Preserved here are the archeological remains of the Hohokam culture. Hohokam is a Pima Indian word meaning "those who have gone." This site was previously know as "Snaketown."
Total size: 1,690 acres.

Photo credit, right:
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona
Emil W. Haury, Photographer

Location:
Coolidge, Arizona

Historical Facts:
Preserved here are the archeological remains of "Snaketown," a community continuously inhabited by the Hohokam/Pima cultures for over 2,000 years. It is located within the present-day Gila River Indian Reservation. This site contains essentially all phases of Hohokam cultural development from the earliest villages established around 400 B.C. up to 1450 A.D. Subsequently, the Pima occupied this same site from their first contact with the Spanish until around 1940. Excavation of the site revealed the locations of Hohokam ball courts, trash mounds and canals, as well as Pima structures occupied or abandoned in the mid-1930s.
Designation Date: October 21, 1972, by President Richard Nixon

Hohokam Pima is not open to the public.

Learn More:
Hohokam Pima Overview/NPS

Managing Agency:
National Park Service
C/o Casa Grande Ruins
1100 Ruins Drive
Coolidge, AZ 85228
(520) 723-3172