Download or read book Archaeological Investigations of Portions of the Las Acequias Los Muertos Irrigation System written by W. Bruce Masse and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canal Irrigation in Prehistoric Mexico written by William E. Doolittle and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prehistoric farmers in Mexico invented irrigation, developed it into a science, and used it widely. Indeed, many of the canal systems still in use in Mexico today were originally begun well before the discovery of the New World. In this comprehensive study, William E. Doolittle synthesizes and extensively analyzes all that is currently known about the development and use of irrigation technology in prehistoric Mexico from about 1200 B.C. until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century A.D. Unlike authors of previous studies who have focused on the political, economic, and social implications of irrigation, Doolittle considers it in a developmental context. He examines virtually all the known systems, from small canals that diverted runoff from ephemeral mountain streams to elaborate networks that involved numerous large canals to irrigate broad valley floors with water from perennial rivers. Throughout the discussion, he gives special emphasis to the technological elaborations that distinguish each system from its predecessors. He also traces the spread of canal technology into and through different ecological settings. This research substantially clarifies the relationship between irrigation technology in Mexico and the American Southwest and argues persuasively that much of the technology that has been attributed to the Spaniards was actually developed in Mexico by indigenous people. These findings will be important not only for archaeologists working in this area but also for geographers, historians, and engineers interested in agriculture, technology, and arid lands.
Download or read book The Archaeology of Garden and Field written by Naomi F. Miller and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivation and land use practices the world over reflect many aspects of people's relationship to each other and to the natural world. The Archaeology of Garden and Field explores the cultivation of land from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century through excavation, experimentation, and the study of modern cultural traditions. The Archaeology of Garden and Field contains a wealth of information distilled from the combined experiences of the editors and contributors. Whether one's interest is the Old World or the New, prehistory or the present, this book provides a starting point for anyone who has ever wondered how archaeologists find and interpret the ephemeral traces of ancient cultivation.
Download or read book Ethnobiology at the Millennium written by Richard I. Ford and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaic Occupation on the Santa Cruz Flats written by T. Kathleen Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Archaeology of Human Environment Interactions written by Daniel Contreras and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impacts of climate change on human societies, and the roles those societies themselves play in altering their environments, appear in headlines more and more as concern over modern global climate change intensifies. Increasingly, archaeologists and paleoenvironmental scientists are looking to evidence from the human past to shed light on the processes which link environmental and cultural change. Establishing clear contemporaneity and correlation, and then moving beyond correlation to causation, remains as much a theoretical task as a methodological one. This book addresses this challenge by exploring new approaches to human-environment dynamics and confronting the key task of constructing arguments that can link the two in concrete and detailed ways. The contributors include researchers working in a wide variety of regions and time periods, including Mesoamerica, Mongolia, East Africa, the Amazon Basin, and the Island Pacific, among others. Using methodological vignettes from their own research, the contributors explore diverse approaches to human-environment dynamics, illustrating the manifold nature of the subject and suggesting a wide variety of strategies for approaching it. This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in Archaeology, Paleoenvironmental Science, Ecology, and Geology.
Download or read book Culture and Contact written by Anne I. Woosley and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume are the result of a seminar examining Di Peso's theories about contact, conquest, and culture change. Gumerman, Riley, and McGuire begin with biographical studies. Essays by Doyel and Braniff cover the two major subregions with which Di Peso was most concerned. The remaining chapters are devoted to new studies influenced by Di Peso's original investigations at Casas Grandes and include essays by Dean and Ravesloot, Woosley, Olinger, Doolittle, Breitburg, Nelson, and Weigand.
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Download or read book Early Desert Farming and Irrigation Settlements written by David H. Greenwald and published by Swca Environmental Consultants. This book was released on 1994 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Economic Aspects of Water Management in the Prehispanic New World written by Vernon L. Scarborough and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Exploring the Hohokam written by George J. Gumerman and published by Amerind Foundation Publication. This book was released on 1991 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers of a seminar held during Feb. 1988 at the Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, Ariz., and sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Download or read book Hohokam Social Structure and Irrigation Management written by David R. Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chaco Hohokam written by Patricia L. Crown and published by School of American Research Ad. This book was released on 1991 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizing data and current thought about the regional systems of the Chacoans and the Hohokam, eleven archaeologists examine settlement patterns, subsistence economy, social organization, and trade, shedding new light on two of the most sophisticated cultures of the prehistoric Southwest.
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