book chapter
A summary of small site architecture in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Small site architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, by Peter J. McKenna, Marcia L. Truell • Santa Fe, N.M. • Published In 1986 • Pages: 115-502
By: Truell, Marcia L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Truell summarizes the major architectural characteristics of the excavated small house sites within Chaco Canyon. She intended the study to synthesize the changes and development in the construction of these sites through time. Truell describes the findings from the excavations at these sites and points out that there is less of a distinction and more of a continuum in the differences between small house and great house structures. She describes construction and materials used, form, pithouses, above ground structures such as ramadas, and how the architecture changed over time from around 1600-700 BP (AD 400-1300).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Architecture
- Dwellings
- Outbuildings
- Housing
- Construction
- Sociocultural trends
- 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 chapter
- 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
- 1973-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-700 BP (AD 400-1300)
- 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
- Marcia L. Truell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-339)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86603169
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chaco culture.
- Chaco architecture.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--New Mexico--Chaco Canyon
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.)--Antiquities
- Chaco Canyon (N.M.)--Antiquities
- New Mexico--Antiquities