Reconstructing Ancient Hohokam Irrigation Systems in the Middle Gila River Valley, Arizona, United States of America

We explore the concept of scales to examine emerging irrigation realities, i.e., connecting more agents within larger spaces - relates to the complexity of irrigation systems. Modern hydraulic models allow the inclusion of emerging multi-scale issues over time, including social issues related to dif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tianduowa, Zhu, Woodson, Kyle C., Ertsen, Maurits W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-018-0023-x
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Sumario:We explore the concept of scales to examine emerging irrigation realities, i.e., connecting more agents within larger spaces - relates to the complexity of irrigation systems. Modern hydraulic models allow the inclusion of emerging multi-scale issues over time, including social issues related to different spatial and temporal scales. We show that the time needed to manage irrigation efficiently relates to the size of a system. By reconstructing ancient Hohokam irrigation systems in Arizona, we identify how longer-term extension of spatial scales created management problems beyond the scope of available technology. This approach allows greater understanding of how stresses in daily irrigation management may have impacted longer-term societal stability. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10745-018-0023-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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