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SourcesGreat houses of Chaco CanyonUniversity of Colorado Boulder 2019
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Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon

CU Boulder Today University of Colorado Boulder, 2019. CU Boulder Today, 10 July 2019.

The university's report of Benson and Grimstead 2019: a population of as many as 2,300 estimated for 1050 to 1130, enough maize for about 1,000 at most, and 185,000 pounds of protein that small game could not supply.

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University of Colorado Boulder, C. B. T. (2019). Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon. CU Boulder Today, 10 July 2019. https://www.colorado.edu/today/2019/07/10/food-may-have-been-scarce-chaco-canyon
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