Exploration and exploitation in the macrohistory of the pre-Hispanic Pueblo Southwest

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501532
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02T04:05:46Z
• Authors: R. Kyle Bocinsky; Johnathan Rush; Keith W. Kintigh; Timothy A. Kohler
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 550; Climate; 930; Agriculture; Pecos classification; 06 humanities and the arts; 15. Life on land; 333; United States; Archaeology; Chronology as Topic; Agriculture--History; Humans; 0601 history and archaeology; Ancestral Pueblo culture; Research Articles; Ecosystem; History, Ancient; Demography

Climate change can rapidly undermine ritual mechanisms that enhance social consensus, as shown for the Pueblo Southwest.