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Besh-Ba-Gowah is a 200-room prehistoric Salado masonry pueblo located atop a broad ridge overlooking Pinal Creek. The site is situated one mile southwest from 
All walled architecture at Besh-Ba-Gowah consists of unshaped, large to moderate-sized, granite cobble masonry laid with a clay mortar. Evidence suggests interior room walls were commonly plastered with this mortar or a more calcareous mixture resulting in white-colored finished walls. There are some indications that at least selected exterior wall surfaces were also plastered with the original clay mortar. Often the basal masonry course consisted of upright vertical slabs, presently considered characteristic of Salado masonry architecture.
Excavations at the Besh-Ba-Gowah site were funded originally by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and then by the
File:Besh-ba-gowah-unexcavated-rooms.jpg, Besh-Ba-Gowah, unexcavated rooms, Globe, AZ
File:Besh-ba-gowah-roof detail1.jpg, Besh-Ba-Gowah, roof detail, Globe, AZ
File:Besh-ba-gowah-looking-south-west.jpg, Besh-Ba-Gowah, modern day, looking south west, Globe, AZ
File:Besh-ba-gowah-diorama.jpg, Besh-Ba-Gowah diorama, looking south west, GlobeAZ
File:Besh-ba-gowah-diorama2.jpg, Besh-Ba-Gowah, diorama looking south down central corridor, Globe, AZ
File:Besh-ba-gowah-main-corridor.jpg, Besh-Ba-Gowah, looking south down main corridor, Globe, AZ
Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park and Museum
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Globe, Arizona
Globe ( apw, Bésh Baa Gowąh "Place of Metal") is a city in Gila County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,249. The city is the county seat of Gila County. Globe was founded c. 1875 as a mining ca ...
and surrounded by a small city park and adjacent museum with excavated items including prehistoric pottery, stone and woven artifacts. The site is operated by the city as Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park and Museum.
Besh-Ba-Gowah was occupied by Salado populations between AD 1225 and AD 1400. "Salado" is the term applied to the complex of cultural attributes of the prehistoric peoples who inhabited the Globe/Miami and Tonto Basin
The Tonto Basin, also known as Pleasant Valley, covers the main drainage basin of Tonto Creek and its tributaries in central Arizona, at the southwest of the Mogollon Rim, the higher elevation '' transition zone'' across central and eastern Ariz ...
regions between AD 1150 and AD 1450.
Besh-Ba-Gowah architecture consists of multi-storied, masonry room block clusters connected by long, narrow corridors or elongated plazas. These room blocks and corridors are situated around a large communal plaza area measuring 12 meters north–south by 27 meters east/west.
Material recovered from Besh-Ba-Gowah has formed the foundation for the profession's current understanding and definition of the Salado culture concept. Thus, Besh-Ba-Gowah is considered one of the Salado culture "type sites".
All walled architecture at Besh-Ba-Gowah consists of unshaped, large to moderate-sized, granite cobble masonry laid with a clay mortar. Evidence suggests interior room walls were commonly plastered with this mortar or a more calcareous mixture resulting in white-colored finished walls. There are some indications that at least selected exterior wall surfaces were also plastered with the original clay mortar. Often the basal masonry course consisted of upright vertical slabs, presently considered characteristic of Salado masonry architecture.
Excavations at the Besh-Ba-Gowah site were funded originally by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and then by the Works Projects Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...
. The "ruin represents one of the few remaining, reconstructed and stabilized examples of archaeological projects undertaken within Arizona to alleviate critical unemployment during the Depression.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1984. Includes photos, including from 1937 and 1983. ()
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Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park and Museum
– City of Globe {{authority control Archaeological sites in Arizona Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Buildings and structures in Globe, Arizona Museums in Gila County, Arizona Archaeological museums in Arizona Native American museums in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Gila County, Arizona