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DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Swanson. Ryan Arp.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". EPG conducted Phase I data recovery at ancestral O’odham/Hohokam site AZ T:12:91(ASM) south of the Salt River in Laveen, Arizona. Excavation revealed a prehistoric distribution or branch canal and two laterals. Although Phase II data recovery was not warranted, we did perform stripping of overburden above the junction of the distribution canal and one...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeryll Moreno. Mark Brodbeck.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". As early as 1887 Hemenway visited the Salt River Valley and placed Pueblo Viejo on the map for the first time. Other antiquarians and early archaeologists proceeded to map and document the network of prehistoric Hohokam canals south of the Salt River, which connected Pueblo Viejo with other Hohokam villages and settlements. We briefly review these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Caseldine. David Abbott.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". In arid and semi-arid regions, soil salinization and waterlogging are thought to cause agricultural infertility and social change. Although common in irrigation models and theories, empirical evidence supporting a primary causal link among salinization, waterlogging, and infertility has proved elusive. Proxies and indirect measures (e.g., soil...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kyle Woodson.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Rayle.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". Recent data recovery operations conducted on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community by North Wind Resource Consulting (North Wind) resulted in two subsurface exposures of the Pima Lateral, an historic irrigation canal that served as the principal irrigation work for the early northside community prior to the creation of the Salt River Indian...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathy Henderson.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". Archaeological projects conducted by Desert Archaeology northwest of the Park of Four Waters provided opportunity to obtain refined ages for the use of the primary main canals that compose Turney’s Canal System 2. When canal age and destination are considered, as defined by the villages that the canals served, it is seen that System 2 is composed of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce Phillips.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". This presentation will be a review of the research presented at the last regional conference on canals which was organized by AAC and the Mesa Southwest Museum in 2008.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Angela Garcia-Lewis.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". Research and excavation of ancient canals and archaeological sites is an academic pursuit for most archaeologists. For Native people, canals have a greater importance. Water is life, the return of irrigation water after so long is changing the landscape, emphasizing how the past is still important to living communities. This discussion will present...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chris Nicholson. Rachel Fernandez.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". Staff from the Center for Digital Antiquity will provide an update on the Digital Archive of Huhugam Archaeology (DAHA), which contains over 2000 digital datasets, documents, reports and images focused on the ancient Huhugam (1500 B.C. – 1450 A.D.) of the southwestern U.S. These files are primarily “grey literature,” that is, unpublished reports and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Reylynne Williams.

This is a presentation from the 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium on "The Archaeology of Canals in the Arizona Desert". The Huhugam created a vast irrigation canal system that extended for miles feeding agricultural fields and villages along the Salt and Gila Rivers. When the Gila River ran dry the Gila River Indian Community worked hard to return the water to the people. The Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project, the first tribally built irrigation system would deliver...