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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 978.982 EAN: 9780874807059 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0874807050 Label: University of Utah Press Manufacturer: University of Utah Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: May 23, 2002 Publisher: University of Utah Press Studio: University of Utah Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - a very good reference, but needed a better overviewThe Puebloan culture at Chaco Canyon reached its height between AD 1050 and 1120. In addition to constructing greathouses, kivas, tools and pottery, the people also had to solve the problems of living in a harsh environment. For example, they developed intricate systems of controlling water through canals, dams, gates, and gridded gardens. This book is an excellent reference that lists subjects alphabetically, with brief decriptions (usually not more than one half to one page in length) ... Read More Rating: - Not a field guideSomeone's pointed out that this isn't a guide to help you explore Chaco. That's true. This is a book you should probably read before you go there, or even contemplate going there. Visiting Chaco and other ancient ruin sites in the Southwest is an adventure. If you'd like to see these ruins innocent of any understanding of what you are looking at, of the people who built them, of what's known, believed, speculated about concerning their mysteries, don't buy this book. You'll still enjoy ... Read More Rating:  - Comprehensive Book fails as a travel guideEver feel that you let the enthusiasm of a review persuade you to purchase something for the wrong reason? Well I did. Like many of you who will visit this amazing site, I was looking for a book that would help me explore it. This book WILL NOT help you plan your trip nor will you want to pack it with you when you go. What it will do is help you write a term paper on Chaco Canyon. Things I want to know when I read about an area are when to go, how long each area should take and strategies to get the ... Read More Rating:  - SW PreHistory Comes AliveThis incredibly detailed and cross-referenced "handbook" is also a fine "literary work"that will delight anyone from novice to active archaeologist. Vivian's lifelong professional involvement with Chaco and Hilpert's facile expertise for public information clarity have made a perfect merger of technical information and spellbinding narrative. Add in wonderful illustrations (many of Vivian's photos and drawings) and time lines and charts, and you have everything one needs to understand, and better yet, REMEMBER ... Read More Rating: - A superb introduction to The Chaco PhenomenonChaco Canyon, site of one of the most remarkable civilizations in North America prior to the European invasion, has long been the subject of speculation, fantasy and intense scientific exploration and study. The mystery of its origins may never be unraveled, which is perhaps the enduring lure of the Chaco Phenomenon. Visit the ruins of an English castle, or a coastal monastery destroyed by Vikings, and the origins and fate are readily available. At Chaco, the Great Houses built from about 850 AD to ... Read More 
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