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The Hohokam: Masters of the Desert

Learn about the Hohokam, a people who made beautiful art, employed cooperative decision making with strong centralized leadership, and developed extensive public architecture. But see why their real claim to fame was building more than 700 miles of sophisticated irrigation canals—the largest and most highly-engineered irrigation system constructed in the Pre-Columbian New World—segments of which are still visible today.

English
  • Originally Aired June 21, 2018
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created June 24, 2021 by
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  • Modified June 24, 2021 by
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