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Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Water in the Desert Edition

Posted on | December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

On the lessons from Chaco (ad gated):

New Mexico has always been a dry place, at least on the time scales that matter for the ancient civilizations Henderson and Robbins were trying to understand. Our history could be written as a story of people forever searching for a stable water supply to support the cities they were trying to build.

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One Response to “Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Water in the Desert Edition”

  1. Kelsey Atherton
    December 30th, 2008 @ 10:41 am

    I’ve a post up in part inspired by this story, and in part by Zombie-Shooting-Need-to-Feeling. Feel free to take a look!

    http://misteratherton.blogspot.com/2008/12/blood-from-stone.html

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