Archaeologist Lillie Lisle’s life ambition is to find answers to the disappearance of the ancient people of the American Southwest known as the Hohokam. Convinced those answers lie at the foot of Black Mountain in Tucson, Arizona, she undertakes a frustrating process to gain permission to excavate the area. With the excavation finally underway she becomes haunted with mysterious visions and dreams. Alone at the site she uncovers an unexplained artifact that leads her to the edge of the continent and her psyche, where she meets Viking archaeologist Lars Svensson. An epic saga of time and space, Dance of the Hummingbirds crosses the globe and a millennium leading Lillie to the story of two ancient people and her own ancestral past. It is the story of a young archaeologist who discovers herself as the hummingbirds dance.