# Watson 2015: Early procurement of scarlet macaws and the emergence of social complexity in Chaco Canyon, NM

> Adam S. Watson, Stephen Plog, Brendan J. Culleton et al., 2015. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The macaw chronology and its bearing on early…

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# Early procurement of scarlet macaws and the emergence of social complexity in Chaco Canyon, NM

Adam S. Watson, Stephen Plog, Brendan J. Culleton et al., 2015. _Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(27): 8238-8243_.

High-precision AMS radiocarbon dates on scarlet macaw skeletons from Pueblo Bonito show the birds were brought from Mesoamerica from about AD 900 to 975 onward and persistently to 1150, mostly before the 1040 to 1110 building peak to which they are usually attributed.

**Great houses of Chaco Canyon** ArticleCopy of **[Scarlet macaw skeletal remains from Pueblo Bonito](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/artifacts/ART0D9KVCNA7V89/scarlet-macaw-skeletal-remains-from-pueblo-bonito)** doi: **[10.1073/pnas.1509825112](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1509825112)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The macaw chronology and its bearing on early hierarchy.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Scarlet macaw skeletal remains from Pueblo Bonito](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/artifacts/ART0D9KVCNA7V89/scarlet-macaw-skeletal-remains-from-pueblo-bonito)

ART

[Scarlet macaw skeletal remains from Pueblo Bonito: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/copies/CPY0D9KW2ME5F5F/scarlet-macaw-skeletal-remains-from-pueblo-bonito-document)

CPY

[AMS radiocarbon dates on scarlet macaws from Pueblo Bonito (Watson et al. 2015)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D9KVAYM03G8/ams-radiocarbon-dates-on-scarlet-macaws-from-pueblo-bonito)

Dataset

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[Scarlet macaws were brought from Mesoamerica from about 900 onward, mostly before the 1040 to 1110 peak.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTWHP3MBF/scarlet-macaws-were-brought-from-mesoamerica-from-about-900)

Evidence

EVD

[Scarlet macaws from Mesoamerica begin to reach Pueblo Bonito](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/events/EVT0D9KTKRE1MSW/scarlet-macaws-from-mesoamerica-begin-to-reach-pueblo-bonito)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Watson, A. S., Plog, S., Culleton, B. J., Gilman, P. A., LeBlanc, S. A., Whiteley, P. M., Claramunt, S., & Kennett, D. J. (2015). Early procurement of scarlet macaws and the emergence of social complexity in Chaco Canyon, NM. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(27): 8238-8243. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1509825112
```

[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1509825112)

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