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Pueblo Alto
Great Pueblo architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, by Stephen B. Lekson • Albuquerque • Published In 1986 • Pages: 192-209
By: Windes, Thomas C., Lekson, Stephen H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Windes describes the history of the archaeological work at Pueblo Alto, the chronology of the Great House, its architecture, its masonry styles, its five stages of construction, and the dates for that construction. The last brief occupation of the site around 635 BP (AD 1365) is described also. Pictures of some of the rooms and masonry styles are included along with maps of the locations of the various stages of construction.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Public structures
- Masonry
- Construction
- 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
- essay
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1020±48-850 BP (AD 980±48-1150)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pueblo Alto, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas C. Windes
- Reprint. Originally published: Albuquerque, N.M. : National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1984
- 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