Presidio Wall & Pithouse

The northeast corner of the adobe wall that surrounded the Royal Spanish Presidio San Agustin del Tucson stood here, and a bastion used as a lookout and defensive position is believed to have stood at this corner. Archaeologists excavating the site in 1954 discovered beneath the wall a prehistoric Hohokam Indian dwelling, part of a village that existed here about 800 A.D. Because this pithouse has a floor below ground level, it provides evidence that Tucson is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in America.

Tucson, Arizona · United States