Evaluating Chaco migration scenarios using dynamic social network analysis
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Migration was a key social process contributing to the creation of the ‘Chaco World’ between AD 800 and 1200. Dynamic social network analysis allows for evaluation of several migration scenarios, and demonstrates that Chaco’s earliest ninth-century networks show interaction with areas to the west and south, rather than migration to the Canyon from the Northern San Juan. By the late eleventh century, Chaco Canyon was tied strongly to the Middle and Northern San Juan, while a twelfth-century retraction of networks separated the Northern and Southern San Juan areas prior to regional depopulation. Understanding Chaco migration is important for comprehending both its uniqueness in U.S. Southwest archaeology and for comparison with other case studies worldwide.
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There is currently no independent archaeological evidence-such as ceramic patterning or biochemical data-that supports an influx of northern populations in the ninth century AD.
“There is, however, currently no independent archaeological evidence-such as ceramic patterning or biochemical data-that supports an influx of northern populations in the ninth century AD (see Kantner 2012;Price et al. 2017;Mills et al. 2018).”
From The complex history of Pueblo Bonito and its interpretation (2018) · cites this paper as Mills et al. 2018
The Migration scenario 1 section reports a gap in ninth-century ceramic-network ties between Chaco and the Northern San Juan, and says isotopic signatures from Pueblo Bonito did not overlap with those from northern areas. The Conclusions say there is “little evidence” for migration from the Northern San Juan in the AD 800s, not no evidence; Migration scenario 1 also describes evidence of communities arriving from northern regions in the late AD 800s. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Mills, B. J., Peeples, M. A., Aragon, L. D., Bellorado, B. A., Clark, J. J., Giomi, E., & Windes, T. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- Arizona State University (US)
- Archaeology Southwest (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mills, Barbara J.
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- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Antiquity Publications
- Published
- 2018-08
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 364
- Pages
- 922-939
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W2888715580
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- 47
- References
- 26
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- FWCI
- 20.78
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- Language
- en
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- hybrid
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- Funders
- National Science Foundation (1355374, 1355381)
- Arizona State University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Historical and Architectural Studies
- Keywords
- Chaco Canyon, migration scenarios, regional depopulation
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