Klingan Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 The farming community near Tucson dates to at least 1200 BC. The remains were discovered during the expansion of a wastewater treatment plant. Archaeologists preparing for the expansion of a Tucson wastewater treatment facility have discovered the remains of the earliest known irrigation system in the Southwest, a farming community that dates to at least 1200 BC. That predates the well-known and much more sophisticated Hohokam tribe's canal system, which crisscrossed what is now Phoenix, by 1,200 years. The find suggests that the people who inhabited the region began with relatively simple irrigation systems and built up to more complex projects as the climate became hotter and drier. Read more here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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