Hohokam

Hohokam [huh-hoh-kuh m] Word Origin 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

2. the Hohokam culture.

Origin of Hohokam coined by U.S. anthropologist J.W. Fewkes Pima-Papago huhugam those who are gone, a term applied to the ancient inhabitants of the pueblo ruins