Editing Mission Santa Cruz (section)

==Unidentified adobe foundations==
{{main|Lost Adobe}}
The stone foundations of an unidentified adobe on the east edge of Mission Hill in Santa Cruz was first discovered in 1978.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Neubauer|first=Bill|date=19 May 1978|title=Construction still suspended for archaeological dig|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Koch|first=Margaret|date=21 May 1978|title=Lost Chapel of SC Mission Discovered?|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel}}</ref> Prior to any excavations an extensive archival research program was carried out.<ref>Kimbro, Edna E., Mary Ellen Ryan and Robert H. Jackson, with Randall T. Milliken, and Norman Neuerburg. "Restoration Research, Santa Cruz Mission Adobe." Santa Cruz Mission State Historical Park 1985. (on file California State Parks, Santa Cruz District).</ref> After no mention was found in the written record, the foundations were given the name the [[Santa Cruz Mission's "Lost Adobe"|"Lost Adobe"]]. Archaeological excavations (from 1981 to 1984)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allen|first=Rebecca|date=1998|title=Native Americans at Mission Santa Cruz, 1791-1834|journal=Perspectives in California Archaeology|volume=5|pages=31}}</ref> indicated the presence of  18+ rooms structural foundations extending west toward the original church and cemetery. Artifacts found were a diverse collection of Spanish [[Spanish missions in California|Mission Era]]/ Mexican Republic materials including glass beads, [[Majolica]] ceramic fragments and phoenix buttons.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Strong|first=Emory|date=1975|title=The Enigma of the Phoenix Button|journal=Historical Archaeology|volume= 9|pages=74–80|doi=10.1007/BF03373432|s2cid=163848079}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sprague|first=Roderic|date=1998|title=The Literature and locations of the Phoenix Button|journal=Historical Archaeology|volume= 32|issue=2|pages=56–77|doi=10.1007/BF03374251|s2cid=163979432|doi-access=free}}</ref> These findings suggest that the structure was used to house [[Mission Indians|the neophyte community]] of ''[[Yokuts]]'' and ''[[Ohlone]]'' families living at the Mission in the 1820s and 1830s. The Lost Adobe collapsed during the 19th century and no remnants remain. The area is on private property and visitors are not allowed.