# Plog 2010: Hierarchy and social inequality in the American Southwest, A.D. 800-1200

> Stephen Plog, Carrie Heitman, 2010. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The mortuary case for early hierarchy.

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# Hierarchy and social inequality in the American Southwest, A.D. 800-1200

Stephen Plog, Carrie Heitman, 2010. _Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(46): 19619-19626_.

New radiocarbon dates and a reanalysis of the Room 33 crypt place the start of marked social differentiation at Chaco 150 to 200 years earlier than thought, legitimised by links to founders, ancestors and cosmology.

**Great houses of Chaco Canyon** Articledoi: **[10.1073/pnas.1014985107](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1014985107)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The mortuary case for early hierarchy.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The seat of a hereditary elite whose house at Pueblo Bonito controlled ritual and long-distance exchange.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KTVT83VDE/the-seat-of-a-hereditary-elite-whose-house-at-pueblo-bonito)

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[Radiocarbon dates place marked social differentiation in Room 33 150 to 200 years earlier than once thought.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTW9W5E3Y/radiocarbon-dates-place-marked-social-differentiation-in)

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[Stephen Plog](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/people/FIG0D9KTGJW5YM4/stephen-plog)

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

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## Cite it

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Plog, S., & Heitman, C. (2010). Hierarchy and social inequality in the American Southwest, A.D. 800-1200. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(46): 19619-19626. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1014985107
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1014985107)

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