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Family

The people who lived at Ladle House were most likely the ancestors of today's Pueblo people who live in east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico. Given the relatively small size and number of Pueblo II rooms at Ladle House, we can surmize that these people comprised a single nuclear or extended family. Using residence data from modern Puebloan communities, it is estimated that Ladle House was occupied by four to seven individuals (Lightfoot 1988) . While Ladle House was probably occupied by an entire family, specific information is only available on two individuals whose remains were recovered from the kiva. These people were of American Indian ancestry and were between15 and 30 years old. One of these people was a woman and one was approximately 5' 5" tall.

Drawings courtesy of Anasazi Heritage Center, BLM

Community

The family at Ladle House was almost certainly part of a larger Pueblo II Anasazi community. Their closest neighbors may have lived just 300 feet to the east, and a dozen or more families probably lived within one mile. If the Anasazi community resembled modern Pueblo communities, then the Pueblo II families probably interacted and shared community tasks on a daily basis.