History of the Ancient Southwest

Name: History of the Ancient Southwest
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ISBN: 9781934691106

ISBN-10: 1934691100

ISBN-13: 9781934691106

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stephen H. Lekson

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According to archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, much of what we think we know about the Southwest has been compressed into conventions and classifications and orthodoxies. This book challenges and reconfigures these accepted notions by telling two parallel stories, one about the development, personalities, and institutions of Southwestern archaeology and the other about interpretations of what actually happened in the ancient past. While many works would have us believe that nothing much ever happened in the ancient Southwest, this book argues that the region experienced rises and falls, kings and commoners, war and peace, triumphs and failures. In this view, Chaco Canyon was a geopolitical…

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press/SAR Press
Publication date: 6/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 452
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.310
Language: English