Walnut Canyon and Water: Capture, Storage, and Use of Water During the Sinagua Period of Occupation, CA. A.D. 1100-1300 [Draft]
Downum CE, Harper CL, Boston R. 1995. Walnut Canyon and Water: Capture, Storage, and Use of Water During the Sinagua Period of Occupation, CA. A.D. 1100-1300 [Draft]. Flagstaff, AZ
This report researches the methods of capture, storage and use of water during A.D. 1100-1300 in the Sinagua period of occupation in Walnut Canyon. The ability of the prehistoric Sinagua culture to obtain sufficient water and sustain life, as well as grow crops has baffled historians. This report attempts to find an explanation.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Downum, Christian; Harper, Christopher; Boston, Richard
- Date of Issue
- 1995-01
- Units
- WACA
- Keywords
- archaelogy, Hydrology, Paleoclimate, water consumption - historic