# University of Colorado Boulder 2019: Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon

> CU Boulder Today University of Colorado Boulder, 2019. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Press release; source of the figures quoted from the…

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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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[About 2,000 to 2,300 lived in the canyon from 1050 to 1130, supported in part by imported food.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KTZFE6RN8/about-2-000-to-2-300-lived-in-the-canyon-from-1050-to-1130)

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[Estimates of about 2,300 residents for 1050 to 1130 are the figure Benson and Grimstead tested.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTZQ85XSF/estimates-of-about-2-300-residents-for-1050-to-1130-are-the)

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

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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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