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The Chaco Anasazi : Sociopolitical Evolution in the Prehistoric Southwest (New Studies in Archaeology)
The Chaco Anasazi Sociopolitical Evolution in the Prehistoric Southwest - New Studies in Archaeology Author:Lynne Sebastian In the tenth century AD, a remarkable cultural development took place in the harsh and forbidding San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico. From small-scale, simply organized, prehistoric Pueblo societies, a complex and socially differentiated political system emerged that has become known as the Chaco Phenomenon. This study combines informatio... more »n on political evolution with archaeological data to produce a sociopolitically based model of the rise, florescence, and decline of the Chaco Phenomenon.« less