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"Room D", a 1955 excavation by Arizona State University below the main Mesa Grande mound.
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A member of the Southwest Archaeology Team excavates matrix materials from a test pit.
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A view of test pits from Station 6 of the north end of the mound.
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The Mesa Grande Temple Mound. Built by the Hohokam in 1100 AD. The walls are made of “caliche”, the calcium carbonate hardpan that forms under the desert soils. The mound is longer and wider than a modern football field (note: U.S. Football) and is 27 feet high.
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Different view of the Mesa Grande Tempe Mound.
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A large plaza in front of the Mesa Grande Temple mound which was enclosed by a large adobe wall.
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Another view of the plaza.
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One of the two largest networks of irrigation canals created in the prehistoric Americas by the Hohokam.
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Replica of the Mesa Grande Hohokam Ballcourt . The ballcourt, which is located at 1000 N. Date St., is an open-air structure where the Hohokam played ballgames using a rubber ball made from a local plant.