The current interpretive narrative for the pueblo history of the Cañada Alamosa begins in the 7th and 8th centuries. The pithouse village on the Victorio Site appears to be an outlier reflecting strong ties to the southern pueblo area where the most densely populated areas are on the major drainages. The frontier between north and south is wide and sparsely populated. This continues almost until the end of the ninth century. Then, for the next hundred years or so, no one appears to be home on the Cañada Alamosa. Perhaps the forces at the dual centers of culture were pulling in the populations from the periphery in the same way that a plant gathers its nutrients before flowering