Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.77-60
- Creators:
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United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- Dates:
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circa 1968-1975
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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- Repository:
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs documenting Hohokam canals, excavations of Hohokam houses, and the surrounding desert. A photograph dated 1968 is by E.E. Hertzog.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
The Hohokam were an ancient peoples living in the Salt River Valley, possibly as early as 300 B.C. They were farmers who built an irrigation system of canals over 100 miles long, which forms the basis of the modern Salt River Project irrigation system.
Administration
Custodial History note
Donated by Michael L. Robinson, Bureau of Reclamation, in exchange for NAA photographs, 1977.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 77-60, Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation photographs of Hohokam Canals, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs of Hohokam canals can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 3.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs by the Bureau of Reclamation can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 32.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The libraries at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas hold additional photographs made by E.E. Hertzog for the Bureau of Reclamation.
Local Call Number(s)
Reproduction Note
Reproduction Note
Copy prints made by United States Bureau of Reclamation, circa 1975.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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