Identification and dating of indigenous water storage reservoirs along the Rio San José at Laguna Pueblo, western New Mexico, USA
| Autor: | T. J. Ferguson, Shannon A. Mahan, Tammy M. Rittenour, Christopher Banet, Gary Huckleberry |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Hydrology 010506 paleontology geography geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology Ecology Water storage 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Indigenous Stratigraphy Geochronology 0601 history and archaeology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Arid Environments. 127:171-186 |
| ISSN: | 0140-1963 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.11.004 |
| Popis: | An investigation into indigenous water storage on the Rio San Jose in western New Mexico was conducted in support of efforts by the Pueblo of Laguna to adjudicate their water rights. Here we focus on stratigraphy and geochronology of two Native American-constructed reservoirs. One reservoir located near the community of Casa Blanca was formed by a ∼600 m (2000 feet) long stone masonry dam that impounded ∼1.6 × 10 6 m 3 (∼1300 acre-feet) of stored water. Four optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages obtained on reservoir deposits indicate that the dam was constructed prior to AD 1825. The other reservoir is located adjacent to Old Laguna Pueblo and contains only a small remnant of its former earthen dam. The depth and distribution of reservoir deposits and a photogrammetric analyses of relict shorelines indicate a storage capacity of ∼6.5 × 10 6 m 3 (∼5300 ac-ft). OSL ages from above and below the base of the reservoir indicate that the reservoir was constructed sometime after AD 1370 but before AD 1750. The results of our investigation are consistent with Laguna oral history and Spanish accounts demonstrating indigenous construction of significant water-storage reservoirs on the Rio San Jose prior to the late nineteenth century. |
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