The walls and roof were made of vertical beams. They dug a shallow hole 3 feet deep and then built the wall of the house. A pithouse is a house built into the ground. There are two types of Hohokam houses, pithouses and adobe houses. What kind of houses did the Hohokam live in? The Hohokam lived in the Phoenix Basin along the Gila and Salt Rivers, in southern Arizona along the Santa Cruz and San Pedro Rivers, and north on the Lower Verde River and along the New and Agua Fria Rivers. It is believed they migrated north from Tucson, Arizona to south-central Phoenix, Arizona.

The Hohokam are thought to have been around between 300 B.C. In the arid desert environment of the Salt and Gila River Valleys, the homeland of the Hohokam, there was not enough rainfall to grow crops. The Hohokam were the only culture in North America to rely on irrigation canals to supply water to their crops. What are two facts about the Hohokam of what is now the state of Arizona? The Hohokam Core was located along rivers, and as such inhabited a prime trade position. The Hohokam also extended into the Mogollon Rim.

Did the Hohokam live in the Sonoran Desert?Ĭollectively, the Core and Peripheries formed the greater Hohokam Regional System, which occupied the northern or Upper Sonoran Desert in Arizona.

8 How were the Hohokam different from the Anasazi?.

6 What kind of houses did the Hohokam live in?.

3 What are two facts about the Hohokam of what is now the state of Arizona?.

2 Did the Hohokam live in the Sonoran Desert?.

Where were the hohokam located