Anasazi America : Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place, Second Edition /

"At the height of their power in the late eleventh century, the Chaco Anasazi dominated a territory in the American Southwest larger than any European principality of the time. Developed over the course of centuries and thriving for over two hundred years, the Chacoans' society collapsed d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stuart, David E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque, New Mexico : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social change.
Pueblo Indians > Social life and customs.
Pueblo Indians > Antiquities.
Human ecology.
Chaco culture.
Antiquities.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Social change > Case studies.
Human ecology > Case studies.
New Mexico > Chaco Canyon.
Chaco Canyon (N.M.) > Antiquities.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE: Daniel's Question; 1: The Rhythms of Civilization; 2: The Roots of Anasazi Society; 3: The Role of Agriculture; FEATURED RESEARCH; Experimental Comparison: Stone Boiling Versus Pot Boiling; Estimating Early Four Corners Population Growth: A Preliminary Model; 4: The Rise of the Chaco Anasazi; 5: The Chaco Phenomenon; FEATURED RESEARCH; Four Corners Farming: Strategy, Risks, and Crop-Calorie Yields; 6: The Fall of Chacoan Society; FEATURED RESEARCH; Burial Goods at Small and Large Chacoan Sites.
  • Babies Are Expensive: Farming and Population GrowthLong Story Short: Stuart on Chaco; 7: The Upland Period; 8: The Creation of Pueblo Society; FEATURED RESEARCH; Bone Morphology, Labor Intensity, and Economic Behavior at Pecos Pueblo; 9: Sustainable and Enduring Communities; EPILOGUE: The Spirit of Community; NOTES; GLOSSARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; REFERENCES CITED; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; Back Cover.

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