Hohokam Ancient Age North America By Region

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 descendents 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 México 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.

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• - A minor Hohokam site near Tucson.
  
• - An article from the Tucson Weekly on ancient Hohokam sports.
  
• - Computer rendering of an ancient Hohokam dwelling.
  
• - A computer model of an ancient Hohokam village, with text information available for each part of the village.
  
• - Profile of the ancient Hohokam people, with links to monument sites.
  
• - Indexed links to the prehistory of these two Southwestern peoples.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A brief discussion of the Hohokam presence around this old fort, north of Tucson.
  
  

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