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4) Chaco Canyon
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Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the nineteenth-century discovery of cliff dwellings in the Chaco Canyon of northwest New Mexico, the excavations of the ancient ruins, and what the artifacts reveal about the civilization of the ancient Pueblo Indians.
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Monographs of the School of American Research volume no. 2
University of New Mexico bulletin. Monograph volume 1, no. 1
University of New Mexico bulletin. Monograph volume 1, no. 1
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80, x pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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Anthropological papers volume no. 5
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xxvi, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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xix, 368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Since mid-1970s, government agencies, scholars, tribes, and private industries have attempted to navigate conflicts involving energy development, Chacoan archaeological study, and preservation across the San Juan Basin. Examines both the imminent threat by energy extraction and ways of understanding Chaco Canyon--and Chaco-era great houses and associated communities"--
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xiv, 111 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Often overshadowed by the Ancestral Pueblo centers at Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde, the Middle San Juan is one of the most dynamic territories in the pre-Hispanic Southwest, interacting with Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde as well the surrounding regions. This ancient Puebloan heartland was instrumental in tying together Chaco and Mesa Verde cultures to create a distinctive blend of old and new, local and nonlocal. The contributors to this book attribute...
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Archaeological Society of New Mexico volume 30
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x, 166 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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Archaeological Society of New Mexico volume 27
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viii, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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