Gary Huckleberry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3839583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary Huckleberry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary |
| FAMILY NAME | Huckleberry |
| SIGNATURE | HUCKLEBERRY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4040-7636 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Alluvial Chronostratigraphy and Soil Formation at a Terminal Pleistocene Mastodon Locality in Central Arizona, USA
There are few mastodon sites in the western United States with good chronostratigraphic contexts. The M&M Mastodon locality in central Arizona contained the remains of a single individual that were excavated in the 1990s; no human artifacts were found. Although six 14C ages from the locality have been published, details on the stratigraphic context of the mastodon remains have not. Here we provide details on alluvial stratigraphy and soils that i…
A Review of Food Foraging and Production In Early Agricultural Communities in Southern Arizona
We review the current evidence regarding the introduction and use of maize and other cultigens in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona during the Early Agricultural Period, BC 2,000–AD 50. We examine the current findings regarding the kinds and amounts of plants and animals consumed, and irrigation used to intensify food production. We further review the range of opinions regarding the degree of residential sedentism or mobility, the relative e…
Early Canal Systems in the North American Southwest
Current evidence suggests that Indigenous farmers in the North American Southwest began canal irrigation in the second millennium BC, marking an important change in food production technology. Early canal systems are preserved in alluvial floodplains of the US-Mexico Borderlands region, tend to be deeply buried, and can appear as natural fluvial features. Here I discuss some of the challenges in identifying early canals and associated fields and …
Geoarchaeology virtual issue: Ancient water management
Soils in ancient irrigated agricultural terraces in the Atacama Desert, Chile
The Atacama Desert is among the driest places on Earth, yet ancient agricultural systems are present in the region. Here, we present a study of terraced agricultural soils in the high‐altitude eastern margin of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, mainly dating to the Late Intermediate Period (ca. 950–1400 AD) and Inka period (ca. 1400–1536 AD). Terraced fields were compartmentalized to distribute limited irrigation water originating mainly from…
Prehistoric Adaptation, Identity, and Interaction Along the Northern Gulf of California
Archaeological investigations have been conducted along the northern coast of Sonora, Mexico where over 60 prehistoric middens have been identified around Bahía Adair and the town of Puerto Peñasco. The middens include low densities of pottery, chipped and ground stone tools, and some shell tools and ornaments, as well as molluscs, fish bones, crab claws, sea turtle bones, terrestrial animal bones, and charred plant remains. Radiocarbon dates ind…
Flood-Damaged Canals and Human Response, A.D. 1000–1400, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
The scale of prehistoric canal construction in the North American Southwest peaked in a.d. 450–1450, during what has been named the Hohokam Millennium. Explanations for the eventual Hohokam “collapse” remain elusive. Environmental disturbances, such as floods, that were once manageable may have become unmanageable. Recent archaeological excavations of Hohokam canals in Phoenix identified stratigraphic evidence for three destructive floods that da…
Dating the Ascope Canal System: Competition for Water during the Late Intermediate Period in the Chicama Valley, North Coast of Peru
Here we present the first 14C ages for the Ascope Canal System (ACS), a large prehispanic hydraulic network in the Chicama Valley on the north coast of Peru. Composed of multiple alignments that irrigated areas north of the river, our results indicate that the ACS was constructed and operated in the Late Intermediate Period, ca. a.d. 1000–1400. This overlaps in time with the Chicama-Moche Intervalley Canal that diverted water on the south side of…
C and Marine Reservoir Effect in Archaeological Samples from the Northeast Gulf of California
Previous studies of live-collected pre-weapons testing mollusk shells in the northern Gulf of California have demonstrated that the local radiocarbon reservoir effect (ΔR) is large and highly variable. To test the validity of this observation for paired charcoal and shell samples from archaeological contexts, we dated samples from four shell midden locations and six midden layers from the eastern shoreline of the Gulf of California near Puerto Pe…
Coastal Adaptations During the Archaic Period in the Northern Sea of Cortez, Mexico
This article integrates geological, biological, ethnographic, and archaeological lines of evidence to reconstruct fishing patterns between approximately 4100 and 500 BC in the northern Gulf of California. In addition to shell collecting along the coast, several species of fish were captured, mainly endemic sciaenids of the upper gulf. Our study focuses on the northern Sonoran coast where recent archaeological studies have discovered scores of oto…
Combining radiocarbon and single-grain optically stimulated luminescence methods to accurately date pre-ceramic irrigation canals, Tucson, Arizona
New Insights into the Evolution of an Intervalley Prehistoric Irrigation Canal System, North Coastal Peru
We present the results of combined AMS‐ 14 C and single‐grain luminescence dating of pre‐Columbian irrigation canals that are part of the Racarumi Intervalley Canal System (RICS) in northern Peru. Archaeological and archival evidence suggest that the RICS was constructed during Middle Sicán (A.D. 900–1100) rule and continued to operate during Chimú and Inka conquests in the A.D. 1300s and 1400s, respectively, until finally succumbing to Spanish c…
A Non-Riverine Prehistoric Canal System on the Tortolita Mountain Piedmont, Southern Arizona
A buried canal system [AZ AA:12:1077 (ASM)] dated AD 350–550 was identified north of Tucson, Arizona and traced over 700 m across the southern piedmont of the Tortolita Mountains at the multi-component (Early Agriculture to Hohokam) Dairy Site. Unlike most pre-Hispanic canal systems in southern Arizona which originate on medium to large drainages, the Dairy Site Canal System harvested runoff from small, ephemeral alluvial fan channels with < 100 …
Archaic Period Shell Middens, Sea-Level Fluctuation, and Seasonality: Archaeology along the Northern Gulf of California Littoral, Sonora, Mexico
Five recent radiocarbon assays on wood charcoal within archaeological sites from the Puerto Peñasco area, Sonora, Mexico indicate use of the marine resources of the northern Gulf of California area during the Middle Archaic through the Late Archaic periods, ca. 3800 B.C.-A.D. 100. The archaeological shell middens of the region are generally thought of as remains associated with Ceramic period Hohokam marine shell collecting forays with there bein…
The geoarchaeology of river basin systems: An introduction
Observations on the Archaeology, Paleoenvironment, and Geomorphology of the Puerto Peñasco Area of Northern Sonora, Mexico
Recent observations and archival research on the archaeology of the Puerto Peñasco area at the northern end of the Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, have provided additional insights into the prehistory of the region. The northern Gulf of California has long been recognized as the source of raw marine shell used in the production of shell ornaments by the Hohokam of southern and central Arizona. The most obvious archaeological manifestations in…
Environmental change recorded in sediments from the Marmes rockshelter archaeological site, southeastern Washington state, USA
The Marmes Rockshelter archaeological site in southeastern Washington state contains a > 11 kyr stratigraphic record that was excavated in the 1960s but only recently analyzed in detail. We present the results of physical, chemical, and isotopic analyses of archived Marmes sediments from rockshelter, hillslope, and floodplain locations. Multiple lines of evidence including éboulis production, soil chemistry, and δ 13 C and δ 18 O signatures in so…
Alluvial cycles, climate, and puebloan settlement shifts near Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico, USA
Twenty‐seven 14 C dates from alluvial deposits and soils exposed in modern arroyos near Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico, provide evidence for past episodes of piedmont and valley entrenchment by low‐order ephemeral streams. We recognize two episodes of entrenchment at A.D. 900–1050 and A.D. 1300–1400 that correlate to other arroyo‐cutting events in the region. Episodes of piedmont and valley entrenchment are followed by approximately 200–300 years of …
The protohistoric pueblo world, A.D. 1275–1600
Geoarchaeological insights gained from surficial geologic mapping, middle Moche Valley, Peru
We present the results of detailed surficial geologic mapping for a 10 km 2 area of alluvial (quebrada) deposits located in the middle Moche Valley of Peru, where archaeological features and deposits provide cross‐cutting relationships and numerical age control for late Holocene erosion and deposition associated with El Niño. Despite surfaces containing clasts that are heavily pitted and cracked due to salt weathering, archaeological and 14 C dat…
Determining the provenience of Kennewick Man skeletal remains through sedimentological analyses
Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene Environmental Change at the Sunshine Locality, North-Central Nevada, U.S.A.
Sedimentological, faunal, and archaeological investigations at the Sunshine Locality, Long Valley, Nevada reveal a history of human adaptation and environmental change at the last glacial–interglacial transition in North America's north-central Great Basin. The locality contains a suite of lacustrine, alluvial, and eolian deposits associated with fluvially reworked faunal remains and Paleoindian artifacts. Radiocarbon-dated stratigraphy indicates…
Vanishing river: Landscapes and lives of the Lower Verde Valley, the Lower Verde Archaeological Project
Interdisciplinary and specialized geoarchaeology: A post-Cold War perspective
Geoarchaeology is both an interdisciplinary and specialized science. This dichotomy does not weaken the discipline, although it does lead to debates over its boundaries and definitions. Despite diverse theoretical and methodological orientations influenced largely by academic training, geoarchaeologists should recognize the value of their specialized and interdisciplinary heritage and use geoarchaeology to help blend the sciences and humanities. …
Vanishing river: Landscapes and lives of the Lower Verde Valley, the Lower Verde Archaeological Project
Combining radiocarbon and single-grain optically stimulated luminescence methods to accurately date pre-ceramic irrigation canals, Tucson, Arizona
Archaeological implications of late‐holocene channel changes on the middle gila river, arizona
Archival and stratigraphic data from the middle Gila River, Arizona, provide insight into late‐Holocene floods and channel changes that affected the Hohokam, prehistoric agriculturalists who practiced canal irrigation 2000‐500 B.P. The relationship between floods and channel changes during the past 300 years is characterized by an increased frequency of wide, braided channel conditions during episodes of increased large flood frequency. Ten radio…
Stratigraphic Identification of Destructive Floods in Relict Canals: A Case Study from the Middle Gila River, Arizona
In this paper I provide stratigraphic descriptions of five historic canals in the Gila River Indian Community that have been damaged by floods. Stratigraphic evidence for uncontrolled flooding in canals includes deposits that extend laterally beyond the channel and textural sequences in the middle to upper strata in which coarse sediments have been deposited over fine ones. Sediment textural variability points to the complex nature of flooding an…
Floodwater Farming, Discontinuous Ephemeral Streams, and Puebloan Abandonment in Southwestern Colorado
Geoarchaeological study on the southern piedmont of Sleeping Ute Mountain in southwestern Colorado indicates the presence of discontinuous ephemeral streams that were the foci of episodic Puebloan occupation between A.D. 600s and 1280. Characterized by arroyos, discontinuous ephemeral streams contain alternating aggrading and degrading reaches and are well suited for ak chin floodwater agriculture. Episodic Puebloan abandonment of the southern pi…
New Insights into the Evolution of an Intervalley Prehistoric Irrigation Canal System, North Coastal Peru
We present the results of combined AMS‐ 14 C and single‐grain luminescence dating of pre‐Columbian irrigation canals that are part of the Racarumi Intervalley Canal System (RICS) in northern Peru. Archaeological and archival evidence suggest that the RICS was constructed during Middle Sicán (A.D. 900–1100) rule and continued to operate during Chimú and Inka conquests in the A.D. 1300s and 1400s, respectively, until finally succumbing to Spanish c…
Alluvial cycles, climate, and puebloan settlement shifts near Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico, USA
Twenty‐seven 14 C dates from alluvial deposits and soils exposed in modern arroyos near Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico, provide evidence for past episodes of piedmont and valley entrenchment by low‐order ephemeral streams. We recognize two episodes of entrenchment at A.D. 900–1050 and A.D. 1300–1400 that correlate to other arroyo‐cutting events in the region. Episodes of piedmont and valley entrenchment are followed by approximately 200–300 years of …
Geoarchaeological insights gained from surficial geologic mapping, middle Moche Valley, Peru
We present the results of detailed surficial geologic mapping for a 10 km 2 area of alluvial (quebrada) deposits located in the middle Moche Valley of Peru, where archaeological features and deposits provide cross‐cutting relationships and numerical age control for late Holocene erosion and deposition associated with El Niño. Despite surfaces containing clasts that are heavily pitted and cracked due to salt weathering, archaeological and 14 C dat…
Assessing Hohokam Canal Stability through Stratigraphy
Prehistoric canals are common in the alluvial valleys of south-central Arizona and provide a means of understanding the region's prehistory. Stratigraphy within the canals records operational dynamics and may be used to test the hypothesis that a period of increased flooding played a pivotal role in the Hohokam collapse in the 15th century. In this study, I analyze particle-size data from 45 prehistoric main canals located in three large systems,…
Observations on the Archaeology, Paleoenvironment, and Geomorphology of the Puerto Peñasco Area of Northern Sonora, Mexico
Recent observations and archival research on the archaeology of the Puerto Peñasco area at the northern end of the Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, have provided additional insights into the prehistory of the region. The northern Gulf of California has long been recognized as the source of raw marine shell used in the production of shell ornaments by the Hohokam of southern and central Arizona. The most obvious archaeological manifestations in…
Coastal Adaptations During the Archaic Period in the Northern Sea of Cortez, Mexico
This article integrates geological, biological, ethnographic, and archaeological lines of evidence to reconstruct fishing patterns between approximately 4100 and 500 BC in the northern Gulf of California. In addition to shell collecting along the coast, several species of fish were captured, mainly endemic sciaenids of the upper gulf. Our study focuses on the northern Sonoran coast where recent archaeological studies have discovered scores of oto…
Soils in ancient irrigated agricultural terraces in the Atacama Desert, Chile
The Atacama Desert is among the driest places on Earth, yet ancient agricultural systems are present in the region. Here, we present a study of terraced agricultural soils in the high‐altitude eastern margin of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, mainly dating to the Late Intermediate Period (ca. 950–1400 AD) and Inka period (ca. 1400–1536 AD). Terraced fields were compartmentalized to distribute limited irrigation water originating mainly from…
Early Canal Systems in the North American Southwest
Current evidence suggests that Indigenous farmers in the North American Southwest began canal irrigation in the second millennium BC, marking an important change in food production technology. Early canal systems are preserved in alluvial floodplains of the US-Mexico Borderlands region, tend to be deeply buried, and can appear as natural fluvial features. Here I discuss some of the challenges in identifying early canals and associated fields and …
C and Marine Reservoir Effect in Archaeological Samples from the Northeast Gulf of California
Previous studies of live-collected pre-weapons testing mollusk shells in the northern Gulf of California have demonstrated that the local radiocarbon reservoir effect (ΔR) is large and highly variable. To test the validity of this observation for paired charcoal and shell samples from archaeological contexts, we dated samples from four shell midden locations and six midden layers from the eastern shoreline of the Gulf of California near Puerto Pe…
Determining the provenience of Kennewick Man skeletal remains through sedimentological analyses
Soil Evidence of Hohokam Irrigation in the Salt River Valley, Arizona
Hohokam irrigation in the Salt River Valley modified the chemical and physical properties of soils. Of these modifications, the accumulation of silts and clays at the surface is most resistant to post-depositional processes. Surprisingly, evidence for prehistoric, irrigation-affected soils in the Salt River Valley is not well-documented. The apparent paucity of prehistoric irrigation signatures in modem soils may be due to inadequate sampling or …
Archaic Period Shell Middens, Sea-Level Fluctuation, and Seasonality: Archaeology along the Northern Gulf of California Littoral, Sonora, Mexico
Five recent radiocarbon assays on wood charcoal within archaeological sites from the Puerto Peñasco area, Sonora, Mexico indicate use of the marine resources of the northern Gulf of California area during the Middle Archaic through the Late Archaic periods, ca. 3800 B.C.-A.D. 100. The archaeological shell middens of the region are generally thought of as remains associated with Ceramic period Hohokam marine shell collecting forays with there bein…
Prehistoric Adaptation, Identity, and Interaction Along the Northern Gulf of California
Archaeological investigations have been conducted along the northern coast of Sonora, Mexico where over 60 prehistoric middens have been identified around Bahía Adair and the town of Puerto Peñasco. The middens include low densities of pottery, chipped and ground stone tools, and some shell tools and ornaments, as well as molluscs, fish bones, crab claws, sea turtle bones, terrestrial animal bones, and charred plant remains. Radiocarbon dates ind…
The geoarchaeology of river basin systems: An introduction
Soil Evidence of Hohokam Irrigation in the Salt River Valley, Arizona
Hohokam irrigation in the Salt River Valley modified the chemical and physical properties of soils. Of these modifications, the accumulation of silts and clays at the surface is most resistant to post-depositional processes. Surprisingly, evidence for prehistoric, irrigation-affected soils in the Salt River Valley is not well-documented. The apparent paucity of prehistoric irrigation signatures in modem soils may be due to inadequate sampling or …
Archaeological implications of late‐holocene channel changes on the middle gila river, arizona
Archival and stratigraphic data from the middle Gila River, Arizona, provide insight into late‐Holocene floods and channel changes that affected the Hohokam, prehistoric agriculturalists who practiced canal irrigation 2000‐500 B.P. The relationship between floods and channel changes during the past 300 years is characterized by an increased frequency of wide, braided channel conditions during episodes of increased large flood frequency. Ten radio…
Holocene depositional history and Anasazi occupation in McElmo Canyon, southwestern Colorado
Holocene depositional history and Anasazi occupation in McElmo Canyon, southwestern Colorado
Floodwater Farming, Discontinuous Ephemeral Streams, and Puebloan Abandonment in Southwestern Colorado
Geoarchaeological study on the southern piedmont of Sleeping Ute Mountain in southwestern Colorado indicates the presence of discontinuous ephemeral streams that were the foci of episodic Puebloan occupation between A.D. 600s and 1280. Characterized by arroyos, discontinuous ephemeral streams contain alternating aggrading and degrading reaches and are well suited for ak chin floodwater agriculture. Episodic Puebloan abandonment of the southern pi…
Assessing Hohokam Canal Stability through Stratigraphy
Prehistoric canals are common in the alluvial valleys of south-central Arizona and provide a means of understanding the region's prehistory. Stratigraphy within the canals records operational dynamics and may be used to test the hypothesis that a period of increased flooding played a pivotal role in the Hohokam collapse in the 15th century. In this study, I analyze particle-size data from 45 prehistoric main canals located in three large systems,…
Stratigraphic Identification of Destructive Floods in Relict Canals: A Case Study from the Middle Gila River, Arizona
In this paper I provide stratigraphic descriptions of five historic canals in the Gila River Indian Community that have been damaged by floods. Stratigraphic evidence for uncontrolled flooding in canals includes deposits that extend laterally beyond the channel and textural sequences in the middle to upper strata in which coarse sediments have been deposited over fine ones. Sediment textural variability points to the complex nature of flooding an…
Vanishing river: Landscapes and lives of the Lower Verde Valley, the Lower Verde Archaeological Project
Interdisciplinary and specialized geoarchaeology: A post-Cold War perspective
Geoarchaeology is both an interdisciplinary and specialized science. This dichotomy does not weaken the discipline, although it does lead to debates over its boundaries and definitions. Despite diverse theoretical and methodological orientations influenced largely by academic training, geoarchaeologists should recognize the value of their specialized and interdisciplinary heritage and use geoarchaeology to help blend the sciences and humanities. …
Vanishing river: Landscapes and lives of the Lower Verde Valley, the Lower Verde Archaeological Project
Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene Environmental Change at the Sunshine Locality, North-Central Nevada, U.S.A.
Sedimentological, faunal, and archaeological investigations at the Sunshine Locality, Long Valley, Nevada reveal a history of human adaptation and environmental change at the last glacial–interglacial transition in North America's north-central Great Basin. The locality contains a suite of lacustrine, alluvial, and eolian deposits associated with fluvially reworked faunal remains and Paleoindian artifacts. Radiocarbon-dated stratigraphy indicates…
Geoarchaeological insights gained from surficial geologic mapping, middle Moche Valley, Peru
We present the results of detailed surficial geologic mapping for a 10 km 2 area of alluvial (quebrada) deposits located in the middle Moche Valley of Peru, where archaeological features and deposits provide cross‐cutting relationships and numerical age control for late Holocene erosion and deposition associated with El Niño. Despite surfaces containing clasts that are heavily pitted and cracked due to salt weathering, archaeological and 14 C dat…
Determining the provenience of Kennewick Man skeletal remains through sedimentological analyses
The protohistoric pueblo world, A.D. 1275–1600
Environmental change recorded in sediments from the Marmes rockshelter archaeological site, southeastern Washington state, USA
The Marmes Rockshelter archaeological site in southeastern Washington state contains a > 11 kyr stratigraphic record that was excavated in the 1960s but only recently analyzed in detail. We present the results of physical, chemical, and isotopic analyses of archived Marmes sediments from rockshelter, hillslope, and floodplain locations. Multiple lines of evidence including éboulis production, soil chemistry, and δ 13 C and δ 18 O signatures in so…
Alluvial cycles, climate, and puebloan settlement shifts near Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico, USA
Twenty‐seven 14 C dates from alluvial deposits and soils exposed in modern arroyos near Zuni Salt Lake, New Mexico, provide evidence for past episodes of piedmont and valley entrenchment by low‐order ephemeral streams. We recognize two episodes of entrenchment at A.D. 900–1050 and A.D. 1300–1400 that correlate to other arroyo‐cutting events in the region. Episodes of piedmont and valley entrenchment are followed by approximately 200–300 years of …
Observations on the Archaeology, Paleoenvironment, and Geomorphology of the Puerto Peñasco Area of Northern Sonora, Mexico
Recent observations and archival research on the archaeology of the Puerto Peñasco area at the northern end of the Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, have provided additional insights into the prehistory of the region. The northern Gulf of California has long been recognized as the source of raw marine shell used in the production of shell ornaments by the Hohokam of southern and central Arizona. The most obvious archaeological manifestations in…
The geoarchaeology of river basin systems: An introduction
New Insights into the Evolution of an Intervalley Prehistoric Irrigation Canal System, North Coastal Peru
We present the results of combined AMS‐ 14 C and single‐grain luminescence dating of pre‐Columbian irrigation canals that are part of the Racarumi Intervalley Canal System (RICS) in northern Peru. Archaeological and archival evidence suggest that the RICS was constructed during Middle Sicán (A.D. 900–1100) rule and continued to operate during Chimú and Inka conquests in the A.D. 1300s and 1400s, respectively, until finally succumbing to Spanish c…
A Non-Riverine Prehistoric Canal System on the Tortolita Mountain Piedmont, Southern Arizona
A buried canal system [AZ AA:12:1077 (ASM)] dated AD 350–550 was identified north of Tucson, Arizona and traced over 700 m across the southern piedmont of the Tortolita Mountains at the multi-component (Early Agriculture to Hohokam) Dairy Site. Unlike most pre-Hispanic canal systems in southern Arizona which originate on medium to large drainages, the Dairy Site Canal System harvested runoff from small, ephemeral alluvial fan channels with < 100 …
Archaic Period Shell Middens, Sea-Level Fluctuation, and Seasonality: Archaeology along the Northern Gulf of California Littoral, Sonora, Mexico
Five recent radiocarbon assays on wood charcoal within archaeological sites from the Puerto Peñasco area, Sonora, Mexico indicate use of the marine resources of the northern Gulf of California area during the Middle Archaic through the Late Archaic periods, ca. 3800 B.C.-A.D. 100. The archaeological shell middens of the region are generally thought of as remains associated with Ceramic period Hohokam marine shell collecting forays with there bein…
Combining radiocarbon and single-grain optically stimulated luminescence methods to accurately date pre-ceramic irrigation canals, Tucson, Arizona
Coastal Adaptations During the Archaic Period in the Northern Sea of Cortez, Mexico
This article integrates geological, biological, ethnographic, and archaeological lines of evidence to reconstruct fishing patterns between approximately 4100 and 500 BC in the northern Gulf of California. In addition to shell collecting along the coast, several species of fish were captured, mainly endemic sciaenids of the upper gulf. Our study focuses on the northern Sonoran coast where recent archaeological studies have discovered scores of oto…
C and Marine Reservoir Effect in Archaeological Samples from the Northeast Gulf of California
Previous studies of live-collected pre-weapons testing mollusk shells in the northern Gulf of California have demonstrated that the local radiocarbon reservoir effect (ΔR) is large and highly variable. To test the validity of this observation for paired charcoal and shell samples from archaeological contexts, we dated samples from four shell midden locations and six midden layers from the eastern shoreline of the Gulf of California near Puerto Pe…
Flood-Damaged Canals and Human Response, A.D. 1000–1400, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
The scale of prehistoric canal construction in the North American Southwest peaked in a.d. 450–1450, during what has been named the Hohokam Millennium. Explanations for the eventual Hohokam “collapse” remain elusive. Environmental disturbances, such as floods, that were once manageable may have become unmanageable. Recent archaeological excavations of Hohokam canals in Phoenix identified stratigraphic evidence for three destructive floods that da…
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