Pueblo V Period

Considerable change occurred during the Pueblo V Period due to Spanish colonization of the Americas beginning in the 16th century and the United States westward expansion of the 19th and 20th centuries. These influences resulted in:

• Population decline due to European diseases
• Efforts to secure traditional Pueblo lands by the Europeans and other Native American tribes
• Establishment of Indian reservations[1]

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center notes, "Today, Pueblo people live in the modern world while maintaining their distinct culture and rich traditional heritage."[1]

The cultural groups of this period include:[2]

• Ancestral Puebloans – southern Utah, southern Colorado, northern Arizona and northern and central New Mexico.
• Hohokam – southern Arizona.
• Mogollon – southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and northern Mexico.
• Patayan – western Arizona, California, and Baja California.

The people from the following sites abandoned their pueblos and generally blended into Puebloans societies in the Rio Grande valley of New Mexico:

• Bailey Ruin – Arizona
• Bandelier – New Mexico
• Casa Grande – Arizona
• Mesa Grande – Arizona
• Pueblo Grande – Arizona
• Pecos – New Mexico, abandoned in the 19th century
• Puye Cliff Dwellings – New Mexico

Map of Ancient Pueblo People in the American Southwest and Mexico.

During the Pueblo IV period, Four Corners pueblo settlements were abandoned (northern and central portion of the Anasazi region.)

Colorado River tributaries

Pueblos in the Rio Grande valley

There are 21 federally recognized Pueblos that are home to Pueblo people.[3][nb 1]

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  North Pueblo, Taos Pueblo
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  Kiva at San Ildefonso Pueblo
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  Green Corn Dance at Tesuque Pueblo
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  Pueblo Eagle Dance
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  Puebloan woman at her adobe bake-oven
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  Puebloans of San Ildefonso making pottery

• American Indian Wars in the Southwest
• Pueblo – modern and ancient pueblos
• Pueblo Revolt of 1680
• Puebloan peoples