This paper leverages a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the origin of the initial farming population of the Northern Rio Grande. In doing so, I evaluate two contrasting hypotheses concerning the source areas of these migrants. The first hypothesis, which I call the “Southern Origin” hypothesis, represents the predominant narrative and proposes that the most likely source of the early Tewa Basin population was agricultural communities of the Middle Rio Grande to the south. The second hypothesis, which I call the “Northern Origin” hypothesis, posits that the most likely source was late Pueblo I and early Pueblo II agricultural communities within the Navajo Reservoir/Fruitland District in northwestern New Mexico. Although evidence from paleodemography, archaeology, and linguistics is most consistent with the Northern Origin hypothesis, it also reveals complexities that suggest that alternative scenarios for Northern Rio Grande initial farming population growth need to be considered.

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北里奥格兰德的初始农业人口：多学科分析

本文利用多学科方法来调查北里奥格兰德最初农业人口的起源。在这样做的过程中，我评估了关于这些移民来源地区的两个截然不同的假设。第一个假设，我称之为“南方起源”假设，代表了主要的叙述，并提出早期 Tewa 盆地人口的最可能来源是南部里奥格兰德中部的农业社区。第二个假设，我称之为“北方起源”假设，假设最可能的来源是新墨西哥州西北部纳瓦霍水库/果地区内的普韦布洛 I 晚期和普韦布洛 II 早期农业社区。尽管来自古人口学、考古学和语言学的证据与北方起源假说最一致，