Chaco revisited : new research on the prehistory of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico / edited by Carrie C. Heitman and Stephen Plog.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heitman, Carrie C., editor.

Plog, Stephen, editor.

Series:

Amerind studies in anthropology.

Amerind Studies in Anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaco culture--New Mexico--Chaco Canyon.

Chaco culture.

Chaco Canyon (N.M.)--Antiquities.

Chaco Canyon (N.M.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, [Arizona] : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chaco Canyon, the great Ancestral Pueblo site of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, has inspired excavations and research for more than one hundred years.Chaco Revisited brings together an A-team of Chaco scholars to provide an updated, refreshing analysis of over a century of scholarship.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Understanding Chaco: Past, Present, and Future - Stephen Plog

2. Reevaluating and Modeling Agricultural Potential in the Chaco Core - R. Gwinn Vivian and Adam S. Watson

3. The Relevance of Maize Pollen for Assessing the Extent of Maize Production in Chaco Canyon - Phil R. Geib and Carrie C. Heitman

4. A Perishable Perspective on Chacoan Social Identities - Edward A. Jolie and Laurie D. Webster

5. Bones as Raw Material: Temporal Trends and Spatial Variability in the Chacoan Bone Tool Industry - Adam S. Watson

6. Human Burials of Chaco Canyon: New Developments in Cultural Interpretations through Skeletal Analysis - Kerriann Marden

7. A Biological Perspective on Chacoan Identity - Meradeth Snow and Steven A. LeBlanc

8. The House of Our Ancestors: New Research on the Prehistory of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, A.D. 800-1200 - Carrie C. Heitman

9. Unpacking the House: Ritual Practice and Social Networks at Chaco - Barbara J. Mills

10. Chacoan Kinship - Peter Whiteley

11. Looking North toward Chaco with Awe and Envy . . . Mostly - Paul E. Minnis

12. Chaco: The View from Downstream - Kelley Hays-Gilpin and John Ware

Editors and Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8165-0234-X

OCLC:

903985614