A Hohokam Hybrid? Two major major cultures, cultures, the the Hohokam Hohokam and and Two the Patayan, Patayan, mingled mingled at at the the Gillespie Gillespie the Dam site site in in southwest southwest Arizona. Arizona. Dam Archaeologists are are studying studying this this Archaeologists unusual site site to to understand understand the the unusual effects of of this this cultural cultural interaction. interaction. effects
Erik Steinbach
By David Malakoff The Gila Gila Valley Valley contains contains villages villages The where the the Hohokam Hohokam and and Patyan Patyan where lived together, together, producing producing aa lived vibrant mix mix of of cultural cultural traditions. traditions. vibrant
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