In an unusual partnership, the Town of Oro Valley, Pima County, developer Steve Solomon of Cañada Vista Homes, Desert Archaeology, Inc., and the Tohono O’odham Nation worked together to preserve Honey Bee Ballcourt Village, a former HuHuGam settlement in Oro Valley. Steve Solomon donated the thirteen acres to Pima County, which will become a permanent preserve. The core of the site contains a large, open plaza area, a small ballcourt, nearly 20 refuse mounds, and an estimated more than houses. Research on the village continues but its preservation is assured.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Honeybee Village, Oro Valley
In an unusual partnership, the Town of Oro Valley, Pima County, developer Steve Solomon of Cañada Vista Homes, Desert Archaeology, Inc., and the Tohono O’odham Nation worked together to preserve Honey Bee Ballcourt Village, a former HuHuGam settlement in Oro Valley. Steve Solomon donated the thirteen acres to Pima County, which will become a permanent preserve. The core of the site contains a large, open plaza area, a small ballcourt, nearly 20 refuse mounds, and an estimated more than houses. Research on the village continues but its preservation is assured.
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