The Chaco meridian : one thousand years of political and religious power in the ancient Southwest / Stephen H. Lekson ; foreword by Ruth M. Van Dyke, Phillip Tuwaletstiwa, and Severin Fowles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lekson, Stephen H., author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaco culture.

Mimbres culture.

Pueblo Indians--Antiquities.

Pueblo Indians.

Pueblo Indians--Politics and government.

Pueblo roads.

Aztec Ruins National Monument (N.M.).

Casas Grandes Site (Mexico).

Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.).

Mexico--Casas Grandes Site.

New Mexico--Aztec Ruins National Monument.

New Mexico--Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman and Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>Lekson is one of the few archaeologists who writes with a distinctive voice, one of the few who prefers to work without a net.... His account of political history of the ancient Southwest ... is a reconstruction that cannot be ignored by those interested in ancient Pueblo history and in the development of political complexity and social inequality.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Foreword in Three Movements; Acknowledgments, Apologies; Preface to the Second Edition; Ch01. Pourparlers; Ch02. Mondo Chaco; Ch03. Meridian Nexus; Ch04. A Beautiful Fact Killed by an Ugly Theory; Ch05. Conclusions?; Appendix A. Chaco as Altepetl; Appendix B. Dating Casas Grandes; Appendix C. Alto, Far View, and Chimney Rock; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-40030-1

1-4422-4644-8

1-4422-4646-4

OCLC:

905601430