Abstract
Our objective in this chapter is to provide a macroregional context for the depopulation of the northern Southwest. We propose to do this through the use of the Coalescent Communities Database (Wilcox et al. 2003), which allows us to illustrate demographic trends throughout the Greater Southwest in the late prehispanic period. This also allows us to discuss some of the subtleties and complications of regional depopulation by comparing the northern Southwest-the primary focus of this volume- to the Hohokam region of southern Arizona.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Leaving Mesa Verde |
Subtitle of host publication | Peril and Change in the Thirteenth-century Southwest |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 34-52 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Volume | 9780816599684 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780816599684 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780816519125 |
State | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Social Sciences(all)