Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago
In this Tea and Archaeology presentation, Henry Wallace of Desert Archaeology, Inc. explores how the widespread, ethnically diverse Hohokam Culture of the Sonoran Desert completely transformed around A.D. 800. This change, which happened within a generation or so, resulted in the creation of new ceremonies, new styles of decoration, new ritual architecture, and ballcourts with raised embankments. Mr. Wallace discusses how this came about through a revitalization movement and through the creation of sodalities that bound the region together with a common ideology and ritual framework. These shared ideas fostered economic interrelationships and population growth.
In this Tea and Archaeology presentation, Henry Wallace of Desert Archaeology, Inc. explores how the widespread, ethnically diverse Hohokam Culture of the Sonoran Desert completely transformed around A.D. 800. This change, which happened within a generation or so, resulted in the creation of new ceremonies, new styles of decoration, new ritual architecture, and ballcourts with raised embankments. Mr. Wallace discusses how this came about through a revitalization movement and through the creation of sodalities that bound the region together with a common ideology and ritual framework. These shared ideas fostered economic interrelationships and population growth.
