The University of Arizona Press
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Time: 6 p.m., MST
Where: Tumamoc Hill Boathouse (bottom of the hill), 1675 W. Anklam Rd., Tucson
Linda M. Gregonis and Victoria Evans, authors of The Hohokam and Their World, will talk with Tucson archaeologist Gail Hartmann as part of the Tuesday Tumamoc Author Series. They will speak on “Hohokam Art Forms and the Sonoran Desert.” Tumamoc Hill is a rich Hohokam archaeology site. Learn more about Hohokam through the material that they left behind in the Sonoran Desert—pottery, shell ornaments, carved stone, and rock imagery? How did the Hohokam convey ideas about water, the Sonoran Desert, the ocean, travel, ancestors, and the cosmos?
This event is free and open to the public, and it is co-sponsored by the Desert Laboratory at Tumamoc Hill and the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona. Please register here.
About the book:
Gregonis and Evans discuss how artists drew inspiration from their Sonoran Desert homeland and were also influenced by the cultures of western Mexico, the hunter-gatherers of the western desert, the Mogollon to the east, and the Pueblo cultures of the northern Southwest. Unlike traditional archaeological texts, this book takes a holistic approach by examining a diverse range of artistic expressions used by the Hohokam. From intricately crafted pottery to mesmerizing carvings in rock, each medium offers a unique glimpse into the Hohokam’s relationship with their environment and the wider world.
