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    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Archaeological Repository and Collections

    S'edav Va'aki Museum​ is the archaeological repository for the City of Phoenix. Focused on the prehistory and history of central Arizona, the collection is mainly archaeological and includes cataloged objects, boxed research collections, paper archives, photographs, and multimedia. The collection also has a Native American ethnographic component, as well as institutional records.

    The Museum curates collections from hundreds of sites across the Phoenix metropolitan area. The collection is significant to the study of the archaeology of the Salt River Valley, Ancestral O'Odham (Hohokam) archaeology, the site of S'edav Va'aki, Pee Posh pottery, and history of the original Phoenix townsite. ​​