A Reappraisal of Hohokam Irrigation (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Woodbury, Richard B.  (1917-2009)

Publisher: American Anthropological Association

Pub Date: 1961

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, folds.  Previous owner’s name in pencil on upper front cover corner.  Tape mark mid-front cover recto edge.  Upper front cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 1/4″ bend, wear.  Mailing label, postmark and tape mark on rear cover.  A couple of marks in the text, one pen, one pencil.  Edge and corner wear.

Notes: Pamphlet.  Offprint from American Anthropologist, Volume 63, No. 3, June, 1961.  “The first map of the Gila River canals was published in 1926 by Cummings.  In 1930 an ambitious and systematic program of aerial photography of parts of both the Gila and Salt was directed by Judd (1931)…Excavation of prehistoric canals has lagged behind mapping and surface observations…In general, three kinds of information are needed for a proper understanding of Hohokam irrigation: (1) details such as size, profile, gradient, and course of individual canals; (2) chronological data–dates of initial construction and length of use; and (3) the location and extent of the several canal systems…But details of the ancient canals are scanty and will remain so, since the places anciently irrigated have been highly attractive to modern farmers ever since the first settlement of Phoenix in 1867.”  (Page 550)  VERY RARE.  No other copies available for sale.