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Cultural History at Las Cienegas

 

Archaeology

 

The Bureau of Land Management's archaeology program

 

Of Marshes and Maize: Preceramic Agricultural Settlements at Las Cienegas   by Bruce Huckell

 

Archaeology of the Tucson Basin - Downtown Underground

 

 

Ranching at Las Cienegas

 

Empire Ranch Foundation

 

Oral histories of life at the Empire Ranch

 

Empire Ranch digital exhibit hosted by the University of Arizona

 

 

Interactive Timelines and other examples/ideas for displaying information

 

Cienega Watershed Timeline project - a really cool, interactive timeline showing many events in the Cienega Watershed. 

 

Shared History of the Upper Gila Watershed 

 

Google Timeline (Examples): http://ua.earthoutreach.org/examples

 

Google Timeline (Tutorial/Training Materials): http://ua.earthoutreach.org/training-materials

 

Open Source Timeline Template: http://timeline.knightlab.com/

 

Cows and Fish in Alberta: http://oldmanbasin.org/teams-and-projects/digital-stories/

 

Toronto: murmurtoronto.ca/

 

Somerville, MA: www.somervillecdc.org/communitymap/

 

 

Other Resources

 

Oral histories of people who have lived and worked in the Cienega watershed.

 

Through Our Parents' Eyes is a collection of digital resources about the people of Southern Arizona.

 

Colossal Cave Mountain Park - the park is north of Las Cienegas.

 

STEM/Geography lesson - The Rain Saved Us uses oral histories and math to teach about how people cope with drought in Southern Arizona. 

 

 

Books

 

Empire Ranch by Gail W. Corkill

 

Around Sonoita by Betsy Barr

 

Echoes Down the Century: Memories from the Patagonia and Sonoita Creek Valley by Mary Whetzel

 

View from Bald Hill by Carl and Jane Bock

 

These is my Words by Nancy Turner - a fictional journal of a young woman as she and her family struggle to build a life in the Arizona Territories, ultimately settling near Cienega Creek.

 

 

Videos

 

A shared history exercise in which stakeholders talked about the history and decisions that have shaped the Cienega watershed.

 

 

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