Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

This project contains documents relative to the 1892-1992 centennial of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument including a book and related documents and images from an administratve history of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument prepared by A. Berle Clemensen. Additional Documents include the scanned figures and images used in the publication. These documents were prepared for the National Park Service.

This project includes images, documents and maps regarding yearly pageants held at Compound B at the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument between 1926 through 1930.

This project is documentation of excavations done at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument by Russell Hastings.

This project includes compiled and scanned portions of reports from 1930-1940. Frank Pinkley, who was the superintendent of the Southwestern Monuments, frequently added a rumination portion to the Southwestern Monument reports. These ruminations provide a unique look into the personality, insight and sense of humor of Frank Pinkley

This project contains hand drawn topographic maps from 1931. Due to the sensitive nature of this data, permission is required to access this data.

These images are various division master plans for the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Included are topographic maps in reference to headquarter, interpretation, road and trail systems, archaeological base map, general utilities and general development. The information reflects a very comprehensive future endeavor to revamp the monument.

This project contains architectural documentation prepared by David Wilcox and Lynette Shenk for the National Park Service. These documents were prepared as a deliverable under P.O. no 810060035. The sheets and images are also available in Wilcox and Shenk’s The Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation.

This project contains scanned images of Architectural Documentation of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The documents were prepared by the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation at Ohio State University Columbus under the Direction of the National Park Service. The architectural documentation was prepared using terrestrial photogrammetry and a phototheodolite.

This project contains architectural documentation prepared by David Wilcox and Charles for the National Park Service. The sheets and images are also available in Wilcox and Sternberg's "Additional Studies of the Architecture of the Casa Grande and Its Interpretation.

This document is a report regarding the radio carbon dating of the wooden beams used in the construction of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It was done through the National Park Service Purchase Order PX 8100-0-0076 P.O.

This project contains documents created during the University of Pennsylvania's conservation assessment program at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Resources within this project include: condition assessments, reports, architectural drawings, images, and other related documents. Project work began in 1996 and continued through 2000. This project was funded by the National Park Service under a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Pennsylvania #144CA125097001 and 7029-2-0001.

This project contains ortho-rectified images created from 3D Lidar scanning & mapping. Images and maps are in multiple digital formats including PDF's and AutoCAD files. Work was completed by Western Mapping, a subcontractor of 4G Consulting. This project was funded by the National Park Service, Department of Interior, P.O. D8610080001.

This is a collection of CAGR correspondence over time. This correspondence cover a wide variety of subjects including project proposals, project acceptance and project rejection. Their authors include superintendents, archaeologists, consultants and contractors.

This project concerns the astronomical features of the Great House at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It covers all times periods of Hohokam existence including the Pioneer, Colonial, Sedentary and Classic periods. There are comparisons drawn to other prehistoric sites such as Chichen Itza in their construction and application. There is discussion regarding the use of the astronmical features to track the winter and summer solstices.

This project contains preservation and stabilization documents related to Compound A, a Hohokam Classic period compound with a Great House. Resources included in the project include historic and modern preservation and excavation documentation including; reports, memos, images, maps, and condition assessment forms.

This project contains excavation documents related to Compound A, a Hohokam Classic period compound with a Great House. Resources included in the project include historic and modern preservation and excavation documentation including; reports, memos, images, maps

This project contains misc. images, maps, and documents of Compound B, a compound site containing 2 platform mounds. Many of the resources are historic and include post excavation photographs from 1907-1908.

Cosmos Mindeff reported on the stabilization and preservation activities at Casa Grande Ruins in 1891 in the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. This work is the first known incident of the federal government actively preserving a prehistoric site. Casa Grande Ruins was established as the first cultural preserve the following year in 1892. Additional documents within this project include maps, correspondence, and references related to this work.

This project regards the Grewe archaeological site in Coolidge, Arizona. Included are reports, maps and images of the Grewe site and surrounding related sites. The project examines ceramic form, material, use and manufacture along with sketches of artifact found. Other artifacts detailed are arrow heads and shell.

This project contains Harold Gladwin's publication on his excavations at Casa Grande Ruins, the Grewe site and Adamsville. An additional document represents correspondence between NPS archeologist John Andresen and Gladwin from 1980 with a map indicating the location of his excavations within the monument.

This project contains various historic maps and images of the Salt River and Gila Valley. These maps include prehistoric canal systems of the Hohokam Indians. Some maps also include modern irrigation projects and water ways of the time period.

This project contains diverse works of Jesse Walter Fewkes over time on the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument including tables, maps, images and reports.

This project contains documents of preservation activities conducted at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument by National Park Service staff from 1892 through the present. Resources included in the project include historic and modern preservation documentation including; reports, memos, images, maps, and condition assessment forms.