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The Chaco meridian : centers of political power in the ancient Southwest
- Title
- The Chaco meridian : centers of political power in the ancient Southwest / Stephen H. Lekson.
- Author
- Lekson, Stephen H.
- Publication
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, ©1999.
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Details
- Description
- 235 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Southwester archaeologists have long pondered the meaning and importance of the monumental 11th century structures in Chaco Canyon. Now, Stephen H. Lekson offers a lively, provocative thesis which attempts to reconceptualize the meaning of Chaco and its importance to the understanding of the entire Southwest. Chaco was not alone, according to Lekson, but one of three capitals of a vast politically and economically integrated region, a network that incorporated most of the Pueblo world, and that had contact as far away as Central America. A sophisticated astronomical tradition allowed for astrally-aligned monumental structures, great ceremonial roads and--upon the abandonment of Chaco Canyon in the 12th century--the shift of the regional capital to the Aztec site, then Paquime, all located on precisely the same longitudinal meridian. Lekson's ground-breaking synthesis of 500 years of Southwestern prehistory--with its expansion of phenomena as diverse as the Great North Road, macaw feathers, Pueblo mythology, and the rise of Kachina ceremonies--will be of great interest to all those concerned with the prehistory and history of the American Southwest.
- Subject
- Pueblo Indians > Antiquities
- Pueblo Indians > Politics and government
- Pueblo roads
- Mimbres culture
- Chaco culture
- Pueblo > Antiquités
- Pueblo > Politique et gouvernement
- Routes pueblo
- Culture Mimbres
- Culture chaco
- 15.38 archaeology of the non-Western world
- Mimbreskultur
- Archeologie
- Pueblo-Indianen
- Pueblo (Indiens) > Antiquités
- Pueblo (Indiens) > Politique et gouvernement
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.)
- Aztec Ruins National Monument (N.M.)
- Casas Grandes Site (Mexico)
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.-M.)
- Aztec Ruins National Monument (N.-M.)
- Casas Grandes (Mexique : Site archéologique)
- Mexico > Casas Grandes Site
- New Mexico > Aztec Ruins National Monument
- New Mexico > Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- USA > Südweststaaten
- Casas Grandes (Mexique ; site archéologique)
- Puebloindianer
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-222) and indexes.
- Contents
- Pourparlers -- Mondo Chaco -- Meridian Nexus -- A beautiful fact killed by an ugly theory -- Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0761991808
- 9780761991809
- 0761991816
- 9780761991816
- LCCN
- 98040239
- OCLC
- ocm40142928
- 40142928
- SCSB-926564
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library