Other sites in the area had pieces of ceramic pots that were made in a distinctive style. This style shows that the Hohokam were still using the area in about AD 950 to 1150. The use of the canyon area over such a long period of time is not surprising since water flows there most of the year. In fact, shallow wells dug in the sandy wash bottom would probably produce water year-round. Archaeologists have learned that the Hohokam used the canyon to hunt game and to gather and process wild food.
Food processing is indicated by the many grinding features on the granite bedrock boulders.
Archaeologists also found a large rock-lined pit that was used for roasting juicy plants like agave, and the buds and pads of cactus. Archaeologists found none of the distinctive pits that mark the locations of Hohokam houses. Although no houses were found, it is clear that the Honeybee area was important to the Hohokam . They took the time to record their symbols on the rock faces in and near the canyon, and to bury their deceased on the ridge above. Archaeologists also found a dog that had been carefully buried.