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| Hiking | 4.36 Miles |
285 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.36 Miles | 3 Hrs 37 Mns | | 1.30 mph |
| 285 ft AEG | 15 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I came across a recent thesis which referred to a previous archaeology report which caught my attention. While doing the standard survey work before building a major canal, they had found a Hohokam site which appeared to be a center of shell jewelry making. Extensive excavations were done, a big report was written, the site reburied, and the canal built. Enough detail was in the report that I had a pretty good idea where it was, so I headed down south of Maricopa to see what I could see.
Flat desert with scattered bushes and I did find some shell pieces and lots of pottery. The game for the day was to find painted Hohokam red-on-buff but I only found a few sherds - it was mostly plain.
There was a second nearby related site I also wanted to check out but it had several prominent keep out signs... oh well.
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