The Cohonina peoples inhabited the north-western area of Arizona, to the west of the Grand Canyon in the United States.

[1][2] First identified in 1937 by Lyndon Hargrave, surveying pottery for the Museum of Northern Arizona, they are named for the Hopi term for the Yuman, Havasupai, and Walapai peoples who inhabited the area and are thought to be descended from the Cohonina.

[4] They are thought to have lived between 500 and 1200,[1][5] evolving alongside the Anasazi and enjoying a period of fertility, producing "significant" amounts of pottery,[6] before worsening weather conditions – arid soils and rain erosion – forced them from their homelands.

These pieces are largely constructed using "paddle-and-anvil" methods, with black and grey illustrations, and are found west of the San Francisco Peaks, east of Aubrey Cliffs, and south of the Grand Canyon.

Between 900 and 1100, large walls of stone surrounded Cohonina forts, and masonry has been found in housing dated from this period.