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| Title |
Ancient maize from Chacoan great houses: Where was it grown?
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| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, October 2003
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.2135068100 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Larry Benson, Linda Cordell, Kirk Vincent, Howard Taylor, John Stein, G. Lang Farmer, Kiyoto Futa |
| Abstract |
In this article, we compare chemical (87Sr/86Sr and elemental) analyses of archaeological maize from dated contexts within Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, to potential agricultural sites on the periphery of the San Juan Basin. The oldest maize analyzed from Pueblo Bonito probably was grown in an area located 80 km to the west at the base of the Chuska Mountains. The youngest maize came from the San Juan or Animas river floodplains 90 km to the north. This article demonstrates that maize, a dietary staple of southwestern Native Americans, was transported over considerable distances in pre-Columbian times, a finding fundamental to understanding the organization of pre-Columbian southwestern societies. In addition, this article provides support for the hypothesis that major construction events in Chaco Canyon were made possible because maize was brought in to support extra-local labor forces. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 94 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Portugal | 2 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 83 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 18% |
| Professor | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 9 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 33 | 35% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 15% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 10 | 11% |
| Arts and Humanities | 10 | 11% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 9 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 November 2023.
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