Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American culture flourishing from about the 3rd century BC to the mid-15th century AD in south-central Arizona, noted for the construction of an extensive system of irrigation canals.
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- proper noun An
archaeological culture that existed from the 1st to 15th century BCE in the desert of present dayArizona .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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This fallen civilization is called Hohokam by its descendants, the Tohono O'odham people.
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This fallen civilization is called Hohokam by its descendants, the Tohono O'odham people.
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To the Pima, the Hohokam were a people of myth and legend, boastful predecessors who had been slain by the Pima's great hero, Elder Brother.
A Doomed People 1998
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While there are prehistoric canals in the Phoenix area signifying significant engineering acumen by a prehistoric people known as the Hohokam, very little is known about this group and their is no evidence to indicate any major population centers.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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While there are prehistoric canals in the Phoenix area signifying significant engineering acumen by a prehistoric people known as the Hohokam, very little is known about this group and their is no evidence to indicate any major population centers.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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That's part of a longtime mystery that may soon be solved: How did a prehistoric, egalitarian people called the Hohokam produce large quantities of decorated ceramic vessels without a "manager" hierarchy?
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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You can say "Hohokam" and people don't think you're laughing funny.
Archive 2005-07-01 JDsg 2005
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You can say "Hohokam" and people don't think you're laughing funny.
You Know You're From Arizona When... JDsg 2005
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Artifacts made in Jalisco have already turned up as far north as Arizona, where it has been proven that the Anasazi and Hohokam peoples used tools made from Jalisco obsidian.
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Artifacts made in Jalisco have already turned up as far north as Arizona, where it has been proven that the Anasazi and Hohokam peoples used tools made from Jalisco obsidian.
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