Archaeology Southwest Magazine Vol. 33, No. 4
Issue editor: William H. Doelle
This revised and expanded issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine chronicles more than a century of research, preservation, and educational endeavors related to the Casa Grande (also known as the Great House) and its ancient community. It also celebrates the process of returning Indigenous voices to the telling of the story.
The Casa Grande Community, William H. Doelle
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
About the Hohokam archaeological culture
Historical maps and photos of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument at the American Southwest Virtual Museum
Map references:
Dart, Allen
1983 Agricultural Features. In Hohokam Archaeology along the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project, Vol. 3, Specialized Activity Sites, edited by L. S. Teague and P. L. Crown, pp. 345–573. Archaeological Series No. 150, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Howard, Jerry B.
1992 Maricopa County, Arizona, Central Phoenix Basin, Archaeology Map. Soil Systems, Inc., Phoenix, and Geo-Map, Inc., Tucson.
Woodson, M. Kyle
2013 Map of Prehistoric Hohokam Canal Systems in the Middle Gila Valley, 4th edition. Cultural Resource Management Program, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona.
Manje illustrations on page 7:
Manje, Juan Mateo
1954 Unknown Arizona and Sonora, 1693–1721: From the Francisco Fernández del Castillo Version of Luz de Tierra Incógnita. Translated by Harry J. Karnes. Arizona Silhouettes 284, Tucson.
Map on page 7:
Fewkes, Jesse Walter
1912 Plate 5. Casa Grande, Arizona. Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 25–179. Washington, DC.
Spotlight: The Nation’s First Federally Protected Archaeological Site, Tobi Lopez Taylor
An administrative history of the monument prior to 1992:
Clemensen, A. Berle
1992 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona: A Centennial History of the First Historic Preserve, 1892–1992. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
The Meaning of Huhugam, Barnaby V. Lewis
Gila River Indian Community
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Tohono O’odham Nation
Exploring Indigenous Associations with Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Cait B. McPherson and T. J. Ferguson
Gila River Indian Community
Hopi Tribe
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Pueblo of Zuni
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Life at the Grewe Site, Douglas B. Craig
Craig, Douglas B.
2001 The Grewe Archaeological Research Project. Anthropological Papers 99-1 (three volumes), Northland Research, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona.
Spotlight: Early Work at the Grewe Site, Mark Hackbarth
Hackbarth, Mark R.
1998 Irwin and Julian Hayden at the Grewe Site. Kiva 64(2): 211–223.
In Memoriam: Douglas Craig, William H. Doelle
Tribute at the website of the Arizona Archaeological Council
A New Look at the Casa Grande Community’s Growth and Development, Christopher R. Caseldine and Arleyn W. Simon
The Casa Grande Ballcourt, Douglas B. Craig
Fact Sheet: The Hohokam Ballcourt World
Group Identity and the Hohokam Ballcourt World, by Leslie D. Aragon
Spotlight: Stone and Lac, Sharlot Hart
Larrea tridentata and lac
How fluorescence works
Interpreting the Casa Grande, David R. Wilcox
Architectural maps of the Great House (American Southwest Virtual Museum/WACC)
Photographer at Casa Grande during spring equinox activities, 1981 (American Southwest Virtual Museum/WACC)
Wilcox, David R., and Lynette O. Shenk
1977 The Architecture of the Great House and Its Interpretation. National Park Service, Western Archeological Center, Tucson.
Wilcox, David R., and Charles Sternberg
1981 Additional Studies of the Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation. National Park Service, Western Archeological Center, Archaeological Series No. 146, Tucson.
Spotlight: Ritual Pathways, J. Brett Hill
Fewkes, Jesse Walter
1907 Excavations at Casa Grande, Arizona, in 1906–07, Vol. 50, pp. 289–329. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Washington, DC.
1907 A Fictitious Ruin in Gila Valley, Arizona. American Anthropologist 9(3): 510–512.
Hill, J. Brett
2019 A Path Forward: Casa Grande as Metaphor. Paper presented at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque.
Manje, Juan Mateo
1954 Unknown Arizona and Sonora, 1693–1721: From the Francisco Fernández del Castillo Version of Luz de Tierra Incógnita. Translated by Harry J. Karnes. Arizona Silhouettes 284, Tucson.
Nentvig, Juan
1980 Rudo Ensayo: A Description of Sonora and Arizona in 1764. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Special Architecture at Casa Grande Ruins, Jeffery J. Clark
Fewkes, Jesse Walter
1912 Plate 44. Casa Grande, Arizona. Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 25–179. Washington, DC.
Adamsville—Towers and Stories, Henry D. Wallace and William H. Doelle
Fewkes, Jesse Walter
1912 Plate 2. Casa Grande, Arizona. Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 25–179. Washington, DC.
Gladwin, H. S.
1928 Excavations at Casa Grande, Arizona, February 12–May 1, 1927. Southwest Museum Papers, No. 2. Los Angeles.
Mindeleff, Cosmos
1896 Plate LIV. Casa Grande Ruin. Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 289–319. Washington, DC.
Pinkley, Frank, and Edna Townsley Pinkley
1931 The Casa Grande National Monument in Arizona.
Hohokam Canal Systems along the Middle Gila River, M. Kyle Woodson
Woodson, M. Kyle
2016 The Social Organization of Hohokam Irrigation in the Middle Gila River Valley, Arizona. Gila River Indian Community, Anthropological Research Papers 7, Sacaton, Arizona.
Correction: The image on page 25 is misattributed. The image is by Andrew L. Christenson. We sincerely regret the error.
The Casa Grande Irrigation Community, David A. Gregory
In Memoriam: David Gregory, William H. Doelle
Obituary from the White Mountain Independent
The Escalante Community, David E. Doyel
Spotlight: The Poston Butte Site, William H. Doelle
Leaving Casa Grande, William H. Doelle
Akimel O’Odham Cultural Traditions regarding the Past, Chris Loendorf and Barnaby V. Lewis
Loendorf, Chris, and Barnaby V. Lewis
2017 Ancestral O’Odham: Akimel O’Odham Cultural Traditions and the Archaeological Record. American Antiquity 82(2): 423–423.
The Polvorón Phase, Christopher R. Caseldine
Preservation Spotlight: Introduction, William H. Doelle
H.R. 4840, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019
S. 3119, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2019
Preservation Spotlight: Sheltering the Casa Grande, Rebecca Carr Wong
More about the 1932 shelter
Preservation Spotlight: The Perils of Pageantry at Casa Grande Ruins, Tobi Lopez Taylor
More about the pageants
Biography of Frank “Boss” Pinkley (National Park Service)
Historic photos of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and of Pinkley at the American Southwest Virtual Museum
Preservation Spotlight: Protecting Compound B, Michael Brack
Photos of Compound B from the American Southwest Virtual Museum/WACC:
North Mound of Compound B after Fewkes’s excavations, circa 1906
Compound B viewed from the southeast, circa 1925
Compound B, circa 1929
Compound B, circa 1929 (2)
Compound B, circa 1929 (3)
Compound B, circa 1930
Brack, M. L.
2012 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Drainage Improvement Project: A Summary of Backfilling at Compound B. Project Report No. 11-143. Desert Archaeology, Tucson.
2011 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Drainage Improvement Project: A Summary of Backfilling and Erosional Control at Compounds A, D, and G, and the Ballcourt. Project Report No. 10-130. Desert Archaeology, Inc.
In Memoriam: John Andresen, William H. Doelle
Andresen, John M.
1983 Hohokam Murals at the Clan House, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Kiva 48(4): 267–278.
1987 Archival Excavation: Frank Midvale and the Casa Grande Canal. Kiva 52(3): 229–235.
Shaul, David Leedom, and John M. Andresen
1989 A Case for Yuman Participation in the Hohokam Regional System. Kiva 54(2): 105–126.
Back Sight, William H. Doelle
Echo-Hawk, Roger C.
2000 “Exploring Ancient Worlds,” In Working Together: Native Americans and Archaeologists, ed. Kurt E. Dongoske, Mark Aldenderfer, and Karen Doehner, pp. 3–7. Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC.
Kino’s map:
Burrus, Ernest J.
1965 Kino and the Cartography of Northwestern New Spain. Arizona Pioneer’s Historical Society, Tucson.
