Foam Donuts & Booger Tape
Before we get to the delectably delightful main dish of foam donuts, allow us to introduce ourselves: Pueblo Grande Museum is the repository for archaeological collections for the City of Phoenix. That...
View ArticleCrafts With Terry: Tortoise Rattle!
Today is Crafts With Terry Thursdays! Learn how to make your very own Tortoise Rattle. Download the template and follow the steps below. Don't forget to share your creations with us on social...
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The Hohokam, or ancestral Sonoran Desert people, built and maintained a massive prehistoric canal system from roughly A.D. 450-1450. Why they discontinued using their monumental irrigation system is a...
View ArticleWordsearchWednesdays!
This week's WordsearchWednesdays brings you a Hohokam word search! Download and print with the link below! Hohokam Word Search
View ArticleCrafts With Terry: Desert Puppets!
It's Crafts With Terry Thursday! Download the Desert Puppets Templates below! Desert Puppets 1Desert Puppets 2
View ArticleArchaeology!
It's time for a new #WordsearchWednesdays! This week's topic is Archaeology! Download and print the Archaeology Wordsearch!
View Article#WordSearchWednesdays!
It's time for a new Word Search Wednesdays! This week's theme is Desert Animals! There are many desert animals that live on site at Pueblo Grande. Download and print out the Desert Animals Word Search...
View ArticleEarth Day!
Desert Plants is PGM's first word search for #WordsearchWednesdays in celebration of Earth Day! Many different types of desert plants grow on site at Pueblo Grande. You can learn about them with our...
View ArticlePottery Coloring Sheets
One of the most recognizable artifacts produced by the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People is their pottery. Pottery comes in many different shapes and sizes including jars, bowls, and plates. A variety...
View Article90th Anniversary Blog Series: Artifact 5
90th Anniversary Blog Series #5In 2019, Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) will be observing our 90th anniversary as an institution. As part of our celebration, we’re featuring interesting research happening...
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In 2019, Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) will be observing our 90th anniversary as an institution. As part of our celebration, we’re featuring interesting research happening at PGM. One of our largest...
View Article90th Anniversary Blog Series: Artifact 3
In 2019, Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) will be observing our 90th anniversary as an institution. As part of our celebration, we’re featuring interesting research happening at PGM.One of our largest...
View Article90th Anniversary Blog Series: Artifact 2
In 2019, Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) will be observing our 90th anniversary as an institution. As part of our celebration, we’re featuring interesting research happening at PGM.One of our largest...
View ArticleSherds! Glorious Sherds!
A larger "life-size" print of this photograph is currently on display in our Changing Gallery exhibit Fragments: Broken Bowls Tell More Tales" It is from Pueblo Grande Museum’s (PGM) photo archives....
View ArticleMeet the Artist: Xavier Quijas Yxayotl
Come listen to Xavier Quijas Yxayotl make the earth sing with his hand-made traditional Mayan and Aztec instruments on Sunday, October, 28 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Pueblo Grande Museum. Under the night sky...
View Article90th Anniversary Blog Series: Artifact 1
In 2019, Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) will be observing our 90th anniversary as an institution. As part of our celebration, we’re featuring interesting research happening at PGM.One of our largest...
View ArticleThrow Back Thursday
We have a threefer for this Throw Back Thursday! These three photographs are from the Phoenix Chinatown archaeology project ca. 1990. The excavations were conducted prior to the construction of America...
View ArticleFrankly My Dear....
One of the recently received archaeological collections at Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM) is the Community Noise Reduction Program (CNRP).The CNRP is part of a noise mitigation program for residents of...
View ArticlePGM Artifact of the Month
Meet Pueblo Grande Museum's Artifact of the Month for August2016-12-003-1"What is this?" you ask! Well we aren't completely sure exactly. Similar, but larger, objects have been found at sites...
View ArticlePGM Artifact of the Month
MEET PGM ARTIFACT 2013.16.197 From the site of Pueblo Grande, this small modeled spindle whorl is decorated with punctations (holes). It is made from clay and measures 2.1 cm in diameter and the center...
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