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Multi-periodSite Name: Casa Grande - Ball Court
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 14.775 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Coolidge, Arizona
Latitude: 32.996100N  Longitude: 111.53694W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Casa Grande - Ball Court
Casa Grande - Ball Court submitted by Flickr : Casa Grande Ruins: Prehistoric Ball Court While staying at the Casa Grande RV Resort, we went to visit the nearby Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, off Highway 87/287 in the town of Coolidge, Arizona. It consists of the ruins of multiple structures surrounded by a compound wall constructed by the ancient Sonoran Desert people. All of the structures are made of caliche, a naturally occurring soi... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Casa Grande - Ball Court, Pinal County, Arizona. Part of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. This structure (visible in Flash Earth aerial views) has been identified as an area for playing a ball game.

This is due to similarities of these oval "amphitheaters" at Hohokam sites to similar structures found farther south as part of Aztec and Mayan cultures. In those more southern areas simple playing areas co-exist with more formal, stone-built ball courts.

I am unsure what other archaeological evidence there is for a presumption that a ball game was played in these areas. But, these oval, flat floored structures (fairly similar in size) are found at many Hohokam village sites. What are now Arizona and New Mexico are the most northern locations for these structures in the Americas.

Occupancy dates for the Hohokam settlement from 900 - 1400 AD.

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Casa Grande - Ball Court
Casa Grande - Ball Court submitted by Flickr : Hohokam Ball Court Remains Image copyright: nigelstapuft (Brian White), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Casa Grande - Ball Court
Casa Grande - Ball Court submitted by Flickr : Casa Grande Ruins: Prehistoric Ball Court Sign While staying at the Casa Grande RV Resort, we went to visit the nearby Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, off Highway 87/287 in the town of Coolidge, Arizona. It consists of the ruins of multiple structures surrounded by a compound wall constructed by the ancient Sonoran Desert people. All of the structures are made of caliche, a naturally occurrin... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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