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Ritual, exchange, and the development of regional systemsessay 1989 • Plog, Stephen
Early Anasazi • North America > Southwest and Basin
The importance of ritual in integrating Southwestern societies has long been recognized. From Steward's study of room-to-kiva ratios to more recent analyses, archaeologists have examined the frequency of ceremonial or ritual structures to infer aspec...