Mummy Lake: an unroofed ceremonial structure within a large-scale ritual landscape

Benson, Larry; Griffin, Eleanor R.; Stein, John R.; Friedman, R. A.; Andrae, S. W.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.01.021

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“…Extensive research and new techniques may need to be employed to evaluate the presence of a reservoir. For example, Benson et al (2014) applied digital topographic analysis, sediment transport modeling, and paleoclimate data to reevaluate Far View reservoir (formerly Mummy Lake) in Mesa Verde National Park, and concluded that it could not possibly function as a water control and storage feature. Although long debated (Breternitz, 1999), the Far View reservoir is now considered to be a ceremonial structure within a largescale ritual landscape.…”

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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

Anderson

Potter

2015

Geoarchaeology

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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 decreased crop yields and marsh desiccation. We attribute the abrupt depopulation of Ridges Basin to declining environmental conditions and societal stresses. We describe the impact of marsh formation on the inhabitants, and explore the wider implications of marshes and reservoirs on the Puebloan landscape. We suggest that early Puebloans positioned their settlements in proximity to natural marshes to take advantage of the abundant plant and animal resources, which later Puebloans achieved through the construction of reservoirs.

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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

Anderson

Potter

2015

Geoarchaeology

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“…Whether for drinking or for sustaining critical plant and animal resources, monitoring and managing available water resources is especially fundamental to the survival and longevity of complex societies (Scarborough 2003, 2015). For archaeologists studying prehistoric cultures, water can be a particularly tricky resource to calculate (e.g., Aiuvalasit 2017; Benson et al 2014; Huckleberry et al 2016; Murrell and Shelley 2009; Neely et al 2015; Wright 2006). Precipitation rates have changed substantially over the centuries and present physical land cover does not necessarily reflect past surface conditions, making it challenging to quantify water availability.…”

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Combining Survey, Soil Coring, and GIS Methods to Improve Reservoir Capacity Estimates in the Maya Lowlands

Ricker

Austin

2022

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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This study reports water capacity estimates for four reservoirs within the Classic Maya city of El Perú-Waka’, Guatemala. Combining field survey, soil analysis, and a variety of GIS interpolation methods, it illustrates ways to more fully quantify a challenging resource—water—and its availability using an interdisciplinary approach. This is accomplished by comparing surface interpolation methods for estimating reservoir capacities to demonstrate that most provide reliable estimates. Reported estimates are further enhanced by analyzing internal reservoir soil morphology to better understand and quantify formation processes and refine estimates from field survey. These analyses document a multiscalar organization to water management within the Waka’ urban core that likely ran the gamut from individuals up to civic and state institutions. Although intricacies remain to be fully elucidated, this example offers an alternate path to theorizing about water management practices from traditional binary approaches.

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Identifying Common Pool Resources in the Archaeological Record: A Case Study of Water Commons from the North American Southwest

Aiuvalasit

2019

Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation

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Mummy Lake: an unroofed ceremonial structure within a large-scale ritual landscape

Abstract: Friedman, R.A.; and Andrae, S.W., "Mummy Lake: an unroofed ceremonial structure within a large-scale ritual landscape" (2014). USGS

Cited by 4 publications

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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

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

Combining Survey, Soil Coring, and GIS Methods to Improve Reservoir Capacity Estimates in the Maya Lowlands

Identifying Common Pool Resources in the Archaeological Record: A Case Study of Water Commons from the North American Southwest

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