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