Southwestern North American Worlds: Communities, Water, and Connected Landscapes
Southwestern North America (orientation only) · Profil avec revue des sources

Casa Grande: earthen building and irrigated landscapes

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NPS describes a planned earthen structure and substantial shared labor while leaving its precise purpose unresolved. The history account separates the fourteenth-century building from a late-seventeenth-century written description.

Earthen monument and irrigation-community context Great House approximately fourteenth century CE; longer regional farming background Caliche architecture, canals, settlement features, archival descriptions and community histories Coolidge, Arizona, United States (orientation only): approximate public-town or distant institutional orientation, not an excavation, burial, sacred-site, private compound or vulnerable-deposit location; never a territorial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, political, religious, sovereignty, farming, water-rights or route boundary. The orientation may be far from the archaeological context. No access, collecting or travel permission is implied.
Aperçu

Agua, foyers, paysages connectés et éléments probants

Connexions de plateaux, fluviales, désertiques et fronterizas

Coolidge, Arizona, United States is a modern orientation, not an ancient capital or boundary. Large-scale construction and irrigation required organized labor, but the exact Great House function remains uncertain.

Organisation politique et échelle communautaire

Large-scale construction and irrigation required organized labor, but the exact Great House function remains uncertain. The Great House is not a proven universal observatory, royal palace or evidence of one centralized Hohokam nation.

Transformation ultérieure, patrimoine vivant et réception moderne

Living communities and heritage institutions retain their own authority; this atlas cannot establish identity, ancestry, descent, recognition or membership. Hohokam is used as an archaeological classification, while Huhugam has living O’odham meanings that are not reduced to an extinct race. Later colonial, research and stewardship events are dated separately from the main archaeological context.

Cooperative construction NPS describes a planned earthen structure and substantial shared labor while leaving its precise purpose unresolved.

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Source review: 2026-10-20 [S1]
Later written record The history account separates the fourteenth-century building from a late-seventeenth-century written description.

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Source review: 2026-10-20 [S2]
Cultural responsibilities The foundation document places archaeology and living connections within modern preservation responsibilities, not an ancestry certification.

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Source review: 2026-10-20 [S3]
Séquence historique

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.

  1. Canal landscapes

    The NPS synthesis connects cultivation, wild food use and expanding water-management systems.

  2. Great House construction

    NPS places the major standing building in the 1300s without claiming its exact social function is known.

  3. Uneven change

    Regional settlement change has several proposed causes; the source does not establish one universal collapse explanation.

  4. Colonial written description

    The history record dates a written account, not the beginning of knowledge or Indigenous history.

Culture et langue

Agricultura, artisanat, travail, croyances et travail colectivo

Langues mentionnées dans ce profil

  • Hohokam is used as an archaeological classification, while Huhugam has living O’odham meanings that are not reduced to an extinct race.

Famille linguistique: Language, material classification, political allegiance, residence and living identity are distinct; this record does not classify every ancient speaker.

Research focus: Caliche architecture, canals, settlement features, archival descriptions and community histories.

Large-scale construction and irrigation required organized labor, but the exact Great House function remains uncertain.

The Great House is not a proven universal observatory, royal palace or evidence of one centralized Hohokam nation.

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Sources utilisées pour cette page

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  1. C1

    The Ancestral Sonoran Desert People

    National Park Service · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2024-06-03

  2. C2

    Our Story

    Huhugam Heritage Center; Gila River Indian Community · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  3. C3

    Las Capas Data Recovery

    Desert Archaeology, Inc. · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  4. C4

    Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  5. C5

    Upper Cliff Dwelling Construction Sequence

    National Park Service · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  6. C6

    Research: Salmon Ruins

    Salmon Ruins Museum · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  7. C7

    People of Pecos

    National Park Service · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  8. C8

    Pecos

    Pueblo of Jemez · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  9. S1

    The Ancestral Sonoran Desert People

    National Park Service · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · 2024-06-03

  10. S2

    History & Culture: Casa Grande

    National Park Service · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

  11. S3

    Foundation Document: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

    National Park Service · Institutional research, heritage interpretation or community account; brief attributed paraphrase · Undated institutional record; consulted 2026-10-20

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Revisión editorial: 20 octobre 2026