# Pinotti 2025: Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest

> Thomaz Pinotti, Michael A. Adler, Richard Mermejo et al., 2025. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The descendant-led genetic study linking Chaco…

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# Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest

Thomaz Pinotti, Michael A. Adler, Richard Mermejo et al., 2025. _Nature 642: 125-132_.

A study initiated by Picuris Pueblo: genomes of 16 ancient and 13 present-day Picuris people show continuity with each other and with the Ancestral Puebloans buried at Pueblo Bonito, 275 km to the west, with no sign of population decline before European arrival. Genetic data remain under tribal control.

**Great houses of Chaco Canyon** Articledoi: **[10.1038/s41586-025-08791-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08791-9)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The descendant-led genetic study linking Chaco to a living Pueblo.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Picuris genomes, ancient and living, show continuity with the Pueblo Bonito burials and no population decline…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV9040T5Y/picuris-genomes-ancient-and-living-show-continuity-with-the)

Evidence

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[Picuris Pueblo's genomic study shows continuity with the Pueblo Bonito burials](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/events/EVT0D9KTRMP71V1/picuris-pueblos-genomic-study-shows-continuity-with-the)

EVT

[The great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)

The mystery article

MYS

[Picuris Pueblo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/organisations/ORG0D9KTK8T37DM/picuris-pueblo)

ORG

[Why did building at Chaco stop and its people leave?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTTK62C6X/why-did-building-at-chaco-stop-and-its-people-leave)

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## Cite it

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Pinotti, T., Adler, M. A., Mermejo, R., Meltzer, D. J., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Quanchello, C., & Willerslev, E. (2025). Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest. Nature 642: 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08791-9
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