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There are many ways this could have come about. An expansion of maize agriculture west from the Pueblo homeland is most realistic, but there are various semi-domesticates that could have been the staple of a more complex society (this arguably wouldn't be ASB insofar as human activity leads to domestication).
What would be the repercussions of a state society in California by the time the conquistadors arrive?