Thanks, but I’ll stick with the testimony of the first contact Euro accounts and the preponderance of evidence, namely the dog effigy pots common to both cultures.
Very interesting article, but not my favorite dog-I’ve been to the ruins of Casas Grandes several times, once when my cousin’s husband was doing some work there. I’ve seen the Chihuahua pots and other beautiful things from there, and little arrowheads for shooting game birds-called “bird points”-duh...
There are lots of interesting tidbits of construction there-inhabitants built covered canals that carried water around the place, and there was what looks like a central wellhouse.
From the evidence still visible, the massacre that took place there must have been awful-even the animal pens show signs of fire.