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The Chaco Anasazi - Sociopolitical Evolution in the Prehistoric Southwest (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Chaco Anasazi - Sociopolitical Evolution in the Prehistoric Southwest (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: New Studies in Archaeology
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In the tenth century AD, a remarkable cultural development took
place in the harsh and forbidding San Juan Basin of northwestern
New Mexico. From small-scale, simply organised, prehistoric Pueblo
societies, a complex and socially differentiated political system
emerged which has become known as the Chaco Phenomenon. The
origins, evolution, and decline of this system have long been the
subject of intense archaeological debate. Lynne Sebastian examines
the transition of the Chaco system from an acephalous society, in
which leadership was situational and most decision making carried
out within kinship structures, to a hierarchically organised
political structure with institutional roles of leadership. She
argues that harsh environmental factors were not the catalyst for
the transition, as has previously been thought. Rather, the
increasing political complexity was a consequence of improved
rainfall in the region which permitted surplus production, thus
allowing those farming the best land to capitalise on the material
success. By combining information on political evolution with
archaeological data and the results of a computer simulation, she
is able to produce a sociopolitically based model of the rise,
florescence, and decline of the Chaco Phenomenon.
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