Prehispanic and Historic Irrigated Soils in Arid Environments
Part of: Long Term Vulnerability and Transformation Project (LTVTP) - Documents and Data
This collection houses the data that were collected a part of Colleen Strawhacker's PhD research. It provides raw data on soils from prehispanic and historic fields along the middle Gila River in southern Arizona and on the Pampa de Chaparri on the north coast of Peru.
Site Type Keywords
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Agricultural or Herding •
Agricultural Field or Field Feature •
Non-Domestic Structures •
irrigation canals
Culture Keywords
Hohokam •
Historic •
Historic Native American •
Spanish •
Inka Empire •
Chimu •
Sican
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Environment Research •
Ethnographic Research •
Ethnohistoric Research •
Historic Background Research •
Remote Sensing •
Geophysical Survey
Material Types
Mineral
Temporal Keywords
Civano •
Classic •
Late Intermediate Period •
Late Pithouse •
Postclassic •
Preclassic •
Sedentary •
Soho •
Chimu •
Inka
Geographic Keywords
South America •
Peru •
Southern Arizona •
Middle Gila River Valley •
North Coast of Peru •
Pampa de Chaparri
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Sustaining Irrigation Agriculture for the Long-Term: Lessons on Maintaining Soil Quality from Ancient Agricultural Fields in the Phoenix Basin and on the North Coast of Peru (2013)
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Irrigation agriculture has been heralded as the solution to feeding the world’s growing population. To this end, irrigation agriculture is both extensifying and intensifying in arid regions across the world in an effort to create highly productive agricultural systems. Over one third of modern irrigated fields, however, show signs of serious soil degradation, including salinization and waterlogging, which threaten the productivity of these fields and the world’s food supply. Surprisingly, little...