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The Village Ecodynamics Project:Modeling Pueblo Historical Ecology
A.D. 600 – 1760
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Village Ecodynamics Project (VEP)
The VEP conducts empirical studies and modeling to examine interaction between Pueblo Indians and their
environment between A.D. 600 and 1600 and use the results of this research to better understand human social evolution
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Dynamics of Coupled
Natural and Human Systems
Research and Education Sponsoredby the National Science Foundation
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Institutional Partnerships
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The VEP Integrates a Computer Simulation and
the Analysis of All Known Archaeological Sites
in Our Two Study Areas
Modeling agricultural productivityfor use in the computer simulation
Synthesizing information to modelpopulation dynamics of sites
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Village Ecodynamics Project II:Ancestral Pueblo Settlement in SW Colorado and
theNorthern Rio Grande: AD 600-1280
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Archaeological Sites Database
18,000 sites, 7600 habitations
6,000 sites, 1750 habitations
VEP North Study Area
VEP South Study Area
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VEP II CMV Population History
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Revised Population History
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A New Look at MVR and NRG Population UPDATE
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The Village Ecodynamics Project:Average Agricultural Yields A.D. 600–1300
(Image Courtesy Kyle Bocinsky)
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Annual Maize Productivity A.D. 600–1300:The Village Ecodynamics Project
(Image Courtesy Kyle Bocinsky)
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American Indian Partnerships:The PFP Planning Meeting
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Harold Polingyumptewa and Paul Ermigiotti
The Pueblo Farming Project
Hopi Farmers Provide the Seed for Planting
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Hopi Farmers
Lee WayneLomayestewa
OwenNumkena
LeighKuwanwisiwma
MorganSaufkie
Ahkima Honyumptewa
Donald DawahongnewaRonald Wadsworth
HaroldPolyingyumptewa
RaleighPuhuyaoma
StewartKoyiyumptewa
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Location of Experimental Gardens
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The Check Dam Garden
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Comparing VEP Computer Estimateswith PFP Actual Yields:
Aggregated Data
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VEP Related Education Products:NSF-CRPA Grant and Other VEP Funding
• Exhibits at the new History Colorado Center in Denver
• New online, distance-learning VEP educational product
• Educational computer game focused on Pueblo farming practices
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History Colorado MuseumNSF-CRPA Grant to Develop Exhibits
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Publications for theProfession and the Public