Hohokam Pima

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The Hohokam Pima National Monument is an ancient Hohokam village within the Gila River Indian Community, near present-day Sacaton, Arizona.

From about 300 AD to 1200 AD, Snaketown was a thriving village, inhabited by as many as 2,000 Hohokam. These ancient people carved a living out of the desert with pit houses and irrigation canals to cultivate beans, maize, squash, corn, cotton and fruits.

The "Monument" is located on the Gila River Indian Reservation and is under tribal ownership. The Gila River Indian Community has decided not to open the extremely sensitive area to the public.

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At the Hohokam Pima National Monument, excavations have revealed a the remains of an ancient farming culture. Learn about this Arizona site.

View of Snaketown site, 2008 The Hohokam Pima National Monument is an ancient Hohokam village within the Gila River Indian Community, near present-day Sacaton, Arizona. The monument features the archaeological Snaketown, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The area was further protected by declaring it a National Monument in 1972, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The site is owned by the Gila River Indian Community, which has decided not to open the area to the public. The museum at the nearby Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, in Coolidge, Arizona, contains artifacts from Snaketown. There is no public access to the Hohokam Pima National Monument.

Hohokam Pima National Monument, Goodyear Road, Chandler, AZ 85248

Other articles where Hohokam Pima National Monument is discussed: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument: …northwest of Casa Grande is Hohokam Pima National Monument (established 1972), which covers 2.6 square miles (6.7 square km). The monument, which is in the Gila River Indian Reservation, preserves partially excavated village sites established many centuries before the Salado by the Hohokam people. The Hohokam (whose name is a…

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