Chaco Canyon Project Publications
The studies at Chaco Culture National Historical Park represent a major National Park Service attempt at research-supported management decision-making. Overall, the Chaco project is an effort which produced numerous published documents on the complexities of Native American occupation from the Archaic through Navajo periods. These documents synthesize approximately ten years of intensive park-related research and serve as a foundation for future park management decisions at Chaco. Major accomplishments of the program include the development of a computerized data base for retention and recall of research and management information, expanded knowledge of Chacoan archeology, a greater understanding of Southwest prehistory, and recognition of the interdependence of research and management in the decision-making process. Chaco Center research was published under two government series between 1971 and 1986. These reports are available in federal repository libraries and the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Museum Collection.
Site Name Keywords
Pueblo Alto •
Pueblo Bonito •
29SJ629 •
Pueblo Alto Complex •
29SJ627 •
Chaco Canyon •
Spadefoot Toad Site •
Una Vida •
Chetro Ketl •
29SJ633
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Domestic Structures •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Archaeological Feature •
Kiva / Great Kiva •
Artifact Scatter •
Town / City •
Midden •
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Other Keywords
SWD-GB •
Architecture •
Dendrochronology •
Special archeology / anthropology study •
Remote Sensing •
Chacoan Interaction Sphere •
Chacoan Road Network •
settlement •
Subsistence •
Prehistory
Culture Keywords
CHACO •
Historic •
Chacoan •
Chacoan Phenomenon •
Archaic •
Historic Native American •
Navajo •
Chacoan Outlier •
Mississippian •
Anasazi
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview •
Architectural Survey •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Architectural Documentation •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Collections Research •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Heritage Management •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Bioarchaeological Research
Material Types
Building Materials •
Chipped Stone •
Ceramic •
Fauna •
Dating Sample •
Ground Stone •
Human Remains •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Mineral •
Wood
Temporal Keywords
Archaic •
Historic •
Chacoan
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
McKinley County (County) •
San Juan County (County) •
Chaco Canyon •
Chaco Canyon National Monument •
San Juan (County) •
San Juan Basin