Environmental Variability and Settlement Changes on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico

Orcutt JD. 1991. Environmental Variability and Settlement Changes on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico. American Antiquity. 56(2):315-332

This paper studies past environmental variability in relation to changes in settlement organizations of the Pajarito Plateau, NM. This paper uses 'low-frequency alluvial and hydrological changes on the Colorado Plateaus and high-frequency changes in moisture availability for the Rio Grande between A. D. 1150 and A. D. 1600'.

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Journal Article
Authors
Orcutt, Janet
Units
BAND
Keywords
Anasazi (Culture), Archeology, Climate, Jemez Mountains NM, Pajarito Plateau NM, Paleoenvironment

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