Plausible ethnographic analogies for the social organization of Hohokam canal irrigation

American Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-456

  Hunt, Robert C ^a   Guillet, David ^b   Abbott, David R ^c   Bayman, James ^d   Fish, Paul ^e   Fish, Suzanne ^e   Kintigh, Keith ^c   Neely, James A ^f  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 33746611727     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035308     Document Type: Review

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