Chaco Legacy Studies: Archival Research, Archeomagnetic Dating, and the Role of Turkeys

Summary

Part of the Chaco legacy includes early excavations that were under or unreported leaving large gaps in our knowledge of a considerable amount of work, especially during the University of New Mexico field school era. UNM constructed a research station with laboratory facilities and dormitories with the goal of training students and conducting long-term research on a concentration of small village sites opposite the great houses of Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl. One of these excavations was at Bc 59, which was partially excavated in 1947 with additional excavations completed in conjunction with the National Park Service’s ruins stabilization program. One of Tom Windes’ legacies is his effort to refine dating throughout the canyon by collecting archeomagnetic and dendrochronological samples. Finally, 25 years of distance and research provides additional insights into the role of the turkey—the bird that inspired our Chaco Navajo crew’s name for Tom—Tom Tazhii.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Its About Time: Contributions in Honor of Thomas C. Windes   •
• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage