Archaeological Burial Recovery at the Morocco Ruin in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona
Creators: name: Mitchell, Douglas
Publisher: name: SWCA, Inc. Environmental Consultants
Year: 2006
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: Snaketown Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/211/snaketown-phase
subject: Preclassic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5604/preclassic-period
subject: Sacaton Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/214/sacaton-phase
subject: Gila Phase
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5625/gila-phase
subject: Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/21/hohokam
subject: Huhugam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8166/huhugam
subject: Morocco Ruin
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/24125/morocco-ruin
subject: AZ T:11:14 (ASM)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/100822/az-t1114-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: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Cremation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/880/cremation
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/355/pit
subject: Inhumation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/947/inhumation
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Shell
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subject: Plainware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/174/plainware
subject: Projectile points
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subject: Buffware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/465/buffware
subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Mano
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/131/mano
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Red-on-Buff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2629/red-on-buff
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Core
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2121/core
subject: Redware
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/444/redware
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
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: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
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

description: This report presents the results of archaeological excavation of a Hohokam cemetery that was discovered during archaeological testing in advance of 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. Previous surveys had identified numerous surface artifacts within the documented boundary of two large prehistoric Hohokam sites, the Morocco Ruin (AZ T:11:106 [ASM]) and the Alkali Ruin (AZ T:11:14 [ASM])(North 2005). The Morocco Ruin has been examined to varying degrees many times since the 1920s. Extant data indicate the Morocco Ruin was primarily a Classic period village. Surface evidence of features has been obscured by decades of agricultural activity. When the site was first documented in the late 1920s and 1930s, habitation mounds, trash mounds, burial areas, and a prehistoric canal segment were noted. Recent work, primarily on the fringes of the site, has identified additional canal segments and probable thermal features. SWCA conducted test excavations in portions of the Morocco Ruin and the Alkali Ruin and (Foster et al. 2005). At the Morocco Ruin, 19 prehistoric features (six pits, two pithouses, one rock feature, two inhumation burials, and eight cremation burials) were identified. A data recovery phase was implemented to excavate the human burials found during the testing. During the course of the explorations, which included additional trenching and mechanical stripping, nine more human burials were found. Also, three features that are probably associated with the burials and a small irrigation canal of uncertain antiquity (either prehistoric or historical) were exposed and investigated.