Lekson, Stephen H.

The Chaco Meridian : One Thousand Years of Political and Religious Power in the Ancient Southwest. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (235 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword in Three Movements -- Acknowledgments, Apologies -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Chapter 1: Pourparlers -- Chapter 2: Mondo Chaco -- Chapter 3: Meridian Nexus -- Chapter 4: A Beautiful Fact Killed by an Ugly Theory -- Chapter 5: Conclusions? -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- References -- About the Author.

Revisiting his ground-breaking synthesis of Southwestern prehistory, Lekson expands our understanding of the political and economic integration of the American Southwest to encapsulate over 1000 years and 1000 km, from AD 500to the arrival of the conquistadors, and from Chaco Canyon to Aztec Ruins to Paquimé and even Culiacán in Sinaloa, Mexico.

9781442246461


Pueblo Indians -- Politics and government.


Electronic books.

E99.P9 -- L44 2015eb

978.9004/974