Built 900 A.D. Designated NHL July 19, 1964 Area 77 ha Nearest city Gila Bend | NRHP Reference # 66000183 Opened 900 AD Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | |
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Similar Casa Malpaís, Kinishba Ruins, Historical buildings and struct, Agate House Pueblo, Painted Rock Petroglyp | ||
The Gatlin Site is an archaeological site in Arizona that preserves one of the few documented Hohokam platform mounds. Associated with the mound are pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals. Between AD 800 and 1200 it was an important Hohokam settlement at the great bend of the Gila River. The Hohokam people were the first farmers in southern Arizona, where the permanent Salt and Gila Rivers flowing through the hot Sonoran Desert made the irrigation strategy possible. The site is the largest in the area and was home to over 500 people. Its importance is indicated by the presence of two ceremonial ball courts and one of the earliest platform mounds known. The mound is notable as being one of only few excavated and documented Sedentary Period platform mounds still relatively intact.
The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
The Gatlin Site belongs to the town of Gila Bend, Arizona, which is developing it as a regional cultural park.