trincheras. Los Morteros, or “the mortars”, is a large Colonial-Classic period Hohokam community, dating between A.D. They lie immediately adjacent to another 36 acres of trincheras above the Los Morteros community donated to the Conservancy in 1986 by developer Gary Lovelace. The Conservancy’s Tuscon Arizona preserves are especially significant in light of the notorious destruction of Hokokam site.Īn additional 17 acres containing more than a 100 trincheras features associated with the Los Morteros Site was donated by Kenneth and Deborah Ryan and James and Jacquelynn Yeager. These three important sites, located near Tuscon Az, now saved by the Conservancy will help preserve the evidence of the gardens and farming practices of the Hohokam. ![]() Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star The Trincheras of Los Morteros Site, The Dairy Site, and The Barchas Site (Arizona) The photo was taken on Saturday, Decemin Tucson, Ariz.
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