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Hohokam Rock Imagery, Mountain Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley

2025-06-24 17:00:00 2025-06-24 18:30:00 America/Phoenix Hohokam Rock Imagery, Mountain Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley Mustang Library - Auditorium

Tuesday, June 24
5:00pm - 6:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-24 17:00:00 2025-06-24 18:30:00 America/Phoenix Hohokam Rock Imagery, Mountain Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley Mustang Library - Auditorium

Mustang Library

Auditorium

McDowell Sonoran Conservancy

Drawing from his award-winning book Religion on the Rocks: Hohokam Rock Art, Ritual Practice, and Social Transformation, Dr. Aaron Wright argues that Hohokam rock imagery in the Salt River Valley was not produced exclusively by religious specialists (shamans), but that there was a more equitable distribution of religious knowledge and ritual power within Hohokam communities. With the South Mountains under focus, Wright also presents evidence that most of the petroglyphs were created during the Hohokam Preclassic era between A.D. 450 and 1050, and that production and use of the rock imagery ebbed or even ended at the beginning of the Hohokam Classic period.

Capacity is limited, first come first serve. No registration or sign up required.

Mustang Library

Phone: 480-312-7323

Opening hours
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Scottsdale
, AZ 85258
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About the library

Opened June 13, 1987

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35 public-use computers

Drive-up window service

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