Directory of Hohokam Resources

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Hohokam is a Pima word meaning "the ones who have gone", referring to their ancestors in Central Arizona. If the Pima and Tohono O'Odham tribes are considered descendants of the Hohokam, they are among the most stable indigenous societies on earth, having remained in Central and Southern Arizona for over two-thousand years. The first Hohokam arrived in what is now Northern Mexico in approximately 0 A.D. The civilization reached its zenith over a thousand years ago, when the population neared 1 million and major Hohokam cities existed in the vicinity of present-day Phoenix and Casa Grande, constructed around the confluence of the Gila and Salt Rivers was later dug out and contributed to the phenomenal growth of Phoenix after 1890. They disappeared inexplicably around 1400 A.D.

Resources in This Category

• 3D Hohokam Pithouse

  http://www.pleione.com/pithouse/
  Computer rendering of an ancient Hohokam dwelling.

• Hohokam Ballplayers Made The Bleachers At Yankee Stadium Seem Tame By Comparison

  http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/11-13-97/curr2.htm
  An article from the Tucson Weekly on ancient Hohokam sports.

• Pueblo Grande Platform Mound, A Labor Investment Analysis

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/southwest/pueblo_grande.html
  Various authors have estimated and/or directly surveyed the size of the Pueblo Grande platform mound. Based on the platform mound size of 300 x 100 x 15 feet, a volume estimate of 450,000 cubic feet was arrived at.

• The Hohokam Desert People

  http://www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_hoh.html
  Profile of the ancient Hohokam people, with links to monument sites.

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