Grasshopper Pueblo

The settlement was a multicultural community[2] that housed people from Puebloan, Mogollon and possibly Salado[3] backgrounds, et al.[4] Initial excavations of the "extremely large" masonry pueblo found 500 rooms, two smaller pueblos of 20 to 30 rooms, multiple kivas, hearths, courtyards, refuse dumps, multiple cemeteries, grave goods, and animal burials.[6] The buildings are located in a mountain meadow at an estimated elevation of 5,922 feet (1,805 m) above sea level;[7] Salt River Draw runs through the middle of settlement, suggesting the waterway was used as a natural boundary between neighborhoods.[5] Anonymous donations funded the construction of a kitchen, classroom and student housing at the site (which was leased from the White Mountain Apache tribe)[10] in support of annual summer excavation work.LBJ's daughter Lynda Bird Johnson attended the Grasshopper Field School as a "special student" for two weeks in 1965.[6] Other notable archeological sites in east-central Arizona include Kinishba, Canyon Creek, Forestdale, Point of Pines, and Vernon.
Bowl with Grasshopper , ceramic created by a Mogollon artist, c. 1100 (Photo: Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art )
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