The negatives are on the rolls in the order in which they were taken; otherwise the material is unarranged.
Biographical / Historical:
In January 1930, at the urging of Senator Carl Hayden, the Smithsonian arranged with the Department of War for air reconnaissance of ancient canals in Arizona. Because the canals were being destroyed by the extension of agriculture and other developments, oblique and vertical aerial photographic records were made of them. Neil Merton Judd represented the Smithsonian on the project.
General:
The digitization of this collection was supported by the Pueblo Grande Museum.
Pollen and micro-invertebrates from modern earthen canals and other fluvial environments along the middle Gila River, central Arizona : implications for archaeological interpretation / Karen R. Adams, Susan J. Smith, and Manuel R. Palacios-Fest
Hohokam Tradition (archaeological culture) Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Photographs
Place:
Hohokam Pima National Monument (Ariz.)
Date:
circa 1968-1975
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:
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.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 77-60
Reproduction Note:
Copy prints made by United States Bureau of Reclamation, circa 1975.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs of Hohokam canals can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 3.
Additional photographs by the Bureau of Reclamation can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 32.
The libraries at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas hold additional photographs made by E.E. Hertzog for the Bureau of Reclamation.
Photo lot 77-60, Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation photographs of Hohokam Canals, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
