Late Archaic wells on the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona

Wright, David K.; Waters, Michael R.; Loendorf, Chris; Woodson, M. Kyle; Miles, Wesley; Darling, J. Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.008

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“…Besides, a storage pit would not be expected in a place related to a floodplain. Rather, the formal characteristics and dimensions of the PO4 pit are in accordance with the properties of water wells recorded in North American plains (Meltzer, 1991;Meltzer and Collins, 1987;Wright et al, 2013). Apart from the similar formal parameters of the wells described in North America, other general similarities can be noted.…”

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“…Water wells are ethnographically and archaeologically described (Hercus and Clarke, 1986;Meltzer, 1991Meltzer, , 1995Meltzer and Collins, 1987;Rowlands and Rowlands, 1965;Wright et al, 2013). The use of water wells in Australia is well documented ethnographically (Hercus and Clarke, 1986;Rowlands and Rowlands, 1965).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Late-Holocene water wells have also been identified at Gila River Indian Community, in Southern Arizona. The chronology of the wells coincides with periods of regional aridity when surface water may not have been available (Wright et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The excavation of water wells as a strategy for dealing with water scarcity is not exclusively related to hunter–gatherer societies. A case study in southern Arizona reported the use of wells for late Archaic–early Agricultural groups (Wright et al, 2013). Evidences of wells related with prehistoric complex societies in South America were also recorded (Moseley, 1975; Quilter et al, 2012).…”

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Early Holocene water well in the Pampas of Argentina: Human responses to water shortage events

Martínez

Gutiérrez

2018

The Holocene

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Water wells are ethnographically and archaeologically described in Australia and the plains of North America. Recently, a prehistoric water well from the early Holocene was recorded in the Pampas of Argentina. The aim of this paper is to present the main characteristics of the water well, considering its form, dimension, sediment analyses (texture and chemical parameters), and material culture content. This is the first water well recorded in the Pampas of Argentina. Consequently, a discussion about natural or cultural origins of this kind of features is provided. An evaluation of similarities and differences with well-described water wells from the United States and Australia is included in order to highlight the cultural origin of the pit. Also, the meaning of the cultural response to water availability in terms of early-Holocene hunter–gatherer adaptations as well as the implications of this strategy for understanding paleoenvironmental scenarios of the Pampas of Argentina are discussed. The well seems to have mitigated an exceptional lack of surface water in the eastern Pampas or offered an alternative for the non-drinkable quality of the available surface water. The strategy of digging water wells was available in the behavioral repertoire of the Pampean hunter–gatherer populations as early as c. 8700–8000 14C yr BP ( c. 9700–8800 cal. yr BP), as these groups were fairly flexible and resilient in dealing with short-term shortages of water.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Early Holocene water well in the Pampas of Argentina: Human responses to water shortage events

Martínez

Gutiérrez

2018

The Holocene

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“…The goal of environmental archaeology is to understand how the natural environment impacted the survival of ancient humans and how ancient humans lived and developed through their simultaneous adaptation to and influence on the environment [21][22][23][24][25][26]. Environ-mental archaeology focuses on the environmental evolution and human-landscape in-teractions closely related to the development of human civilization [4,[27][28][29].…”

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Holocene Environmental Archaeology of the Yangtze River Valley in China: A Review

Zhu

et al. 2021

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The Yangtze River Valley is an important economic region and one of the cradles of human civilization. It is also the site of frequent floods, droughts, and other natural disasters. Conducting Holocene environmental archaeology research in this region is of great importance when studying the evolution of the relationship between humans and the environment and the interactive effects humans had on the environment from 10.0 to 3.0 ka BP, for which no written records exist. This review provides a comprehensive summary of materials that have been published over the past several decades concerning Holocene environmental archaeology in the Yangtze River Valley, to further understand large-scale regional Holocene environmental and cultural interaction within this area. The results show that: 1) in recent years, Holocene envi-ronmental archaeology research in the Yangtze River Valley has primarily taken paleoflood and sea-level change stratigraphical events to be the foundational threads for study. This began with research on the spatiotemporal distribution of archaeological sites, typical archaeological site stratigraphy, and research on background features concerning environmental evolution recorded by the regional natural sedimentary strata. 2) Significant progress has been made at the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, indicating that Holocene environmental ar-chaeology research along the Yangtze River Valley is deepening and broadening. 3) Dramatic changes to Neolithic cultures that occurred approximately 4.0 ka BP were influenced by climate change and associated consequences, although the impacts differed on the various Neolithic cultures in the Yangtze River Valley. Local topography, regional climate, and varying survival strategies may have contributed to these differences. 4) Newly-published research pays particular attention to the sedimentary records of the past with resolutions as high as one year to several months, the degree to which humans altered the quality of their natural environment, and human adjustments to settlement and subsistence practices during periods of Holocene climate change. The application of technologies such as remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and molecular biological analysis are also gradually being extended into the research field of Holocene environmental archaeology in the Yangtze River Valley.

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Non-agricultural Recurrence, Mobility, Adaptation, and Groundwater Variations on the LowerBajada, Sonoran Desert, USA

Hall

Windingstad

Ballenger

et al. 2018

KIVA

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Late Archaic wells on the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona

Cited by 6 publications

References 44 publications

Early Holocene water well in the Pampas of Argentina: Human responses to water shortage events

Early Holocene water well in the Pampas of Argentina: Human responses to water shortage events

Holocene Environmental Archaeology of the Yangtze River Valley in China: A Review

Non-agricultural Recurrence, Mobility, Adaptation, and Groundwater Variations on the LowerBajada, Sonoran Desert, USA

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