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Watershed

imageID: 24044
Description: Watershed
Keywords: rock formation
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Photographer: E.S. Bliss
Original collection id: 355794
Media: Black and white print
Collection: Sierra Ancha Historical Images
Quality: 3
Location: Sierra Ancha; USA
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 11/19/1937
Comments: Ancient picturegraphs on rocks in the Sierra Estrellas identified by the AZ. State Museum as 10 century work. These people dug irrigation ditches similar to those used today. Excavation shows an erosion fill of at least 1ft. on top of the ground level in the 10century. B135.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0006


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