Pueblo III period

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The Pueblo III period was a late prehistoric era of Ancestral Puebloan culture in the American Southwest, marked by large cliff dwellings, population aggregation, and eventual regional depopulation.

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Pueblo III period canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan period
archaeological period
archaeologicalSite Betatakin
Canyon de Chelly
Chimney Rock
Cliff Palace
Hovenweep National Monument
Keet Seel
Mesa Verde National Park
Spruce Tree House
country United States
culture Ancestral Puebloans
endTime circa 1350 CE
fieldOfStudy Southwestern archaeology
followedBy Pueblo IV period
follows Pueblo II period
hasCause climate stress in some areas
drought episodes such as the Great Drought of the late 1200s
hasCharacteristic abandonment of many settlements
black‑on‑white pottery styles
ceramic diversification
construction of multi‑story masonry pueblos
defensive settlement locations
dry farming with check dams and terraces
great kivas in some communities
increased social complexity
increased use of masonry towers and defensive works
intensive agriculture
kiva construction
large cliff dwellings
polychrome ceramics in later phases
population aggregation
regional depopulation
regional interaction networks
village nucleation
water control features
hasEffect migration from the Four Corners region
population movement to the Little Colorado River region
population movement to the Mogollon Rim and related areas
population movement to the Rio Grande Valley
locatedIn American Southwest
Colorado Plateau
Four Corners region
partOf Ancestral Puebloan chronology
positionInPecosClassification third Pueblo period
startTime circa 1150 CE
timeInChronologySystem Pecos Classification
usedBy Southwestern archaeologists

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Pueblo II period followedBy Pueblo III period
Pueblo del Arroyo timePeriod Pueblo III period
Hackberry Group period Pueblo III period
Goodman Point Unit hasCulturalPeriod Pueblo III period
Mule Canyon timePeriodOfMajorOccupation Pueblo III period
Unkar Delta periodOfMajorOccupation Pueblo III period
Ancestral Puebloan chronology includesPhase Pueblo III period
Ancestral Puebloan architecture timePeriod Pueblo III period
West Ruin great house culturalPeriod Pueblo III period