1,000-Year-Old Hohokam Fort Over Phoenix—What Was It For? @willorocks

Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Hidden Hohokam mountain forts near Phoenix, AZ.
We hike a hilltop ruin with crumbling stone walls—were these lookout posts, refuge sites, or trade-route defenses?
Epic views, ancient engineering, and a desert stronghold worth the climb.
Watch more in Secrets of the Hohokam.

#hohokam #phoenix #arizona #ancientruins #arizonahistory

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1,000-Year-Old Hohokam Fort Over Phoenix—What Was It For?