Pueblo Bonito and Chaco Canyon Revisited
Pueblo Bonito and Chaco Canyon Revisited
The Published versus the Unpublished Record
Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde are arguably the two best-known archaeological areas in the American Southwest. Yet despite more than a century of archaeological research, many questions remain unanswered.
From more than fifty years of research, archaeologist Jonathan E. Reyman has uncovered a wealth of materials from the work of George Pepper and Richard Wetherill, mostly from the 1896–1901 Hyde Exploring Expedition at Chaco Canyon but also from later field and collections research at more than twenty institutions in the United States. Previously unpublished Pepper-Wetherill field notes, photographs, and drawings combined with newly commissioned drawings offer a significant revision to what we know about the Chacoan world.
Reyman’s research has produced a unique book that compares the published record with the unpublished record to provide new information and insight into the archaeological culture and history of Chaco, the findings of the HEE and other pre-1950 archaeological projects, various Chaco field schools, and much more.
Pueblo Bonito and Chaco Canyon Revisited offers a blueprint for future research among existing archaeological collections.
“Reyman offers insightful nuggets that contemporary archaeologists should think strongly about, especially the importance of original field notes and other anthropological records for future researchers.”—Joe Watkins, author of Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and Scientific Practice
Jonathan E. Reyman is a retired professor of anthropology from Illinois State University. He also served for more than a decade as curator of the American Southwest, Mesoamerican, and South American archaeological and ethnographic collections at the Illinois State Museum.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One. Introduction to the Research on the Burials
Chapter Two. Chaco Canyon
Chapter Three. Pueblo Bonito and Chaco Canyon: The Unpublished Record
Chapter Four. Burial Mounds and Cemeteries
Chapter Five. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix A. Images of Skeletal Materials from Pueblo Bonito and the Pepper–Wetherill Mound 5, WSW of Pueblo del Arroyo
Appendix B. Osteometric Data and Analysis of the Skeletal Materials in Pueblo Bonito Rooms 32–33
Martin K. Nickels, edited by Jonathan E. Reyman
Appendix C. The Identification and Significance of a Milkweed Seed
Appendix D. Research Resources
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