<< Our Photo Pages >> Casa Grande - The Great House - Ancient Palace in United States in The Southwest
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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Casa Grande - The Great House Alternative Name: The Great HouseCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 23.741 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Coolidge Arizona
Latitude: 32.994300N Longitude: 111.5378W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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bat400 visited on 1st Jan 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Rileyy saw from a distance - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4
There are some claims made for the astronomical alignment of certain windows and structures in the building, but I believe this is still speculative. Built by Hohokam people. I've seen occupancy dates for this building and the settlement from 900 - 1400 AD. This was an agricultural community. The site may have been abandoned because of climate changes. The site is managed by the National Park Service.
Note: Prehistoric Site Under Attack by Birds, see comment.
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