ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the formation and use of the Alameda-Stone cemetery and its place within the history and archaeology of Tucson. It begins with a discussion of the historic and environmental context of Tucson, briefly introducing information on environment and prehistory. The chapter discusses the historical factors leading up to the transformation of Tucson from a remote outpost into an urban city. It focuses on the historic and archaeological context of the Alameda-Stone cemetery, including information on the history and use of the cemetery as derived from archival, contextual, and osteological lines of evidence. The first missionary to reach Tucson, Eusebio Francisco Kino, arrived in southern Arizona to expand the missionary frontier of northern New Spain, passing through Tucson with a military escort. Tucson became part of the United States with the Gadsden Purchase, when additional parts of southern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico were acquired by the United States.
