S'edav Va'aki Museum in Phoenix through the years

This aerial photograph circa 1929, with labels, shows the unexcavated Pueblo Grande platform mound and the prehistoric canals in the Park of Four Waters.

This aerial photograph from the 1940s shows the Pueblo Grande platform mound, museum, Tovrea stockyards and meat packing plant.

Pueblo Grande ruins as seen in 1957.

Pueblo Grande ruins as seen in January 1964.

Artifacts on display at Pueblo Grande Museum, now known as S'edav Va'aki Museum, in January 1964.

Artifacts on display at the Pueblo Grande Museum, now known as S'edav Va'aki Museum, in January 1964.

Pueblo Grande ruins in July 1969.

The Pueblo Grande Museum in October 1974.

Margaret T. Hance and Ken O'Dell look at ruins at Pueblo Grande in April 1976.

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Pueblo Grande as seen in November 1988.

Pueblo Grande as seen in 1988.

A worker dusts an artifact found at Pueblo Grande, now called S'edav Va'ak, in December 1988.

A worker stabilizes a wall at Pueblo Grande Museum in December 1989.

At left, the original Pueblo Grande Museum and nearby ruins.

Exterior of the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix on Jan. 20, 2021.

The Pueblo Grande Museum features an ancient Hohokam pithouse replica

Surrounded by freeways, trains, and an airport are ruins of the great platform mound at Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix. The ruins are part of the Hohokam civilization.

Laura Andrew, visitor services supervisor, stands inside the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix on Jan. 20, 2021. The museum showcases Indigenous artifacts and Hohokam ruins.

A Santa Cruz cauldron red-on-buff is on display at the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix on January 20, 2021.

Archaeologists believe this room, located on top of the Hohokam platform mound, served a special purpose from the items found in the room. Hohokam ruins can be seen at the Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix.

The gallery at the Pueblo Grande Museum.

Collections assistant Laura Andrew holds a plainware pitcher artifact from Pueblo Grande.

Replicated pithouses along the interpretive trail at the Pueblo Grande Museum.

The red-and-buff pottery is typical of the Hohokam culture on view at Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix.

Jim Britton, right, has been a mudslinger at the Pueblo Grande va’aki for 28 years. He teaches the process to new volunteers.

A view of the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.

Master's students from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism visit the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.

Master's students and faculty from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism visit the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.

Nicole Armstrong-Best, museum director at the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park, left, guides master's students from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism through the site in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.

Nicole Armstrong-Best, museum director at the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park, left, guides master's students from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism through the site in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.

Nicole Armstrong-Best, second from right, museum director at the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park, guides master's students and faculty from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism through the site in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.

Nicole Armstrong-Best, left, museum director at the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park, walks alongside Robert Hernandez, professor of professional practice at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, as she guides master's students through the site in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.

Robert Hernandez, left, professor of professional practice at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and master's student Jesse Mechanic, center, walk alongside Nicole Armstrong-Best, left, museum director at the Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park, as she guides the cohort of master's students through the site in Phoenix on March 25, 2022.