Pueblo I period

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The Pueblo I period was an early cultural phase of the Ancestral Puebloans marked by the development of above-ground masonry villages, increased agriculture, and more complex social organization in the American Southwest.

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Pueblo I period canonical 3
Ancestral Puebloan chronology 1

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instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan cultural phase
archaeological culture period
archaeologicalEvidence domestic architecture arranged in linear or arc-shaped roomblocks
storage features indicating surplus production
village sites with roomblocks and pit structures
associatedWith Chacoan regional development (early stages)
Mesa Verde region
San Juan Basin
chronologyWithin Late Formative period of the Southwest
culture Ancestral Puebloans
economy bean cultivation
hunting and gathering supplementing farming
maize agriculture
squash cultivation
endTime circa 900 CE
follows Basketmaker III period
hasFeature construction of contiguous roomblocks
continued use of pit structures
corrugated pottery forms
development of above-ground masonry villages
development of communal architecture
development of early pueblos
emergence of regional stylistic variation
expansion of irrigation and water-control features
gray ware ceramics
increased reliance on agriculture
increased use of pottery
increased village aggregation
more complex social organization
use of above-ground storage rooms
use of jacal and masonry architecture
white ware ceramics
locatedIn American Southwest
Colorado Plateau
Four Corners region
partOf Ancestral Puebloan chronology
linked to: Pueblo I period

Pueblo periods
precedes Pueblo II period
relevantTo Ancestral Puebloan settlement patterns
prehistory of the United States
socialOrganization household-based communities
increasing community integration
startTime circa 750 CE
studiedIn Southwestern archaeology
temporalContext Late first millennium CE in the American Southwest
transitionFrom semi-subterranean pithouse settlements
transitionTo larger, more permanent pueblos

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Ancestral Puebloans timePeriod Pueblo I period
Pueblo I period partOf Ancestral Puebloan chronology
linked to: Pueblo I period
Pueblo II period follows Pueblo I period