Chaco Meridian - One Thousand Years of Political Religious Power in Ancient Southwest

Informationen zum Autor Stephen H. Lekson Klappentext Revisiting his ground-breaking synthesis of Southwestern prehistory, Lekson expands our understanding of the political and economic integration of the American Southwest to encapsulate over 1000 years and 1000 km, from AD 500to the arrival of the conquistadors, and from Chaco Canyon to Aztec Ruins to Paquimé and even Culiacán in Sinaloa, Mexico. Zusammenfassung Revisiting his ground-breaking synthesis of Southwestern prehistory, Lekson expands our understanding of the political and economic integration of the American Southwest to encapsulate over 1000 years and 1000 km, from AD 500 to the arrival of the conquistadors, and from Chaco Canyon to Aztec Ruins to Paquimé and even Culiacán in Sinaloa, Mexico. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Foreword in Three Movements Ruth M. Van Dyke, Phillip Tuwaletstiwa, and Severin Fowles Acknowledgments, Apologies Preface to the Second Edition 1. Pourparlers The Argument in Brief Plan of the Book It's Complicated . . . 2. Mondo Chaco The Emerald City? The (Social) Dynamics of Chaco Prehistory The Regional System Out on the Edges Redistribution Revisited Chaco Hegemony Prestige Deflated Pax Chaco: Peace with an Edge and a Bite Lords of the Great House Chaco and Mimbres Life after Mimbres 3. Meridian Nexus Down the Yellow Brick Road Uniquity and Mobius Logic Three Southwestern Cities Regional Integration A Millennium on the Meridian 4. A Beautiful Fact Killed by an Ugly Theory Means: "They Do Things Differently There" Means (Continued): "Can't Get There from Here" Motive (1): "Roads through Time" Motive (2): Direction and Distance Opportunity: "How Can You Be in Two Places at Once . . . ?" Closing Arguments: "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" 5. Conclusions? The Four-Point Problem, without References But Wait . . . There's More! So What? New Methods Needed: Apply Within Chaco Meridian Appendix A: Chaco as Altepetl Appendix B: Dating Casas Grandes Appendix C: Alto, Far View, and Chimney Rock References Index About the Author ...

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• Autori: Stephen H Lekson, Stephen H. Lekson, Lekson Stephen H.
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 19.03.2015
• EAN: 9781442246447
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4644-7
• Pagine: 284
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria; Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural history, Archaeology by period / region, History of the Americas, Relating to Native American people, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General