Mesa Verde (desert agriculture)
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Mesa Verde (desert agriculture) is a landscape of arid, terraced fields and ancient irrigation features associated with the ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling region of the American Southwest.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural landscape
ⓘ
archaeological landscape ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ |
| adaptationTo |
low and variable rainfall
ⓘ
steep topography ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ancestral Puebloans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cliff dwellings ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crop |
amaranth
ⓘ
beans ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| environmentType | arid ⓘ |
| flourishedAround | c. 600–1300 CE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agricultural plots on mesa tops
ⓘ
ancient irrigation features ⓘ check dams ⓘ field houses ⓘ runoff farming structures ⓘ slope fields below cliff dwellings ⓘ small reservoirs ⓘ stone terraces ⓘ terraced fields ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of broader Mesa Verde World Heritage cultural context ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ Mesa Verde region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ancestral Puebloan subsistence systems
ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ desert agriculture in the American Southwest ⓘ |
| soilManagement |
stone alignments to trap sediment
ⓘ
terracing to reduce erosion ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
archaeologists
ⓘ
paleoenvironmental scientists ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
ancient water management practices
ⓘ
sustainable dryland farming techniques ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Basketmaker III
ⓘ
Pueblo I NERFINISHED ⓘ Pueblo II ⓘ Pueblo III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dryland farming
ⓘ
runoff agriculture ⓘ water harvesting ⓘ |
| waterManagementStrategy |
runoff concentration
ⓘ
soil moisture conservation ⓘ |
| waterSource |
seasonal precipitation
ⓘ
snowmelt runoff ⓘ |
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