The Virgin Anasazi, far western Puebloans

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Lyneis
Keyword(s):  
Virgin Anasazi

Social Complexity Among the Lowland Virgin Anasazi

KIVA ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Lyneis
Keyword(s):  
Social Complexity ◽  
Virgin Anasazi

Comments on the Impacts of Climatic Variability and Population Growth on Virgin Anasazi Cultural Development

1996 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 414-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Allison
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Climatic Change ◽  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Climatic Variability ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Climatic Variation ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Virgin Anasazi

Larson and Michaelsen (1990) suggest that Virgin Anasazi cultural development can be explained as a response to population growth and climatic variation. They present demographic and climatic data to argue that abandonment of the Virgin Anasazi region was a response to a severe mid-twelfth century drought. Reconsideration of their data shows that Virgin Anasazi populations probably did not grow or decline as rapidly as they suggest. Further, radiocarbon dates suggest that the Virgin Anasazi occupied the area until the late thirteenth century. The Virgin Anasazi abandonment did not coincide with the twelfth-century drought, and cannot be explained solely by reference to population size and climatic change.

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