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PublisherSchool for Advanced Research Press/Sar Press

ISBN-101930618425

ISBN-139781930618428

eBay Product ID (ePID)6064394

Product Key Features

Book TitleIn Search of Chaco : New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma

Number of Pages158 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicArchaeology, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science

AuthorDavid Grant Noble

Book SeriesA School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology Book Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight30 oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-005447

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal978.9/82

SynopsisStartling discoveries and impassioned debates have emerged from the "Chaco Phenomenon" since the publication of New Light on Chaco Canyon twenty years ago. This completely updated edition features seventeen original essays, scores of photographs, maps, and site plans, and the perspectives of archaeologists, historians, and Native American thinkers. Key topics include the rise of early great houses; the structure of agricultural life among the people of Chaco Canyon; their use of sacred geography and astronomy in organizing their spiritual cosmology; indigenous knowledge about Chaco from the perspective of Hopi, Tewa, and Navajo peoples; and the place of Chaco in the wider world of archaeology. For more than a century archaeologists and others have pursued Chaco Canyon's many and elusive meanings. In Search of Chaco brings these explorations to a new generation of enthusiasts., Startling discoveries and impassioned debates have emerged from the "Chaco Phenomenon" since the publication of New Light on Chaco Canyon twenty years ago. This completely updated edition features seventeen original essays, scores of photographs, maps, and site plans, and the perspectives of archaeologists, historians, and Native American thinkers.

LC Classification NumberE99.P9I5 2004