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Prehistoric deforestation at Chaco Canyon? by Wills, W. H., Drake, Brandon L., Dorshow, Wetherbee B.

“…Ancient societies are often used to illustrate the potential problems stemming from unsustainable land-use practices because the past seems rife with examples…”
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On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine: Archaeological Paradigms and the Chaco “Tree of Life by Wills, W. H.

“…The great houses of Chaco Canyon (ca. A.D. 850–1150) are widely assumed to represent cosmological meaning through the orientation of walls and other features…”
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Shabik’Eschee Village in Chaco Canyon: Beyond the Archetype by Wills, W. H., Scott Worman, F., Dorshow, Wetherbee, Richards-Rissetto, Heather

“…This study revisits an earlier publication in this journal (Wills and Windes 1989) in which a settlement model involving seasonal mobility and limited…”
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Agriculture and community in Chaco Canyon: Revisiting Pueblo Alto by Wills, W.H., Dorshow, Wetherbee Bryan

“…[Display omitted] ► Hydrological modeling in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, provides new methods for evaluating local agricultural productivity. ► The Pueblo Alto…”
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Evaluating the Gridded Agricultural Field Model in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Using Geophysical Remote Sensing by Sturm, Jennie O., Wills, W. H.

“…Recent geophysical remote sensing, including ground-penetrating radar and magnetometry, has been used to investigate three areas within Chaco Canyon, New…”
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The complex history of Pueblo Bonito and its interpretation by Crown, Patricia L., Wills, W.H.

“…Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon is one of the most iconic pre-Hispanic archaeological sites in the U.S. Southwest. Archaeologists refer to it as a great house in…”
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Modifying Pottery and Kivas at Chaco: Pentimento, Restoration, or Renewal? by Crown, Patricia L., Wills, W. H.

“…Patterns of use of ceramic objects and masonry architecture at Chaco Canyon in the southwestern United States indicate refurbishing of some vessels and…”
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Ritual and Mound Formation during the Bonito Phase in Chaco Canyon by Wills, W. H.

“…Recent socioeconomic models for the Bonito phase (ca. A.D. 850–1150) in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, rely heavily on the inference that ritual activity was a…”
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Cultural Identity and the Archaeological Construction of Historical Narratives: An Example from Chaco Canyon by Wills, W. H.

“…The Bonito Phase (ca. AD 850 to 1140) in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, is widely assumed by archeologists to reflect the growth and decline of a coherent…”
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STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE SOURCING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FAUNA FROM CHACO CANYON, NEW MEXICO by Hamilton, Marian I., Drake, B. Lee, Wills, W. H., Jones, Emily Lena, Conrad, Cyler, Crown, Patricia L.

“…Modern datasets provide the context necessary for accurate interpretations of isotopic data from archaeological faunal assemblages. In this study, we use the…”
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Pithouse Architecture and the Economics of Household Formation in the Prehistoric American Southwest by Wills, W. H.

“…Changes in prehistoric Southwestern architecture have been interpreted as the result of increasing dependence on agriculture through time which promoted…”
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Water Management at Pueblo Bonito: Evidence from the National Geographic Society Trenches by Wills, W. H., Love, David W., Smith, Susan J., Adams, Karen R., Palacios-Fest, Manuel R., Dorshow, Wetherbee B., Murphy, Beau, Sturm, Jennie O., Mattson, Hannah, Crown, Patricia L.

“…Recent archaeological investigations at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon reveal that residents constructed a large diversion channel during the eleventh century…”
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The 5.1 ka aridization event, expansion of piñon-juniper woodlands, and the introduction of maize (Zea mays) in the American Southwest by Drake, Brandon L, Wills, WH, Erhardt, Erik B

“…Pollen analysis is frequently used to build climate and environmental histories. A distinct Holocene pollen series exists for Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. This…”
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The Origins of Southwestern Ceramic Containers: Women's Time Allocation and Economic Intensification by Crown, Patricia L., Wills, W. H.

“…In the Greater American Southwest, ceramic containers were not manufactured until A.D. 1, as much as fifteen hundred years after the appearance of the first…”
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The Transition from the Preceramic to Ceramic Period in the Mogollon Highlands of Western New Mexico by Wills, W. H.

“…New excavations at the SU site have provided chronological and artifactual data leading to several revisions of long-standing interpretations of this important…”
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Early Agriculture and Sedentism in the American Southwest: Evidence and Interpretations by Wills, W. H.

“…Recent archaeological research in the American Southwest is rapidly altering long-held perspectives on early agricultural adaptations. The adoption of maize…”
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Water Management and the Political Economy of Chaco Canyon During the Bonito Phase (ca. AD 850-1200) by Wills, W. H.

“…Agricultural intensification is widely assumed by archaeologists to have been a catalytic factor in the development of social complexity in Chaco Canyon, New…”
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Agricultural suitability of the Chaco Canyon Region, New Mexico: Implications for settlement patterning during the great house period (ca. AD 850 to 1200) by Dorshow, Wetherbee B., Wills, W.H.

“…•Chacoan Great Houses occur in zones of highly suitable agricultural lands.•Geospatial analysis expands understanding of Chaco Basin.•Many areas of high…”
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The Pueblo Bonito mounds: Formation history, architectural context and representational fields by Wills, W.H., Williams, Katharine, Murphy, Beau, Przystupa, Paulina, Dorshow, Wetherbee B.

“…There are two large mounds comprised of enormous quantities of construction debris and discarded household debris associated with rapid growth of the Pueblo…”
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Evidence for Population Aggregation and Dispersal during the Basketmaker III Period in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico by Wills, W. H., Windes, Thomas C.

“…The appearance of pithouse settlements in the American Southwest that have multihabitation structures has been considered evidence for the emergence of…”
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