Study shows ancient Puebloans housed macaws and parrots in great houses for ceremonial use

A study that puts into perspective the role of macaws and parrots in the social and ceremonial life of ancient Pueblo communities at Chaco Canyon, one of the most important archaeological landscapes in the U.S. Southwest...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/ancient-puebloans-macaws-ceremonial-use/

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#Genome analysis connects Picuris #Pueblo people in northern New Mexico to their #Chacoan ancestors. Could the project bolster tribal land rights and serve as a model for partnership between scientists and #Indigenous communities?

'The Picuris’ oral history, cultural practices, and artifacts strongly link them to Chaco Canyon. Since approximately 900 C.E., they’ve lived some 275 kilometers to the canyon’s east, in the heart of New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo mountains. The Picuris used to be among the largest Pueblos but are now the smallest, and they’re routinely excluded from discussions about policies surrounding Chaco Canyon.'

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https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-traces-picuris-pueblo-tribe-s-ancient-ancestral-ties-chaco-canyon?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ScienceAdviser&utm_content=distillation&et_rid=34814771&et_cid=5603752

#archaeology #landscape #visualization from #lidar - 7th in a series, and my fourth post on #ChacoanBeltRoads. This is the Holmes Group in the La Plata valley of northwestern #NewMexico. This is the clearest and most perfectly round belt road I've seen. That's probably why this is the first #chacoan site at which a belt road was documented (see link below).

https://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/help-save-chaco-outlier-meet-holmes-group-site/

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