Sears-Kay Ruins | Tonto National Forest, AZ (2019)

Just on the northern edge of Phoenix, lies the ruins at Sears-Kay which are believed to date back to 1050 AD. Within the grounds lies the remains of about 40 rooms used by the Hohokam as a fortified village.
Hello again! We're back in Arizona and exploring Hohokam ruins located just outside Phoenix, AZ in the Tonto National Forest.
The Hohokam culture was located in the present-day US state of Arizona as well as Sonora, Mexico. Much of the Phoenix canal network used for supplying water to the city follows the original irrigation network created by the Hohokam.
The ruins at Sears-Kay are believed to date back to 1050 AD. Within the grounds lies the remains of about 40 rooms used by the Hohokam as a fortified village.
There are no fees for the park, space for 8 vehicles, and 3 picnic tables with grills and trash bins. The park offers vault toilets but no water fountains so please remember to bring water during warmer weather.
VIDEO FILMED: 07/04/2019
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Welcome to the Cactus Atlas! We are Glenn and Amy and invite you to join us as we visit all sorts of locations across the American West. We tour both natural and man-made attractions.
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[@cindykeselowski899]

Very cool

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[@GnosticPath]

just watched this one & the one u posted some months ago, VERY NICE VIDEOS! informative & beautiful! curious about there spiritual beliefs and/or artifacts, if any there

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Based on another comment, I imagine that there were artifacts as many decades ago the ground seemed to have been dug up. As for spiritual beliefs.... not really sure. 🙁

[@MonicaSĪGÑofJõñãhYUNIS]

This is very interesting... thank you~ It looks beautiful... Is this near Mesa/Gold Canyon? Where did they get the water to survive out there do you know?

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This is located in the Cave Creek/Carefree area. Not too sure about water in that area but since it lies at the foothills of mountains it is possible they relied on runoff of some sort. We recently visited Walnut Canyon and they would store water in pottery vessels so I imagine something similar might have been likely at Sears-Kay.

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@@CactusAtlas WoW... Thank you 💗🤗 Have a beautiful... Blessed day~