Hohokam - Wikipedia
WEBHohokam (/ h oʊ h oʊ ˈ k ɑː m /) was a culture in the North American Southwest in what is now part of south-central Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico. It existed between 300 and 1500 CE, with cultural precursors possibly as early as 300 BCE. [1]
The Hohokam - Arizona Museum of Natural History
WEBThe Hohokam are typically considered to be a southwestern Native American culture. Yet they clearly have very strong ties to the cultures of Mesoamerica, especially Mexico. Hohokam platform mounds are similar to mounds built and used in Mexico by such groups as the Toltec, Aztec and Maya.
Hokokam culture | Facts, Achievements, & Disappearance
WEBHohokam culture, prehistoric North American Indians who lived approximately from 200 to 1400 ce in the semiarid region of present-day central and southern Arizona, largely along the Gila and Salt rivers.
Hohokam Culture - U.S. National Park Service
WEBAug 14, 2017 · The Hohokam are probably most famous for their creation of extensive irrigation canals along the Salt and Gila rivers. In fact, the Hohokam had the largest and most complex irrigation systems of any culture in the New World north of Peru.
Who or What Is Hohokam? - Archaeology Southwest
WEBArchaeologists recognize the material culture of the ancestors who lived from about A.D. 400 to 1450—which researchers call “Hohokam”—as something distinct from what came before and what followed.
Culture History of Southern Arizona: Hohokam
WEBSometime during the later half of the 14th century CE, the Hohokam of the Phoenix Basin entered a period of social disruption and community disintegration. There appear to be several causes including drought, flooding, and warfare.
The Hohokam - Arizona Ruins
WEBThe Hohokam were a prehistoric people that inhabited the Sonoran desert of central Arizona from about AD 300 to AD 1400. Occupying the region around modern-day Phoenix along the Salt and Gila Rivers, the Hohokam were one of several relatively advanced cultures in the American Southwest during that period.
The Hohokam: The Land & The People — Google Arts & Culture
WEBThe Hohokam lived in central and southern Arizona from about AD 1 to 1450. They were expert farmers, and engineered over 1000 miles of canals to irrigate fields. Major...
Hohokam - Science of the American Southwest (U.S. National …
WEBMar 27, 2018 · Hohokam. The word Hohokam is a Piman language term for “all used up” or “exhausted,” and the name given by archeologists to the ancient farming peoples of the southern deserts of Arizona.
Hohokam - American Southwest Virtual Museum
WEBThe Hohokam represent one of the largest and most complex societies in the Southwest. At the cultural peak of the Hohokam in the “Classic” period of the A.D. 1100s through 1400s, there were tens of thousands of Hohokam people living in large villages scattered throughout the Phoenix Basin.
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