Shown here is an illustrated example of a Hohokam agricultural system. The Hohokam are thought to be the first North American Indigenous culture to develop a sophisticated irrigation system of canals and ditches to water their crops in the desert Southwest.
This circa 1927 image shows a dry-farming method called Latdekwi:we, also known as a waffle garden. These gardens were created by the Zuni, Indigenous Pueblo people native to the Zuni River valley in western New Mexico. According to the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, the Indigenous Zuni peoples created a waffle-like structure out of dirt and mud to concentrate water around plant roots.
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