The Agricultural Productivity of Chaco Canyon and the Source(s) of Pre-Hispanic Maize Found in Pueblo Bonito

Introduction 290 Agricultural Productivity and Population Densities of the

Chaco Canyon Core Area 292 Archaeological Maize Samples 302 Summary and Conclusions 311

Akchin farming In true akchin farming, the akchin is the specific area on the active alluvial fan where floodwaters spread out (i.e., the akchin area is located between the zone of concentration where wash channels are converging and the zone of distribution where channels are diverging).