Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is located in Western New Mexico. A cliff site by the Gila River was used for centuries by the Mogollan and others. Starting in approximately 1275 AD structures were constructed inside the cliffs, with the wood used in different phases carbon dated from 1276 to 1287 AD. Despite this extensive construction it was only inhabited by two families for approximately 30 years. Different theories are the extreme remoteness, drought, or possibly limited reproduction after two generations between only two families.
Anasazi doorways. That is an area where Ancestral Puebloan clan wars played out, with aggressors chasing others across NM and later AZ. It makes sense that the closer to home (Four Corners) in both distance and time, the more common the T-shaped doorways. By the time they made it across AZ, they're nearly unheard of.
Never seen so many cobs in my life.
Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".
"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
Thank you for this presentation and great pictures.
Some notable edible flora as camp followers from pueblito sites (100+) in the surrounding hills. The Yucca baccata, as you pictured, occurrs in over 90% of sites (my observation); Interestingly also Coryphantha vivipara is the most common small cactus, as its often still-green-when-ripe fruit is delicious; the overlay from centuries before is Pinus edulis. Newer techniques in agriculture changed the lifeways and diet of humans, yet these trees still stand, and I doubt that they were ever taken for granted, at least not symbolically.
