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The "Collapse" of Cooperative Hohokam Irrigation in the Lower Salt River ValleyJournal of the Southwest
Vol. 57, No. 4 [Winter 2015]
, pp. 609-674 [66 pages]
Published By: Journal of the Southwest
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Journal of the Southwest, founded in 1959 as Arizona and the West, began publishing in its current format in 1987. A refereed journal published quarterly by the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona, Journal of the Southwest invites scholarly articles, essays, and reviews informing any aspect of the Greater Southwest [including northern Mexico]. Dedicated to an integrated regional study, the journal publishes broadly across disciplines, including: intellectual and social history, anthropology, literary studies, folklore, historiography, politics, borderlands studies, and regional natural history
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