Investigations at the Pueblo Alto Complex Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, 1975-1979. Volume 3. Part 1. Artifactual and Biological Analyses

摘要

Analyses of the material culture and ethnobotanical materials recovered from the excavations at Pueblo Alto are presented here, with the exception of the coprolite, pollen, and human parasite results, which were published previously. These analyses covered a span of many years and were interspersed with reports and field work involving other sites of the Chaco Project. Furthermore, much of the architectural and stratigraphic information from the Pueblo Alto excavations (Volume II) and temporal refinement (in Volume I) was not available to the analysts. From the perspective of my first year on the Chaco Project in 1972, it is clear the authors have made quantum leaps in deciphering the Chaco story in the intervening decade, which are not apparent to those caught in the more recent unraveling of the intricate web of the Chacoan system.