Although a local creation, Hohokam culture drew on Mesoamerican materials and ideas. From about the sixth century c.e., the large villages had ball courts and platform mounds similar to those in Mesoamerica at the time. Mesoamerican influence was also ______ in the creations of Hohokam artists, who worked in clay, stone, turquoise, and shell. Archaeologists have uncovered rubber balls, macaw feathers, cottonseeds, and copper bells from Mesoamerica at Hohokam sites.
