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Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Residential population implications of limited agricultural and mammal productivity
Larry V. Benson, Deanna N. Grimstead, 2019. Journal of Archaeological Science 108: 104971.
Estimates the maize the canyon floor could yield and the small mammals it could supply, and concludes that local production could feed no more than about 1,000 people, well short of a year-round population of about 2,300.
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The quantitative case for a small resident population or for food imports.
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Benson, L. V., & Grimstead, D. N. (2019). Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Residential population implications of limited agricultural and mammal productivity. Journal of Archaeological Science 108: 104971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.104971
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Benson, Larry V. and Deanna N. Grimstead. “Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Residential population implications of limited agricultural and mammal productivity.” Journal of Archaeological Science 108: 104971 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.104971.