Where did the Water Go?
Author(s): Reylynne Williams
Year: 2021
Summary
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 settlement waters to agricultural lands and riparian areas in the Gila River Indian Community.
Cite this Record
Where did the Water Go?. Reylynne Williams. Presented at 2021 Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) Fall symposium, Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ. 2021 ( tDAR id: 468720) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8468720
Keywords
Culture
Akimel O'odham
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Hohokam
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Maricopa
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Pima
Site Type
Canal
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Irrigation
Investigation Types
Ethnohistoric Research
General
AAC
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Arizona Archaeological Council
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GRIC
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O'odham
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Prehistoric Irrigation
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SRPMIC
Geographic Keywords
Arizona
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Lower Salt
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Middle Gila
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Southwest
Temporal Keywords
Historic
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Prehistoric
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Reylynne Williams; Arizona Archaeological Council
File Information
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| AAC-2021_Where-did-the-Water-Go_RWilliams.pdf | 5.56mb | Sep 24, 2021 | Apr 22, 2022 10:32:58 AM | Confidential |
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Contact(s): Reylynne Williams; Arizona Archaeological Council