Middle Gila River (Geographic Keyword)
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This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". For over a century, archaeologists have investigated the vast network of prehistoric Hohokam canal irrigation systems in the lower Salt and middle Gila river valleys, as well as in other areas of southern Arizona. However, documentation of the agricultural fields in which prehistoric farmers irrigated their crops generally was lacking until the last...
Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Site Patterning on the Middle Gila River, Arizona (2004)
Archaeologists reconstruct settlement patterns from the spatial distribution of archaeological sites, features, and artifacts that are found as part of a modern physical landscape. This physical landscape is made up of active and inactive landforms. In order to accurately interpret archaeological survey data, it is important to understand the types and origins of the landforms on which these cultural remains occur (Barton et al. 1999, 2002; Butzer 1982; Bettis and Mandel 2002; Waters and...