Ritual and nonritual activities in Mesa Verde region pit structures
essay 1989 Varien, Mark & Lightfoot, Ricky R.

Early AnasaziNorth America > Southwest and Basin
Varien and Lightfoot use the data from the Duckfoot site, a site that was fully excavated, to analyze the distribution of artifacts and features across the site. '[They] have tried to demonstrate some of the variation in pit structure assemblages and...

Southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah settlement patterns
essay 1996 Varien, Mark et al.

Early AnasaziNorth America > Southwest and Basin
In this article the authors examine settlement patterns in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah between AD 1100 and 1300. After a presentation of the analytical methods used by the authors, they examine settlement pattern cycles before AD 1100...