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Feasting, reciprocity, and redistribution in ancestral Pueblo societies of the American Southwest, c. 900–1300 CE

Feasting, reciprocity, and redistribution in ancestral Pueblo societies of the American Southwest, c. 900–1300 CE

  1. Early villages expand in the northern Southwest

    Labels: Ancestral Pueblo, Chaco Canyon

  3. Great house network grows across the region

    Labels: Bonito Phase, great-house network

  4. Macaws arrive as early prestige gifts

    Labels: scarlet macaw, long-distance exchange

  5. Pueblo Alto built with major storage and production areas

    Labels: Pueblo Alto, storage facilities

  6. Chaco roads link outliers to gathering centers

    Labels: Chaco roads, engineers

  7. Ritual feasting leaves huge pottery discard at Pueblo Alto

    Labels: Pueblo Alto, pottery refuse

  8. Cacao drinking practices connect Chaco to distant networks

    Labels: Pueblo Bonito, cacao

  9. Room 28 jar cache is burned in a termination ritual

    Labels: Room 28, termination ritual

  10. Long-distance turquoise exchange spans the Southwest

    Labels: turquoise exchange, sourcing studies

  11. Outlier great houses persist, such as Salmon Ruins

    Labels: Salmon Ruins, outlier great

  13. Great houses transition from center places to local communities

    Labels: great houses, local communities

  14. Regional migrations culminate in broad reorganization by 1300

    Labels: regional migrations, Four Corners