Table 5.

Population Growth Rates (percent per year) from one period midpoint to the next. Values > |.7| (bold) are suggestive of migration (following Cowgill 1975).

From (year A.D.)	To (year A.D.)	Dolores	Hovenweep	McElmo	Mesa Verde Landform	Mesa Verde National Park	Ute Piedmont	Study Area Overall
663	763	.8	.3	.0	−.2	.2	−.7	.2
763	820	2.0	2.5	1.7	3.4	1.4	1.8	1.9
820	860	.4	−.9	.5	−1.7	.7	−1.4	.2
860	900	−.8	−4.5	−3.4	−1.3	−2.6	−1.4	−2.2
900	950	−2.5	1.6	.7	.8	.2	1.5	−.3
950	1000	−.1	.2	1.3	2.4	2.0	2.2	1.5
1000	1040	1.2	1.1	.1	−.4	.4	1.0	.2
1040	1080	.6	1.2	1.7	.2	.8	.7	1.1
1080	1120	.9	2.6	1.0	1.4	−.4	.6	.9
1120	1160	−1.7	.7	.2	−.1	−.4	.3	.0
1160	1203	−1.2	−1.3	.0	.0	−.3	.1	−.2
1203	1243	2.1	1.8	.8	−.1	.9	.3	.8
1243	1270	−3.6	−.8	−1.0	.1	.3	−.8	−.7