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The purpose of the information contained within this packet is to assist you in preparing your students for a field trip to the Pueblo Grande Museum. You may extract as much or as little information as is needed for the appropriate grade level. We hope that you and your students will come away with a better understanding of the Hohokam people and archaeology. Feel free to reproduce any materials in this packet.

Who are we?
Pueblo Grande is a museum and park all in one! We have been a museum for over 75 years and we were created to protect and interpret the prehistoric Hohokam village site on which we are located. In a nutshell, you could call us an archaeological museum. We are also a National Historic Landmark and we are owned and operated by the City of Phoenix and fall under the direction of the Parks and Recreation Department.

Where are we located?
We are located in Phoenix on the south side of Washington Street just east of the 44th Street and Washington Street intersection. Or you may take State Route 143 (the Hohokam Expressway) and take the Washington Street exit, then turn west. Please see map.

What will you see when you get here?
Outside in the park you will see the ruins of a Hohokam platform mound where Hohokam priests may have performed ceremonies, and a ballcourt where the Hohokam played games. Inside the Museum you will see exhibits on the Hohokam and learn how they lived.

School Tour Confirmation and Teacher Packet (107 kb - pdf)
Pueblo Grande Historical Information (950 kb - pdf)
Post-Visit Activities for the Classroom (68.9 kb - pdf)

Books available in the Pueblo Grande Museum Store

Desert Farmers at the River's Edge: The Hohokam and Pueblo Grande
by John P. Andrews and Todd W. Bostwick, Pueblo Grande Museum.
$10.00 retail
Desert Farmers at the River's Edge: The Hohokam and Pueblo Grande is a book written for the non-specialist about the enigmatic prehistoric people archaeologists call the Hohokam. These desert dwellers thrived in the Sonoran Desert of south central Arizona and northern Mexico for nearly fifteen hundred years. Their reliance on agriculture led to their development of the most sophisticated irrigation canal system in the New World. Mysterious architectural features of the Hohokam - platform mounds, big houses, and ballcourts - have intrigued and puzzled archaeologists for decades. Over one hundred years of excavations at the Hohokam village of Pueblo Grande, now a National Historic Landmark and museum, have led to some fascinating discoveries that shed new light on the Hohokam and Southwest Archaeology.

Hohokam Arts and Crafts
by Barbara Gronemann, Southwest Learning Sources.
$7.95 retail
Hohokam Arts and Crafts is an excellent book for teachers who wish to bring Native American craft activities into the classroom. This book covers crafts related to Hohokam ceramics, shell jewelry, cotton spinning, cloth weaving, basket weaving, gourds, and rock art. Each section presents a Hohokam craft, beginning with archaeological and ethnohistorical background information. All craft activities are presented with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations.

Videos for Sale in the Pueblo Grande Museum Store

The Land and the People
$5.00 retail
10 minutes running time
Closed Caption
This is the award winning orientation video of the Pueblo Grande Museum. This video gives a good overview of the Hohokam and the village site of Pueblo Grande. Topics covered are trade, ballcourts, platform mounds, canals, material culture, and cultural collapse.

Free Handouts from Pueblo Grande Museum
Museum Brochures
Hohokam Canal Maps
Museum Profiles -