Chimney Rock
Subtitle: the ultimate outlier
By: edited by J. McKim Malville.
Contributors: Malville, J. McKim.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Chaco culture -- Colorado -- Piedra River Region; Chaco architecture -- Colorado -- Piedra River Region; Kivas -- Colorado -- Piedra River Region; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Colorado -- Piedra River Region -- History; Chimney Rock Archaeological Area (Colo.) -- History; Piedra River Region (Colo.) -- Antiquities
Description: "This volume sheds new light on the geography and the history of the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area in southwestern Colorado. Home until the mid-twelfth century to the ancestral Pueblo peoples, the Chaco Canyon and Chimney Rock site holds a wealth of information for present-day archaeologists to uncover. the contributors suggest varied prehistorical uses for the towering double spires of Chimney Rock: as a logging camp, military garrison, home of Chacoan priests, astronomical observatory, and/or ceremonial-pilgrimage center. Chimney Rock: The Ultimate Outlier is a multifaceted inquiry into an ancient North American residential site."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The many meanings of Chimney Rock / J. McKim Malville; title: Past and present research at Chimney Rock / Frank W. Eddy; title: Changing settlement patterns / Douglas R. Parker; title: Clusters of clay : the feather holders of Chimney Rock / Mary Sullivan; title: Petrographic analysis of Chimney Rock ceramics / Douglas R. Parker; title: Chimney Rock as a Chacoan port-of-trade / Gordon C. Tucker, Jr.; title: Chimney Rock : an ancient logging town? / Allen E. Kane; title: Wallace ruin and Chacoan missions / Bruce Bradley; title: Bonito-style greathouses / John R. Roney; title: Ceremony and astronomy at Chimney Rock / J. McKim Malville; title: Calendrical knowledge and ritual power / W. James Judge and J. McKim Malville; title: The evolution of the Chacoan polity; title: David Wilcox.