United States Bureau of Reclamation photographs of Hohokam sites
Photographs documenting Hohokam canals, excavations of Hohokam houses, and the surrounding desert. A photograph dated 1968 is by E.E. Hertzog.
View along Bent Street in Powell, Wyoming
- Level:
- item
- Creators:
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United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- Dates:
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after 1914
- Size:
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1 Photographic print (008 in x 010 in)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.33
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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