Hohokamn.adj.
/həʊhəʊˈkɑːm/ A. n.
a. An extinct people of North American Indians.
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Hohokam1884
Red Paint1913
Ancestral Puebloan1994
1884 A. F. Bandelier in Archæol. Inst. Amer. Rep. 5 80 The Casa Blanca and all the ruins of the Gila were the abode of the fore-fathers of the Pimas, designated by them as ‘Vĭ-pĭ-sĕt’ (great-grandparents), or ‘Ho-ho-q̌om’ (the extinct ones).
1912 J. W. Fewkes Casa Grande, Ariz. 153 The Pima name Hohókam may be adopted to designate this ancestral stock, to whom may be ascribed the erection of the casas grandes on the Gila.
1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) xviii. 809 Ceremonial kivas did not develop among the Hohokam, but there were dugout courts for a ritual ball game.
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b. The culture of this people, centred in Arizona and flourishing after c450, characterized by irrigated agriculture and houses built in pits.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people or culture.
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mound-building1849
Hohokam1937
Ancestral Puebloan1989
1937 Southwestern Lore Dec. 54 As a result of investigations conducted at Winona Village certain archaeological discoveries have definitely explained the affiliation with the Hohokam Culture.
1940 E. Fergusson Our Southwest 116 What happened to the early Hohokam people is still in dispute.
1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) xviii. 809 Parallel to the Anasazi development is the Hohokam one of lowland, desert, torrid southern Arizona.
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