Some Strange Corners of Our Country. By Charles F. Lummis

A Reappraisal of Hohokam Irrigation1

“…In the 19th century many keen observers, such as General Rusling (1877), were impressed by what they could see and could infer about the canals. Systematic investigations began with Cushing in 1887, when the Hemenway Expedition cut a cross section through the canal that they found at Los Muertos (reported by Hodge in 1893), and prepared a map of the canals leading from the Salt River to the vicinity of Los Muertos (published by Haury, 1945a), that appears to consist of about equal parts of observation and imagination. A more satisfactory map, and one of a larger area, was published by Patrick in 1903, becoming the basis for Turney's map of 1922 and its later editions through 1929.…”

Geoarchaeology of a Late Prehistoric Water Storage Feature at Pueblo Oso Negro, Chupadera Basin, New Mexico

“…The theme of limited water resources coupled with the numerous innovative water management systems constmcted by the prehistoric inhabitants of this region is a subject that has been continually revisited in archaeological research (Bandelier 1892;Bayman et al 2004;Crown 1987;Hartmann and Thurtle 2001;Hayes et al 1981;Haynes et al 1999;Hodge 1893;Nials and Fish 1986;Olsen 1982;Rabb 1975;Rohn 1963;Scarborough 1988;Toulouse 1945;Tumey 1985;Wheat 1952;Wilshusen et al 1997;Wright 2003Wright , 2006. Modifying the landscape to ensure water availability for domestic and agricultural use allowed human populations to sustain settlements located at a distance from permanent water sources.…”