During the month of January 2008 I traveled the state of Arizona. I was in the process of researching my History Master Thesis titled “Migrations, Exchanges, Connections and Legacy: Reconsidering Hopi and Maya History”. I had already spent significant time in the Yucatan, home of the Yucatec Maya. For this trip I spent time in the homeland of the Hopi and their ancestors, known as the Sinagua, Anasazi and Hohokam. My trip began by driving from Phoenix south to Tucson, north to the Hopi Mesas, and concluded by driving back south to Phoenix. Some people describe the desert as lifeless, others as full of life. I can understand how one might perceive the desert as dry and drab if only looking from a vehicle racing down a highway. I got out of my car and became
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