Chaco Revisited: New Research on the Prehistory of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (Amerind Studies in Archaeology)
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816531609 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Though a singular theory for the Chaco Canyon phenomenon is yet to be reached, Chaco Revisited brings a new understanding to scholars: that Chaco was perhaps even more productive and socially complex than previous analyses would suggest.. Chaco Canyon, the great Ancestral Pueblo site of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, has inspired excavations and research for more than one hundred years. Written by both up-and-coming and well-seasoned scholars of Chaco Canyon, Chaco Revisited provides readers with a perspective that is both varied and balanced. In each of the twelve chapters, luminaries from the field of archaeology and anthropology, such
"One Star" according to Clinton Oden. What a bummer! more pages used for reference than content. Boy have I been HAD.
“In the same way that the ancestral inhabitants of Pueblo Bonito kept alive and renewed their cultural ties to their past by reentering and restoring their connection to parts of their pueblo that dated to over two hundred years earlier, these papers renew and refurbish our understanding of collections made more than one hundred years ago.”—Richard Wilshusen, co-editor of Crucible of Pueblos: The Early Pueblo Period in the Northern Southwest