Investigations at the Cake Ranch Site: A Classic Period Hohokam Village in the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin, Pinal County, Arizona
Author(s): Carl D. Halbirt; T. Kathleen Henderson; JoAnn E. Kisselburg
Year: 1990
Summary
This report describes the results of archaeological investigations undertaken at the Cake Ranch site (AZ AA:7:3(ASM)). This work occurred prior to the construction of Lateral Segment 5 of the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District South Distribution System. The Cake Ranch site is located approximately four kilometers west of the town of Red Rock, Arizona in Pinal County, Section 10, T10S, R9E. The site is a large Classic period Hohokam village situated adjacent to the Santa Cruz River floodplain. The investigations revealed that the site consists of five probable habitation loci distributed within a 65-acre area.
Within the right-of-way, 30 cultural features were excavated. Documented were adobe-walled pithouses, cremations, and a variety of extramural pits representing activities that included storage, food processing, and cooking. In addition to the 30 cultural features excavated, four other features are found eroding from an entrenched tributary of the Santa Cruz River approximately 400m south of the right-of-way within the southern habitation locus.
Cite this Record
Investigations at the Cake Ranch Site: A Classic Period Hohokam Village in the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin, Pinal County, Arizona. Carl D. Halbirt, T. Kathleen Henderson, JoAnn E. Kisselburg. 1990 ( tDAR id: 413690) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8413690
Keywords
Culture
Classical Period Hohokam
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Hohokam
Material
Basketry
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Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Ground Stone
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Hide
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Human Remains
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Macrobotanical
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Mineral
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Pollen
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
(AZ AA:7:3[ASM])
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Cake Ranch
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Burial Pit
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
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Hamlet / Village
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Midden
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Pit
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Pit House / Earth Lodge
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Refuse Pit
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Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
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Settlements
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Storage Pit
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Trash Midden
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory)
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Cake Ranch Site
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Pinal (County)
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Red Rock, AZ
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.873; min lat: 34.796 ; max long: -111.813; max lat: 34.846 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager
Contributor(s): Jannifer W. Gish; Johna Hutira; Judith Lancaster; Laurene G. Montero; Michael Stubing; J. Homer Thiel
Sponsor(s): Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Projects Office
Repository(s): Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ
Record Identifiers
SRP Catalog No.(s): 3A.136 CAT 51695 51696
Report No.(s): DI-BR-APO-CCRS-90-3
SRP Library Call No.(s): E99.C35H35 1990
SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00030561
Contract No.(s): 3-PA-30-00740
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