Environment and Subsistence of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Author(s): Frances Joan Mathien

Year: 1985

Summary

This paper is conceived as a summary and review of recent paleoenvironmental research in Chaco. While the orientation is toward reviewing information of potential significance in modelling past human adaptations, discussion of archeological evidence of past adapt ions is minimal. The focus is on characterizing the general climatic and environmental framework, which confronted human populations at different times in the past, and on suggesting revisions of previous interpretations where warranted. This is not a comprehensive review of the paleoenvironmental data that have been generated in recent years from Chaco or elsewhere on the Colorado Plateau.

Cite this Record

Environment and Subsistence of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Frances Joan Mathien. Publications in Archeology, Chaco Canyon Studies ,18E. Albuquerque, NM: National Park Service. 1985 ( tDAR id: 178616) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8N58KP8

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Keywords

Culture
CHACO

Material
Macrobotanical • Pollen

Site Name
29SJ627 • 29SJ629 • Pueblo Alto

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Settlements • Town / City

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Environment Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Environment • Environmental Study • Experimental Archaeology • Experimental Archeology • Special archeology / anthropology study • Subsistence • SWD-GB

Geographic Keywords
35045 (Fips Code) • Chaco Canyon Region • New Mexico (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • San Juan (County) • San Juan Basin • United States of America (Country)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.369; min lat: 35.555 ; max long: -107.249; max lat: 36.386 ;

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