Book
Great Pueblo architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
University of New Mexico Press • Albuquerque • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Lekson, Stephen H., Gillespie, William B., Windes, Thomas C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Lekson describes the large pueblo ruins that are situated within Chaco Canyon within the National Historical Park. Through archival work and field survey Lekson presents an architectural study of twelve of the great houses. Until this time few of them had been mapped correctly and only the excavated structures had architectural descriptions. He presents the construction history for each great house describing what was built where and when, analyzes building technology, and discusses the labor requirements for construction. Two hypotheses guided the research: what were the social ramifications of construction and what were the social correlates of architectural form? The appendices include a glossary of the architectural terms and a key to tree-ring dating symbols.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Construction
- Architecture
- Settlement patterns
- Labor and leisure
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100-860 BP (AD 900-1140)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephen H. Lekson, with contributions by William B. Gillespie and Thomas C. Windes
- Reprint. Originally published: Albuquerque, N.M. : National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1984
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-296) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85008613
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chaco architecture
- Pueblos--New Mexico--Chaco Canyon
- Chaco culture
- Chaco Canyon (N.M.)--Antiquities
- New Mexico--Antiquities
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities
- Pueblo Indians--Architecture