# Benson 2007: Anasazi (Pre-Columbian Native-American) Migrations During the Middle-12th and Late-13th Centuries: Were they Drought Induced?

> Larry Benson, Kenneth Petersen, John Stein, 2007. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The drought reading of the departure.

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# Anasazi (Pre-Columbian Native-American) Migrations During the Middle-12th and Late-13th Centuries: Were they Drought Induced?

Larry Benson, Kenneth Petersen, John Stein, 2007. _Climatic Change 83: 187-213_.

Compares tree-ring reconstructions of drought with the timing of the mid-twelfth-century and late-thirteenth- century Puebloan migrations, including the end of Chaco.

**Great houses of Chaco Canyon** Articledoi: **[10.1007/s10584-006-9065-y](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-9065-y)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The drought reading of the departure.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[A severe drought from about 1130 made the canyon and its supply areas unable to support the system.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KV7H84TPM/a-severe-drought-from-about-1130-made-the-canyon-and-its)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Benson, L., Petersen, K., & Stein, J. (2007). Anasazi (Pre-Columbian Native-American) Migrations During the Middle-12th and Late-13th Centuries: Were they Drought Induced?. Climatic Change 83: 187-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-9065-y
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-9065-y)

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