Figure 1
The Far View Community.
Figure 2
Demonstration of Steps 1–2 of the productivity model.
Figure 3
Demonstration of Steps 3–4 of the productivity model.
Figure 4
Annual maize productivity results between A.D. 990–999 (each dot is a single iteration, and cross bars show the mean). (A) Proportion of FV catchment in maize niche each year. (B) Amount of precipitation (cm) in the catchment. (C) Distribution of potential mesa top and drainage farming areas used for maize production. (D) Distribution of yields in arable mesa top and drainage farming areas and total simulated maize productivity.
Figure 5
Maize productivity results for entire study period: (A) Annual and ten-year average of arable mesa top farming areas; (B) Annual and ten-year average of arable drainage farming area; and (C) Annual and ten-year average of total maize productivity (calories) in the community.
Figure 6
(A) Annual and ten-year average of total maize productivity (calories) and annual maize needs (calories) derived from smoothed population estimate; (B) Maize accumulation (calories), showing years with a maize deficit in red and years with a maize surplus in green; (C) Years with maize deficit; and (D) Years with persistent deficit.
Figure 7
Estimate of community size and maize niche size produced from regionally derived reconstructions (Bocinsky et al. 2016; Schwindt et al. 2016).
Figure 8
(A) Far View community population; (B) Persistent deficit years; (C) Low precipitation years (<35 cm); and (D) Periods of acute climate stress (see Field & Glowacki 2024).