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Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society Hardback - 2005

by Brian Fagan

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Beautifully illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, "Chaco Canyon" draws on the very latest research on Chaco and its environs to tell the remarkable story of the people of the canyon, from foraging bands and humble farmers to the elaborate society that flourished between the 10th and 12th centuries A.D.

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Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, has been called the Stonehenge of North America. Its spectacular pueblos, or great houses, are world famous and have attracted the attention of archaeologists for more than a century.
Beautifully illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, Chaco Canyon draws on the very latest research on Chaco and its environs to tell the remarkable story of the people of the canyon, from foraging bands and humble farmers to the elaborate society that flourished between the tenth and twelfth centuries A.D. Brian Fagan is a master story teller, and he weaves the latest discoveries into a compelling narrative of people living in a harsh, unpredictable environment. Indeed, this is not a story about artifacts and dusty digs, but a riveting narrative of people in the distant past, going about their daily business, living and dying, loving, raising children, living in plenty and in hunger, pondering the cosmos, and facing the unpredictable challenges of the environment. Drawing on rare access to the records of the Chaco Synthesis Project, Fagan reveals a society where agriculture and religion went hand-in-hand, where the ritual power of Chaco's leaders drew pilgrims from distant communities bearing gifts. He describes the lavish burials in the heart of Pueblo Bonito, which offer clues about the identity of Chaco's shadowy leaders. And he explores the enduring mystery of Chaco's sudden decline in the face of savage drought and shows how its legacy survives into modern times.
Here then is the first authoritative account of the Chaco people written for a general audience, lending a fascinating human face to one of America's most famous archaeological sites.

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I walked upstream along the floor of the great canyon as the cool of evening settled over Chaco.

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  • Title Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society
  • Author Brian Fagan
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First printing
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Publication date 2005-05-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780195170436 / 0195170431
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.42 x 6.49 x 0.84 in (23.93 x 16.48 x 2.13 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Geographic Orientation: New Mexico
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects Chaco Canyon (N.M.) - Antiquities, Indians of North America - New Mexico -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004023630
  • Dewey Decimal Code 978.92

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  • Choice, 06/01/2006, Page 1888
  • Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 42
  • Library Journal, 06/15/2005, Page 82

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Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. One of the world's leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory, his many books include The Rape of the Nile, The Adventure of Archaeology, The Great Journey, and The Little Ice Age.
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