# Lentz 2021: Ecosystem impacts by the Ancestral Puebloans of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA > David L. Lentz, Venicia Slotten, Nicholas P. Dunning et al., 2021. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The woodland-degradation reading and the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT9R418H9/ecosystem-impacts-by-the-ancestral-puebloans-of-chaco-canyon Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)Lentz 2021 **0** # Ecosystem impacts by the Ancestral Puebloans of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA David L. Lentz, Venicia Slotten, Nicholas P. Dunning et al., 2021. _PLOS ONE 16(10): e0258369_. Pollen and plant remains show the canyon's pinyon-juniper woodland was cut back from Late Archaic and Basketmaker II times and decimated by the Bonito phase, which the authors argue destabilised the landscape before the departure; they also argue the canyon was a lived-in farming community, not only a periodic ceremonial centre. **Great houses of Chaco Canyon** Articledoi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0258369](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258369)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The woodland-degradation reading and the residential counter to the ceremonial-centre reading. ## The document 18 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 18 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p12)12] ![Page 1 of Ecosystem impacts by the Ancestral Puebloans of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. 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Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 8 records [A ceremonial and pilgrimage centre with a small permanent population, filled at gatherings and supplied from…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KTTV06WWN/a-ceremonial-and-pilgrimage-centre-with-a-small-permanent) Answer ANS [A lived-in farming town of ordinary households that also hosted ceremonies.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KTX1A4GXQ/a-lived-in-farming-town-of-ordinary-households-that-also) Answer ANS [Centuries of woodcutting and erosion had degraded the canyon, so it could no longer absorb drought.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KV88P4D6B/centuries-of-woodcutting-and-erosion-had-degraded-the-canyon) Answer ANS [Pollen and plant remains point to centuries of continuous local farming and woodcutting, which Lentz and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTVJE2HBQ/pollen-and-plant-remains-point-to-centuries-of-continuous) Evidence EVD [The canyon's woodland was cut back continuously from Late Archaic times to the Bonito phase, consistent with…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTX941DRD/the-canyons-woodland-was-cut-back-continuously-from-late) Evidence EVD [The juniper woodland was largely gone by the Bonito phase.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV8GG01Q4/the-juniper-woodland-was-largely-gone-by-the-bonito-phase) Evidence EVD [The great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon) The mystery article MYS [What was Chaco Canyon?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTSC476X2/what-was-chaco-canyon) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Lentz, D. L., Slotten, V., Dunning, N. P., Jones, J. G., Scarborough, V. L., & Plog, S. (2021). Ecosystem impacts by the Ancestral Puebloans of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. PLOS ONE 16(10): e0258369. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258369 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258369)[Download PDF · 4.1 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/98095fb73acbc6419a1be0ef25d2717509770716c2fa9f451b94c5dbbbd166cb) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0D9KT9R418H9 Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT9R418H9/ecosystem-impacts-by-the-ancestral-puebloans-of-chaco-canyon/csl.json)