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Prehistoric Canals in the Salt River Valley, Arizona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Albert H. Schroeder
Albert H. Schroeder*
Affiliation:
Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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One of the greatest concentrations of the Hohokam in the desert of southern Arizona was in the region of Phoenix where the westerly flowing Salt River was tapped to supply the arable lands with water.

Many theories have been woven about these prehistoric canals which lined the valley and were plainly visible to the first settlers in 1866. As is only natural, the early pioneers noted, followed, and reused many of the Hohokam canals. Through such close association, the farmer and hydraulic engineer became curious as to the story behind them.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , April 1943 , pp. 380 - 386
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1943

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