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Corridor of Exchange:
The Verde Valley forms the most easily traveled route from the southern, lowland deserts onto high Colorado Plateau in the north. People here could trade for resources from both regions and pass them on, facilitating the exchange of goods -- and ideas.
Trade contacts also allowed them to export local items like fine textiles, salt, and argillite pendants, beads, and carvings. They were undoubtedly an essential strand in the complex network of Southwest life. |