Archaeological Testing at the Morocco Ruin and in a Portion of the Alkali Ruin on the Lakin Property in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Foster, Michael S.
name: Ryden, Ronald F.
name: North, Chris
name: Lindly, John M.
name: Bellavia, Cara
name: Huckleberry, Gary
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/335/arizona-state-territory
subject: Goodyear, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83855/goodyear-az
subject: Sonoran Desert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2772/sonoran-desert
subject: Phoenix Basin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/27/phoenix-basin
subject: Maricopa (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3900/maricopa-county
subject: Classic Period
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subject: Preclassic Period
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subject: Prehistoric
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subject: Hohokam
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subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: Patayan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/23/patayan
subject: Historic
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subject: Morocco Ruin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/24125/morocco-ruin
subject: AZ T:11:24 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/78146/az-t1124-asm
subject: AZ T:11:106 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100821/az-t11106-asm
subject: Alkali Ruin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/24124/alkali-ruin
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Archaeological Feature
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subject: Pit
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subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Hearth
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/343/hearth
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: polishing stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2574/polishing-stone
subject: Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/465/buffware
subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Rhyolite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/248/rhyolite
subject: Quartzite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/217/quartzite
subject: Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/444/redware
subject: Hammerstone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/94/hammerstone
subject: Gila Polychrome
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2654/gila-polychrome
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Mano
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/131/mano
subject: Dacite
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/453/dacite
subject: Red-on-Buff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2629/red-on-buff
subject: Ground Stone
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subject: metate
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/167/metate
subject: Core
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2121/core
subject: Archaeological Overview
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subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: This document presents the results of archaeological testing prior to a proposed residential development in Goodyear, Arizona. The project proponent, Sonterra Partners, is planning to develop approximately 800 acres of private land in Goodyear, Arizona for single-family housing. Numerous surface artifacts were identified within the documented boundary of two previously identified large prehistoric Hohokam sites—Alkali Ruin (AZ T:11:24 [ASM]) and the Morocco Ruin (AZ T:11:106 [ASM]) (North 2005). Alkali Ruin and the Morocco Ruin have been examined to varying degrees many times since the 1920s. Extant data available indicated the Alkali Ruin was a habitation area with pre-Classic and Classic period components. The Morocco Ruin appears to have been primary a Classic period village, although a pre-Classic period component is also suspected. Surface evidence of features at both sites has been obscured by decades of agricultural activity. When the sites were first documented in the late 1920s and 1930s, numerous trash mounds were noted at Alkali Ruin and habitation mounds, trash mounds, burial areas, and a prehistoric canal segment were noted at the Morocco Ruin. More recent work at these two sites, primarily on the fringes of areas that were mapped as containing substantial archaeological remains in the early 1900s, has identified a possible pithouse at Alkali Ruin, additional canal segments at the Morocco Ruin, and probable thermal features at both Alkali Ruin and the Morocco Ruin. Both sites are known to have contained human remains. SWCA conducted test excavations in an area equivalent to approximately 1.5 percent of the portions of Alkali Ruin and the Morocco Ruin that are within the project area. Morocco Ruin contained nine prehistoric features reported in this report and 10 human burials to be documented in a separate report. Alkali Ruin contained two prehistoric and two historic features. The ceramics collected suggest a Classic period age for both sites. It appears that the majority of both sites were destroyed through agricultural activities and natural processes. SWCA recommends that data recovery be done on the features documented in the Morocco Ruin along the Cotton Lane right-of-way (ROW). No further work is recommended in the Alkali Ruin.