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Indian Mesa
33.8953° N, -112.2828° E
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Indian Mesa is a flat top hill whose sides are steep cliffs. Indian Mesa is located within the Lake Pleasant Regional Park grounds by the shores of Lake Pleasant and Agua Fria River in the Bradshaw Mountain Range. Lake Pleasant Regional Park is within the municipal boundaries of Peoria, Arizona. On top of the mesa there are ruins of a prehistoric Hohokam village which is monitored by the Arizona Site Stewards and considered an important archaeological site by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. There is a small, steep and narrow path which begins at the skirt of the hill and leads to the top of the mesa.
Historical Timeline
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Antiquities Act enacted
June 8, 1906
Agua Fria National Monument proclaimed
January 11, 2000
Hohokam occupation
AD 1000–AD 1200
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Industrial and Craft Structures
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