Casa Grande Ruin Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 289-318

"Casa Grande Ruin" by Cosmos Mindeleff is a scholarly report about the Casa Grande ruin in southern Arizona. It goes into the architecture and historical meaning of this important Native American site. The report gives specific facts about the ruin, like its size, how it was built, and how the rooms were set up, also noting how it is different from other Pueblo buildings to the north because of the special way it was built and effects of the surrounding environment. The report also talks about stories and accounts of explorers and missionaries from the past, connecting the ruin to the Pima people. Mindeleff works to recreate the ruin's importance in the field of Southwestern archaeology using clear descriptions and pictures.