and storytelling.
Farming Methods
They were a farming community rather than hunters and gatherers. They used an elaborate system of canals to transfer water from the Salt River to their gardens. {Farming_-_Salt_River.jpg} {farming2.jpg}
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Canal irrigation
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the Hohokam
required a tremendous investment in labor to build &maintain - called for constant work: opening &closing floodgates, periodic cleaning &repairing
more than 500 miles of main canals were constructed (now mostly gone due to urban-suburban developments)
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