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

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-28 of 28)

  • Documents (28)
  1. Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon: An Analysis of Artifacts from Chaco Project, 1971-1978 Volume 1 Ceramics (1997)
  2. Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon: Analyses of Artifacts from the Chaco Project, 1971-1978 Volume II. Lithics (1997)
  3. Ceramics, Lithics, and Ornaments of Chaco Canyon: Analyses of Artifacts from the Chaco Project, 1971-1978 Volume III. Lithics and Ornaments (1997)
  4. The Spadefoot Toad Site: Investigations at 29SJ629 Chaco Canyon, New Mexico Vol. 1 (1993)
  5. The Spadefoot Toad Site: Investigations at 29SJ629 Chaco Canyon, New Mexico Vol. II (1993)
  6. Excavations At 29SJ627, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Volume I. The Architecture and Stratigraphy (1992)
  7. Excavations At 29SJ627, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Volume II. The Artifact Analyses (1992)
  8. Excavations at 29SJ633: the Eleventh Hour Site, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1991)
  9. Investigations at the Pueblo Alto Complex, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico 1975-1979: Volume I Summary of Tests and Excavations at the Pueblo Alto Community (1987)
  10. Investigations at the Pueblo Alto Complex, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico 1975-1979: Volume II Part 1 Architecture and Stratigraphy (1987)
  11. Investigations at the Pueblo Alto Complex, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico 1975-1979: Volume III Part 1 Artifactual and Biological Analyses (1987)
  12. Investigations at the Pueblo Alto Complex, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Volume II Part 2 Architecture and Stratigraphy (1987)
  13. Investigations at the Pueblo Alto Complex, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Volume IV Microfiche (1987)
  14. Investigtaions at the Pueblo Alto Complex, Chaco Canyon: Volume III Part 2 Artifactual and Biological Analyses (1987)
  15. A Biocultural Approach to Human Burials From Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1986)
  16. Small Site Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1986)
  17. Tsegai: An Archeological Ethnohistory of the Chaco Region (1986)
  18. Environment and Subsistence of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1985)
  19. Architecture and Material Culture of 29SJ1360 Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1984)
  20. Great Pueblo Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1984)
  21. Recent Research on Chaco Prehistory (1984)
  22. Architecture and Dendrochronology of Chetro Ketl, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1983)
  23. The Outlier Survey: A Regional View of the Settlement in the San Juan Basin (1983)
  24. An Administrative History of the Chaco Project (1982)
  25. Archaeological Surveys of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (1981)
  26. A History of the Chaco Navajos (1980)
  27. Stone Circles of Chaco Canyon, Northwestern New Mexico (1978)
  28. Aerial Remote Sensing Techniques in Archeology (1977)