The Chaco Handbook - An Encyclopedic Guide

Informationen zum Autor R. Gwinn Vivian is former curator of archaeology for the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Bruce Hilpert is curator of public programs for the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Klappentext Includes more than 270 cross-referenced! alphabetical entries! more than 100 illustrations and maps! plus histories of Chaco's development and ensuing archaeological research. Entries address important Chacoan and related sites! place-names! archaeological and ethnographic terms! objects and architectural features! and institutions and individuals. This second edition includes a new preface! a new chapter on professional explanations for the "Chaco Phenomena”! additional entries! and revisions to existing entries. Zusammenfassung An encyclopedic handbook that organizes the extensive amount of information available for Chaco Canyon! a remarkable archaeological site of ancient puebloan ruins in northwestern New Mexico.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Hilpert, R Gwinn Vivian, R. Gwinn Vivian, R. Gwinn/ Hilpert Vivian
• Publisher: The University of Utah Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2012
• EAN: 9781607811954
• ISBN: 978-1-60781-195-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Chaco Canyon; Chaco Canyon
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous