Dawn of a New Day
Odd S. Halseth-Pueblo Grande Photograph Collection
Odd S. Halseth (1893-1966) became the first City Archaeologist of Phoenix in 1929. Photographs on an exhibit document the excavation of the Hohokam platform mound dated 1000 A.D. located at the Pueblo Grande Museum while Halseth was the director. The collection spans 1929 to the late 1950s which demonstrates the years that archaeologists dedicate themselves to carefully "reconstruct" the past. Part of the mound has been returned to "pre-excavation" condition. The photos show the mound before it was excavated and later stages of the excavation when rooms and artifacts emerged.
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View of a doorway between rooms JH 46 |
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Pueblo Grande platform moundduring excavation. |
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Basket fragments found at the excavation site |
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Vessel in the collection |
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Room JH 43 with floor artifacts and string grid |
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Block excavations, possible showing the |
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Pueblo Grande, Hohokam platform mound dated |
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Excavated rooms JH 44, JH 45, JH 46, |
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Floor of the Storage Room showing the Post hole |
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Laboratory photograph of charred vegetal |
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Shards calculated at 2 million were evidently analyzed |
"We wish to thank the Pueblo Grande Museum of Phoenix, Arizona for their support and cooperation in the development of this exhibit. Copies of the Odd Halseth photographs depicted here can also be viewed at the Pueblo Grande Museum ."
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