In Tempe they are building a new bike path along the old spur railroad track that paralleled Eighth Street. Just east of Rural Road they discovered the site of an ancient Hohokum structure. It is a bigger house than a pit house with wide foundations that indicated that it was multiple stories high. Other evidence led the Archeology team to conclude that it was not a mound.
One of the very coolest discoveries was footprints of the people who built one of the floors circa 1300.
Being able to see this discovery before it is carefully covered up was thrilling. The work was conducted by the consulting firm Logan Simpson and the presenter Mark Hackbarth did a really terrific job of explaining what we were seeing.
