Protecting Greater Chaco: Recent Efforts to Save a Fragile Cultural Landscape
Author(s): Paul Reed
Year: 2016
Summary
The Greater Chaco Landscape of northwest New Mexico is threatened by increasing drilling activity associated with development of the Mancos Shale via fracking. Many groups and individuals have spoken up and banded together to fight this threat. Archaeology Southwest has been actively engaged in this process for a couple years. In this presentation, I summarize our work and detail the steps taken to help ensure greater protection for the irreplaceable landscape associated with Chacoan Society.
Cite this Record
Protecting Greater Chaco: Recent Efforts to Save a Fragile Cultural Landscape. Paul Reed. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 404593)
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Keywords
General
Chacoan society
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Chaco Canyon
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Landscape
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southwest
Spatial Coverage
min long: -115.532; min lat: 30.676 ; max long: -102.349; max lat: 42.033 ;