| Hohokam Pima National Monument | |
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 Excavated possible ballcourt at Snaketown in 1935. It has since been backfilled. | |
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| Location | Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 33°11′15″N 111°55′28″W / 33.1875°N 111.9245°W[1] |
| Area | 1,690 acres (6.8 km2)[2] |
| Authorized | October 21, 1972 |
| Owner | Gila River Indian Community |
| Official name | Snaketown |
| Designated | April 29, 1964[3] |
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 site Snaketown 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Phoenix, Arizona,[6] designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.[3] 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. There is no public access to the Hohokam Pima National Monument.[7] The museum at the nearby Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, in Coolidge, Arizona, contains artifacts from Snaketown. The Huhugam Heritage Center also has exhibits on tribal history and archaeology.[8]
Definitive dates are not clear, but the site was generally thought to be inhabited between 300 BCE and 1200 CE. Hohokam is an O’odham word meaning “those who have gone.” Specifically who the Hohokam people were and when the site was inhabited is subject to debate.
- ^ "Hohokam Pima National Monument". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved March 18, 2012. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
- ^ a b "Snaketown". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
- ^ Martin, Paul and Plog, Fred. The Archaeology of Arizona. 1973, pp. 94, 146–47
- ^ "Hohokam Pima National Monument". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Huhugam Heritage Center". www.grichhc.org. Retrieved May 11, 2022.