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Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 07 May 2014  Page Views: 4923

Multi-periodSite Name: Skull Mesa
Country: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Phoenix, AZ  Nearest Village: Cave Creek, AZ
Latitude: 33.949000N  Longitude: 111.931W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Skull Mesa
Skull Mesa submitted by bat400_photo : Skull Mesa approach to the fort The is the view looking south at the approach to the fort on the hill at the Skull Mesa Ruins in the Tonto National Forest north of Cave Creek Arizona. A very difficult 8 mile hike here from the Spur Cross Ranch Trailhead. This was a Verde Hohokam settlement 800 years ago. It is a pueblo and a fort. You can see some of the ruins of the pueblo on the left side of t... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in The Southwest.
A Verde Hohokam culture pueblo site, aprox 800 years old, located on a rugged spit off a 3900 foot high mesa. The low walls of 15 rooms are visible, along with a two foot thick wall located higher than the "village" on a summit. The "fort" wall is as tall as six feet in some areas. Although it may have been a defensive barrier, William Holliday felt that from siting of creek bottom villages, these "hill forts" were more likely to have served as lookouts for multiple farming villages.

The ruins are not stabilized and should examined without touching them.

Skull Mesa itself may be reached by one or a combination of Forest Service Hiking Trails (Trail 247 and 248,) but the both the pueblo site and a group of bolders with petroglyphs are reached by heading by dead reckoning north of the Skull Mesa Trail, once the mesa top is reached from the south. Skull Mesa itself is a 2000 foot elevation change from the trail access points, and the pueblo lies on a narrow, rocky saddle and spur off the north west corner of the mesa.

Hiking guides describe this 14 mile round trip as difficult and strenuous. Several hikers recommend camping on the mesa top the evening of the first day and visiting the pueblo and descending the second day. No one should attempt this hike without study of Forest Service Trail guides, appropriate hats and seasonal gear, and a minimum of a gallon of water per person, per day. The location supplied is general for the pueblo, but should be considered incomplete without consultation with the sources below.

Sources:
- Wilson, Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen, Globe Pequot, 2000.
- Hike Arizona Website, , 35 trip logs.
- USDA Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Skull Mesa Trail 248 and Cottonwood Trail 247.
- Holliday, William G. 1974. Archaeological investigations in the Cave Creek drainage, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Archaeological report no. 1. Albuquerque: USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region.
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541. Skull Mesa as seen from TR 4
540. Northern tip of Skull Mesa as seen from TR 4

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