Research Catalog

Title

Aztec, Salmon, and the Puebloan Heartland of the Middle San Juan / edited by Paul F. Reed, Gary M. Brown ; foreword by David Grant Noble.

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press : Published in association with School for Advanced Research Press, 2018.

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Additional Authors

• Reed, Paul F.
• Brown, Gary M.
• Noble, David Grant

Description

xiv, 111 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans; 28 cm.

Summary

• "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 the development of Salmon and Aztec to migration and colonization by people from Chaco Canyon. Rather than fighting for control over the territory, Chaco migrants and local leaders worked together to build the great houses of Aztec and Salmon while maintaining their identities and connections with their individual homelands. As a result of this collaboration, the Middle San Juan can be seen as one of the ancient Puebloan heartlands that made important contributions to contemporary Puebloan society."--
• "When, how, and why were the towns of Salmon and Aztec, in what is now the Four Corners region of the Southwest, established? What roles did these Middle San Juan sites play in the waning years of the Chaco world, known to archaeologists as the late Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods? This complex period has fascinated archaeologists for more than a century. Often overshadowed by the 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 Pueblo heartland was instrumental in tying together Chaco and Mesa Verde cultures to create a distinctive blend of old and new, local and nonlocal. The authors of this book attribute the development of Salmon and Aztec to migration and colonization by people from Chaco Canyon. Rather than fighting for control over the territory, Chaco migrants and local leaders worked together to build the great houses of Aztec and Salmon, while maintaining their identities and connections with their individual homelands. As a result of this collaboration, the Middle San Juan can now be seen as one of the ancient Puebloan heartlands that made important contributions to contemporary Pueblo society"--

Series Statement

School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology Series

Subjects

• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Pueblo Indians > Material culture
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Aztec Ruins National Monument (N.M.)
• Pueblo Indians > Migrations
• Salmon Site (N.M.) > Congresses
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology
• Pueblo architecture
• Excavations (Archaeology) > New Mexico > Congresses
• United States > San Juan River Valley
• Antiquities
• New Mexico > Aztec Ruins National Monument
• Pueblo Indians > Material culture > New Mexico > Congresses
• New Mexico > Salmon Site
• Pueblo Indians > New Mexico > Antiquities > Congresses
• Pueblo Indians > Antiquities
• San Juan River Valley (Colo.-Utah) > Antiquities

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• A school for advanced research popular archaeology book.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Ancient Pueblo People of the Middle San Juan Region / Paul F. Reed and Gary M. Brown -- La Plata layers / H. Wolcott Toll -- Ancient lifeways at Salmon Pueblo on the San Juan River / Paul F. Reed -- The great houses at Aztec, built to last / Gary M. Brown -- Aztec West's Great Kiva / Florence C. Lister -- Chacoan archaeoastronomy of the Middle San Juan Region / Larry L. Baker -- Putting meat on the Puebloan table / Kathy Roler Durand and Ethan Ortega -- Ancient Puebloan clothing from the Aztec and Salmon Great Houses / Laurie D. Webster -- Ancestral Pueblo pottery of the Middle San Juan Region / Lori Stephens Reed -- The intertwined histories of the Chaco, Middle San Juan, and Mesa Verde Regions / Mark Varien -- An acoma perspective on the Middle San Juan Region / Theresa Pasqual.

Call Number

JFF 18-2143

ISBN

• 9780826359926
• 0826359922

LCCN

2017060735

OCLC

1032029982

Title

Aztec, Salmon, and the Puebloan Heartland of the Middle San Juan / edited by Paul F. Reed, Gary M. Brown ; foreword by David Grant Noble.

Publisher

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press : Published in association with School for Advanced Research Press, 2018.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology Series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Reed, Paul F., editor.

Brown, Gary M., editor.

Noble, David Grant, writer of foreword.

Other Form:

Online version: Aztec, Salmon, and the Puebloan Heartland of the Middle San Juan. First edition. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press : Published in Association with School for Advanced Research Press, 2018 9780826359933 (DLC) 2018022108

Research Call Number

JFF 18-2143