# A lived-in farming town of ordinary households that also hosted ceremonies.

> Most likely: A lived-in farming town of ordinary households that also hosted ceremonies.

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# A lived-in farming town of ordinary households that also hosted ceremonies.

A lived-in farming town of ordinary households that also hosted ceremonies.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Local farming and woodcutting continue for centuries.
- Small house sites outnumber great houses and are occupied year-round.

## What would rule it out

- Food budgets showing that local production could not have fed a year-round population of the size the houses imply.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The canyon's woodland was cut back continuously from Late Archaic times to the Bonito phase, consistent with…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTX941DRD/the-canyons-woodland-was-cut-back-continuously-from-late)

Suggestive

FOR

[Local maize could feed about 1,000 people at most.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTXGY3XVG/local-maize-could-feed-about-1-000-people-at-most)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What was Chaco Canyon?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTSC476X2/what-was-chaco-canyon)

Most likelyThe seat of a hereditary elite whose house at Pueblo Bonito controlled ritual and long-distance exchange

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A lived-in farming town of ordinary households that also hosted ceremonies. [Answer ANS0D9KTX1A4GXQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KTX1A4GXQ
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