We went to the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park. You start with a 10 minute film on the history of the prehistoric Hohokam Indians who lived on this site on the Salt River which runs right through downtown Phoenix. There are ruins of their famous Platform Mound, a unique housing complex with many different levels, where it is presumed ceremonies and religious activities took place on the roof. Some doorways were situated so that the sun would shine through at Summer and Winter Equinox highlighting special areas. Domed pit houses built of cane and wood, sealed with clay, formed the village area. They had a shallow cutout ball court, artifacts and southwest pottery on red and clay colors. These amazing people built massive irrigation systems, 30' wide, 10' deep; one 20 miles long for their farming projects, using only sticks and flat rocks. They traded west to the Pacific Ocean and south to the Sea of Cortes in Mexico, using shells as their jewelry. There are many petroglyfs in the area which they refer to as rock talking.
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