Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon, Vol. 1
Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon, Vol. 1

Author: Frances Joan Mathien

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-30

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9780266963400

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Excerpt from Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon, Vol. 1: Analyses of Artifacts From the Chaco Project, 1971-1978; Ceramics Introduction The Collection The Analysis Arrow Points Knives Drills and Perforators Miscellaneous Artifacts Chipped Stone Tools and the Chaco Phenomenon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon, Vol. 3
Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon, Vol. 3

Author: Frances Joan Mathien

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-30

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781528204965

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Excerpt from Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon, Vol. 3: Analyses of Artifacts From the Chaco Project, 1971-1978; Lithics and Ornaments Appendix 3a: Petrographic Description and Sources of Chipped Stone Artifacts in Chaco Canyon by David W. Love Introduction Procedures Depositional History and Landscape Evolution in the Area Adjacent to Chaco Canyon Local Sources of Chipped Stone Artifacts Non-local Sources of Lithics of Chipped Stone Artifacts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Pueblo Bonito Mounds of Chaco Canyon
The Pueblo Bonito Mounds of Chaco Canyon

Author: Patricia L. Crown

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0826356516

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Chaco Canyon has one of the most significant concentrations of archaeological remains in North America. Pueblo Bonito, the largest and best known of Chaco’s great houses, was largely excavated in the late 1890s and early 1920s, but then no extensive excavations were conducted at the site until a team of archaeologists from the University of New Mexico began work there in 2004. In exploring the possible evidence of water-control features, archaeologists recovered some 200,000 artifacts. Here they use the artifacts and fauna they found to examine the lives and activities of the inhabitants of Pueblo Bonito as well as to further interpret current models of Chaco archaeology. The contributors particularly focus on questions regarding crafts production, long-distance exchange relationships, and evidence for feasting and other ritual behavior. The results from the 2004–2008 excavations challenge many interpretations related to the daily activities of the Pueblo Bonito population while supporting others.

Chaco and After in the Northern San Juan
Chaco and After in the Northern San Juan

Author: Catherine M. Cameron

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2018-06-27

Total Pages: 854

ISBN-13: 0816538751

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Chaco Canyon, the great Ancestral Pueblo site of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, remains a central problem of Southwestern archaeology. Chaco, with its monumental “great houses,” was the center of a vast region marked by “outlier” great houses. The canyon itself has been investigated for over a century, but only a few of the more than 200 outlier great houses—key to understanding Chaco and its times—have been excavated. This volume explores the Chaco and post-Chaco eras in the northern San Juan area through extensive excavations at the Bluff Great House, a major Chaco “outlier” in Utah. Bluff’s massive great house, great kiva, and earthen berms are described and compared to other great houses in the northern Chaco region. Those assessments support intriguing new ideas about the Chaco region and the effect of the collapse of Chaco Canyon on “outlying” great houses. New insights from the Bluff Great House clarify the construction and use of great houses during the Chaco era and trace the history of great houses in the generations after Chaco’s decline. An innovative comparative study of the northern and southern portions of the Chaco world (the northern San Juan area around Bluff and the Cibola area around Zuni) leads to new ideas about population aggregation and regional abandonment in the Southwest. Appendixes present details and descriptions of artifacts recovered from Bluff: ceramics, projectile points, pollen analyses, faunal remains, bone tools, ornaments, and more. This book is one of only a handful of reports on Chacoan great houses in the northern San Juan region. It provides an in-depth study of the Chaco era and clarifies the relationship of “outlying” great houses to Chaco Canyon. Research at the Bluff Great House begins to answer key questions about the nature of Chaco and its region, and the history of the northern San Juan in the Chaco and post-Chaco worlds.