Hohokam

[ huh-hoh-kuhm ]

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of an American Indian culture of the central and southern deserts of Arizona, about a.d. 450–1450, roughly contemporaneous with the Anasazi culture to the north.

noun

1. the Hohokam culture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hohokam¹

First recorded in 1935–40; coined by U.S. anthropologist and archaeologist Jesse Walker Fewkes (1850-1939) from O'odham huhugam “those who are gone,” a term applied to the ancient inhabitants of the pueblo ruins

Example Sentences

The Mariners travel to Hohokam Stadium in Mesa to face the Oakland A’s on Tuesday afternoon.

From Seattle Times

More than 1,000 years ago, the Hohokam dug hundreds of miles of irrigation canals through the desert and slept in pit houses to escape the worst of the summer heat.

From Los Angeles Times

The Mariners travel to Hohokam Park to face the Oakland A’s on Wednesday afternoon.

From Seattle Times

If the outside of the berms is riotous nature, the interior is sleek and calm; gently sloping white walls bear glyphs inspired by Hohokam petroglyphs found in Southern Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times

It sprouted from the desert floor in the early 1800s, long before Arizona became the 48th state in 1912, on the site of an ancient Hohokam settlement.

From Washington Post