2015
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21503
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Chronostratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Evidence for Marsh Habitats during the Early Pueblo I (A.D. 700–900) Occupation of Ridges Basin, Southwest Colorado, USA

Abstract: Ridges Basin was home to one of the largest early village communities in the American Southwest. The short‐lived occupation grew rapidly around A.D. 750, construction peaked in the A.D. 780s, but Ridges Basin was depopulated by A.D. 810. Chronostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental, and archaeological investigations indicate that abundant food resources related to intermittent marsh habitats attracted migrants into the basin and aided the growing population. Extreme droughts between A.D. 795 and 809 led to decrease… Show more

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“…Cattail pollen has a high caloric return (Simms, 1987) and remains important in contemporary Puebloan religious practices (Parsons, 1939). On a regional scale, Pueblo I (1200–1050 cal yr BP) villages were often established near marshes, and later Puebloans inhabiting places lacking natural wetlands often created artificial marshes by constructing reservoirs (Anderson and Potter, 2015).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cattail pollen has a high caloric return (Simms, 1987) and remains important in contemporary Puebloan religious practices (Parsons, 1939). On a regional scale, Pueblo I (1200–1050 cal yr BP) villages were often established near marshes, and later Puebloans inhabiting places lacking natural wetlands often created artificial marshes by constructing reservoirs (Anderson and Potter, 2015).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%