The authors would like to thank many people who assisted with this book. We greatly appreciate help from Roger Lidman, Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) administrator for his support and encouragement; PGM staff Laura Andrew, Tom Brewer, Francis DeCurtis, Mike Fulghum, Pam Groff, Thomas Hulen, Wilmer Joshevama, Kraig Kemp, Rob Kent, Esteban Linares, Barbara Moulard, Cathy Reigle, Robert Serocki, Steve Ross, Isabel Worden-Klym and Holly Young; PGM Auxiliary members Beverly Schueneman, Ed Grobe, Mary Grobe, Courtney Hammond and Clifford Straitor; and our wives Christina Andrews and Heidi Bostwick for their comments and suggestions.
Information about the Pueblo Grande Expressway Project was obtained from Soil Systems, Inc.; Cory Breternitz, Michael Foster, Douglas Mitchell and David Abbott and from Bettina Rosenberg, Arizona Department of Transportation.
Christian Downum, director of the Anthropology Laboratories at Northern Arizona University, provided his interpretation of the architectural construction sequence of the Pueblo Grande platform mound.
Illustrations were accomplished by Todd Bostwick, Glena Cain, Allison Dean and Jonathan Joha. Some illustrations were modified for the Web pages, photographs and slides were scanned and the text converted to Web pages by James Q. Jacobs as a Service Learning project at Mesa Community College. Photography furnished by Todd Bostwick and Pueblo Grande Museum. Photo of extinct mammals by J. Q. Jacobs is of a life-sized mural in the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico.
The City of Phoenix Parks, Recreation and Library Department provided financial support for the publication of the book.
