The Chaco Experience: Landscape and Ideology at the Center Place

by Ruth M. Van Dyke

Book Overview

In a remote canyon in northwest New Mexico, thousand-year-old sandstone walls waver in the sunlight, stretching like ancient vertebrae against a turquoise sky. This storied place--Chaco Canyon--carries multiple layers of meaning for Native Americans and archaeologists, writers and tourists, explorers and artists. Here, isolation, the arid climate, and dry-laid construction have preserved ruins that are monuments to prehistoric creativity and perseverance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193061876X
• ISBN13: 9781930618763
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"