Hohokam culture: Quick Facts

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prehistoric farming cultures of southwestern North America

Hohokam petroglyphs etched on large sunlit rocks, with saguaro cacti and Signal Hill visible in the Sonoran Desert landscape of Saguaro National Park, Arizona.

Hohokam pottery

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas Ancestral Pueblo culture Mogollon culture Archaic culture Mississippian culture Big-Game Hunting Tradition Woodland cultures Desert cultures Old Cordilleran culture Stone tool industry Moche

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