Settlement Re-occupation at Chaco Canyon: Evidence for Migration and Serial Plurality

Summary

Places where people invest significant human capital and resources in architecture and landscape engineering may nevertheless be abandoned in response to environmental or social factors. Those places might eventually be re-occupied by the original builders, or in some cases, appropriated by others. During migrations, abandoned or largely abandoned places may become destinations for people on the move. Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, has archaeological evidence for episodes of abandonment or termination, followed by re-occupation, linked to migration processes. It is possible that there was greater cultural diversity during periods of re-occupation, suggesting mixing of populations from different sources.

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• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20370