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Chaco Canyon
Explores the lives of the site's builders, traces its discovery and scientific investigation, and discusses future study and conservation efforts.
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The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
The structures of Chaco Canyon, built by native peoples between AD 850 and 1130, are among the most compelling ancient monuments on earth. Recognized as a World Heritage Site, these magnificent ruins are consistently featured in scholarly books and popular media. Yet, like Chaco itself, these buildings are anomalous in Southwestern archaeology and much debated.
In a century of study, our understanding and means of approaching these ruins have grown considerably. Important tree-ring dating, GIS research, and computer imaging point to the need for a new volume on Chaco architecture that unifies older information with the new.
The chapters in this volume focus on Chaco Great Houses and consider three overlapping themes: studies of technology and building types, analyses of architectural change, and readings of the built environment. To aid reconsideration there are over 150 maps, floor plans, elevations, and photos, including a number of color illustrations.
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Chaco Canyon
New Mexico, northwestern corner. Here, amidst the greasewood bushes and clouds of dry, sandy soil, are the silent ruins of colossal mud and wooden houses, a mysterious remnant of an ancient civilization. In Chaco Canyon, readers learn about the discovery of these amazing structures and follow generations of archaeologists as they uncover the secrets of the canyon's past. A veritable early Native American detective story, the book includes numerous sidebars on archaeological techniques, timelines, related sites, photographs and illustrations of the sites and artifacts, and a fascinating interview with archaeologist Gwinn Vivian who grew up in the canyon. Series copy: Buried treasure, high adventure, lost civilizations--Join archaeologists as they dig for the past at exciting sites around the world. From the first excitement of the original find to the excavation and scientific breakthrough, these richly illustrated books team professional archaeologists with established science writers to bring the fascinating world of the archaeological process to life.
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The Chaco Meridian
In this return to his lively, provocative reconceptualization of the meaning of Chaco Canyon and its monumental 11th-century structures, Stephen H.Lekson expands--over time and distance--our understanding of the political and economic integration of the American Southwest.Lekson's argument that Chaco did not stand alone, but rather was the first.
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The Mysteries of Chaco Canyon
\"In a desert where Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado form the four corners of the Southwest, a canyon witnessed a great mystery. With short growing seasons and little rainfall, it became an unlikely place for a civilization. Yet the canyon was the center of the Anasazi Indian culture.\" (Stories for Children Magazine) Read more about the Anasazi Indians who lived in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, from 850 to 1250 A.D.
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Super-Drought in the Southwest
\"The culprits responsible for Lake Mead's decline today and the abandonment of Chaco Canyon some 800 years ago may be one and the same: a combination of prolonged super-droughts and human population growth. Less water, more people.\" (Muse) Learn about the super-droughts that affected Lake Mead and Chaco Canyon. Find out why the Southwest U.S. may be heading towards another super-drought.
Magazine Article
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
\"Chaco Canyon, for all its wild beauty, seems an unlikely place for the Anasazi culture to take root and flourish. This is desert country, with long winters, short growing seasons, and marginal rainfall. Yet a thousand years ago, this valley was a center of Anasazi life. These people farmed the lowlands and built great masonry towns that connected with other towns over a wide-ranging network of roads. In architecture, in complexity of community life, in social organization, the master builders of Chaco Canyon reached heights rarely matched by their kindred in the Four Corners region.\" (CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK) Learn about the 11-century ruins in this United States historical park.
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