Ancestral Pueblo population aggregation and abandonment in the North American Southwest

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-438

  Adler, Michael A ^a   Van Pool, Todd ^b   Leonard, Robert D ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandonment; American Southwest; Ancestral Pueblo; Community; Population aggregation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL STUDY; POPULATION AGGREGATION; PUEBLO SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT ABANDONMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030439517     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02286420     Document Type: Article

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