Pueblo Phase Site Locations

• Pueblo I
  • 1300-1100 BP (700-900 AD)
  • Masonry structures
  • Zea mays agriculture
  • Apparent increase in site number
  • Sites occupy previous Basketmaker III areas

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• Pueblo II
  • 1100-900 BP (900-1100 AD)
  • Height of Chaco
  • Zea mays agriculture
  • Settlements in Middle Rio Puerco Valley form eastern outlier of Chaco
  • Sites show association with main channel of Rio Puerco from north to south and Rio San Jose to the west

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• Pueblo III
  • 900-700 BP (1100-1300 AD)
  • Zea mays agriculture
  • Number of sites decreases
  • Greatest concentration of sites at confluence of Arroyo Chico and main Rio Puerco; Also at Guadalupe just downstream

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• Pueblo IV
  • 700-400 BP (1300-1600 AD)
  • Zea mays agriculture
  • Masonry and adobe structures
  • Abandonment of former settlement areas
  • Sites continue along main channel in Upper and Lower Puerco

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• Historic Pueblo
  • 461-179 BP (1539-1821 AD)
  • Historic Pueblos share area with Navajos
  • This is the Spanish Contact period through Mexican Independence
  • Sites shown are near Acoma and Laguna in the Middle Rio San Jose sub basin

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U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
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Last modified: 14:42:15 on 15-Mar-2006