Investigations at the Cake Ranch Site: A Classic Period Hohokam Village in the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin, Pinal County, Arizona
Creators: name: Halbirt, Carl D.
name: T. Kathleen Henderson
name: Kisselburg, JoAnn E.
Publisher: name: Northland Research, Inc.
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: Pinal (County)
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subject: Arizona (State / Territory)
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subject: Red Rock, AZ
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80027/red-rock-az
subject: Cake Ranch Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82235/cake-ranch-site
subject: Hohokam
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subject: Classical Period Hohokam
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8453/classical-period-hohokam
subject: (AZ AA:7:3[ASM])
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/78175/az-aa73asm
subject: Cake Ranch
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/78505/cake-ranch
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Burial Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/307/burial-pit
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Settlements
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/252/settlements
subject: Hamlet / Village
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/254/hamlet-village
subject: Trash Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/351/trash-midden
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Pit
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subject: Refuse Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/356/refuse-pit
subject: Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/357/roasting-pit-oven-horno
subject: Storage Pit
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/358/storage-pit
subject: Pit House / Earth Lodge
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/263/pit-house-earth-lodge
subject: Pollen
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subject: Shell
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subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
subject: Basketry
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subject: Hide
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subject: Ceramic
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subject: Chipped Stone
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subject: Fauna
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subject: Fire Cracked Rock
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subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Human Remains
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subject: Macrobotanical
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subject: Mineral
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subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview

description: 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.