The va’aki, popularly called a platform mound, at Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park was built sometime in the Classic Period (1150-1450 C.E.) by the Hohokam, archaeologists say.
Amber Victoria Singer Cronkite News PHOENIX — Most museums ask guests not to touch the artifacts, but once a month, Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park encourages visitors to throw mud at a more than 800-year-old structure.
Montero said the purpose of the mudslinging is to stabilize the structure, and throwing the mud is the only way to get it to stick. Britton came up with the idea to add the polymer about 23 years ago. He said it’s used at a few other sites as well. Some people scoop and squirt water with empty plastic bottles, but Britton prefers a different method.Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio The water brush is the same as the brushes used to remove loose dirt, just wet. Over the course of the morning, quite a few dirt brushes became water brushes.
“The platform mound itself was likely a place where villagers with key roles lived, at least part time,” said Pueblo Grande Museum research associate Doug Mitchell in a lecture on the museum’s website.
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