Pueblo V period
The Pueblo V period is the final period of Ancestral Puebloan culture in Oasisamerica and includes contemporary Pueblo peoples. From the previous Pueblo IV period, all 19 of the Rio Grande valley pueblos remain in the contemporary period. The only remaining pueblo in Texas is Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, and the only remaining pueblos in Arizona are maintained by the Hopi. The rest of the Pueblo IV pueblos were abandoned by the nineteenth century.
The Pueblo V period is similar to the "Regressive Pueblo period."
History
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
Cultural groups and periods
The cultural groups of this period include:- 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.
Notable abandoned sites
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