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The Beginning of Agriculture:
This part of the Verde Valley was first occupied around 700 AD by prehistoric peoples. They hunted wild dear and antelope, gathering native grasses and nuts, and caught turtles and fish in Wet Beaver Creek. The line of green trees you see indicates the course of the creek.
Most likely, farming was introduced by the Hohokam people who traveled through the valley, trading with local tribes and teaching them to irrigate the flat lands.
By the late 1300s, one tribe, the southern Sinagua, prospered with their corn, squash, beans and cotton crops. |