Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites is a site in Arizona that is significant for its association with Native American history. It is believed that this area was settled around 450 AD. Due to major population movements among other factors, the site was abandoned by 1450 AD.
Pueblo Grande features a large platform mound with retaining walls, which was once surmounted by walled structures. This massive structure contains over 20,000 cubic meters (yards) of fill. There were also many houses and at least three ball courts. By 750 CE they began building these ball courts.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
It consists of two parts that were in adjacent properties, both associated with the same history. They were listed separately in the National Register of Historic Places as Pueblo Grande Ruin and Hohokam-Pima Irrigation Sites on the October 15, 1966 date when all National Historic Landmark sites were administratively listed. It includes an historic platform mound and irrigation canals.
The City of Phoenix manages the sites as the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park.
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