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Aztec, Salmon, and the Puebloan Heartland of the Middle San Juan
xiv, 111 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm.
When, how and why were the towns of Salmon and Aztec, in what is now the Four Corners region of the Southwest, established? What roles did these Middle San Juan sites play in the waning years of the Chaco world, known to archaeologists as the late Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods? This complex period has fascinated archaeologists for more than a century. Often overshadowed by the Pueblo centers at Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde, the Middle San Juan is one of the most dynamic territories in the pre-Hispanic Southwest, interacting with Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde as well the surrounding regions. This ancient Pueblo heartland was instrumental in tying together Chaco and Mesa Verde cultures to create a distinctive blend of old and new, local and nonlocal. The authors of this book attribute the development of Salmon and Aztec to migration and colonization by people from Chaco Canyon. Rather than fighting for control over the territory, Chaco migrants and local leaders worked together to build the great houses of Aztec and Salmon, while maintaining their identities and connections with their individual homelands. As a result of this collaboration, the Middle San Juan can now be seen as one of the ancient Puebloan heartlands that made important contributions to contemporary Pueblo society.
The Ancient Pueblo People of the Middle San Juan Region / Paul F. Reed and Gary M. Brown -- La Plata layers / H. Wolcott Toll -- Ancient lifeways at Salmon Pueblo on the San Juan River / Paul F. Reed -- The great houses at Aztec, built to last / Gary M. Brown -- Aztec West's Great Kiva / Florence C. Lister -- Chacoan archaeoastronomy of the Middle San Juan Region / Larry L. Baker -- Putting meat on the Puebloan table / Kathy Roler Durand and Ethan Ortega -- Ancient Puebloan clothing from the Aztec and Salmon Great Houses / Laurie D. Webster -- Ancestral Pueblo pottery of the Middle San Juan Region / Lori Stephens Reed -- The intertwined histories of the Chaco, Middle San Juan, and Mesa Verde Regions / Mark Varien -- An acoma perspective on the Middle San Juan Region / Theresa Pasqual.
edited by Paul F. Reed, Gary M. Brown ; foreword by David Grant Noble.
"A school for advanced research popular archaeology book."
Includes bibliographical references (page 105) and index.
School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology Series