Preservation at Sherwood Ranch Pueblo—Chronology 4
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From A.D. 1250 to about A.D. 1400, Sherwood Ranch Pueblo probably looked something like this. Reasons for this transformation might relate to the immigration of people from the Ancestral Puebloan areas of northern Arizona. The plaza-oriented village form may also relate to the development of the Katsina religion, which requires large spaces for religious ceremonies. Because the old great kiva was no longer large enough for such ceremonies, the village may have been rebuilt so that the entire population of the village could participate in these types of religious activities.
