# Fewer than about 1,000 lived in the canyon year-round; the rest of the capacity was for visitors or storage.

> Most likely: Fewer than about 1,000 lived in the canyon year-round; the rest of the capacity was for visitors or storage.

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# Fewer than about 1,000 lived in the canyon year-round; the rest of the capacity was for visitors or storage.

Fewer than about 1,000 lived in the canyon year-round; the rest of the capacity was for visitors or storage.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Domestic features are scarce in great-house rooms.
- The local food budget balances only at about 1,000 people.

## What would rule it out

- Isotopic evidence that most of the canyon's maize and meat was local, combined with a resident count above 2,000.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Maize from the canyon floor could feed about 1,000 people at most.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTYZT1WJR/maize-from-the-canyon-floor-could-feed-about-1-000-people-at)

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[NPS research of the 1970s and 1980s sharply reduced earlier great-house population figures.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTZ7M7409/nps-research-of-the-1970s-and-1980s-sharply-reduced-earlier)

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## The questions it answers

[How many people lived in Chaco Canyon at its height?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTSKY2KY5/how-many-people-lived-in-chaco-canyon-at-its-height)

Most likelyFewer than about 1,000 lived in the canyon year-round; the rest of the capacity was for visitors or storage

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