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Subject(s)

• Agriculture, Ancient—Southwest, New—History [Browse]
• Chaco culture—Agriculture—History [Browse]
• Agriculture, Ancient—New Mexico—Chaco Canyon—History [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Series

New century gardens and landscapes of the American Southwest [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Chapter One. After the Ice Age
• Chapter Two. Changes in the Four Corners Region during the Early Archaic Period
• Chapter Three. The robust plant and foraging society of the Middle Archaic Period
• Chapter Four. The genius and innovation of ancient womens pocket gardens
• Chapter Five. Farming labor patterns
• Chapter Six. The evolutionary balance scales shift, 1
• 600 AD
• Chapter Seven. From Basketmaker to Puebloan
• Chapter Eight. Geography and Chacoan Societys emergence
• Chapter Nine. The Dynamics of a semi-arid empire
• Chapter Ten. The Great House Era, 875
• 175 AD
• Chapter Eleven. Modifying landscapes as avenues to power
• Chapter Twelve. The rhythms of Great House Power, 900s
• 1100s AD
• Chapter Thirteen. Tiptoeing on the edge of chaos, 1130 AD.

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ISBN

• 9780826368461
• 0826368468 (hardcover)
• 9780826368478 (paperback)
• 0826368476 (paperback)

LCCN

2025006773

OCLC

1520596294

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