Abstract
Abstract
Highlights
The North American Southwest is characterised by a large number of well-preserved ancient Pueblo settlements and rock art sites
The central Mesa Verde region in the North American Southwest is located in present-day south-eastern Utah and south-western Colorado
Our research provides indirect evidence that intervisible sites in the Castle Rock Community were contemporaneous—a theory supported by our recent analyses of tree-ring samples and pottery
Summary
Ancestral Pueblo settlement structure and sacred landscape at Castle Rock Community, Colorado. Since the 1890s, archaeologists have been studying the cliff dwellings of the Mesa Verde region of south-western Colorado, seeking to understand the factors that drove the ancient Pueblo Indians from these once vibrant communities. The ongoing Sand Canyon-Castle Rock Community Archaeological Project examines connections between the landscape, architecture and rock art of the Castle Rock Community in the thirteenth century AD—immediately preceding the total depopulation of the Mesa Verde region. The combination of new technologies and collaboration with modern Pueblo people—the Hopi—provides a richer and more nuanced picture of the Community’s last days
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