Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
The "big house" referred to in the name of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is a four-story building constructed in the 14th century by the Hohokam people.
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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Details
The "big house" referred to in the name of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is a four-story building constructed in the 14th century by the Hohokam people. These ancestors of modern Native American tribes in southern Arizona had a sophisticated culture, with established trade routes, extensive crop irrigation systems, and large communities like the one at Casa Grande. Like many other ancient people of the Southwest, however, they mysteriously abandoned their lands hundreds of years before Europeans arrived in the New World. Visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument can view a film and browse the museum at the park visitor center and take guided or self-guided tours of the ruins, which rise starkly amid the saguaro cacti of the Sonoran Desert.
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