Often overshadowed by the Ancestral Pueblo centers at Chaco Canyon
and Mesa Verde, the Middle San Juan is one of the most dynamic
territories in the pre-Hispanic Southwest, interacting with Chaco
Canyon and Mesa Verde as well the surrounding regions. This ancient
Puebloan heartland was instrumental in tying together Chaco and
Mesa Verde cultures to create a distinctive blend of old and new,
local and nonlocal. The contributors to this book attribute the
development of Salmon and Aztec to migration and colonization by
people from Chaco Canyon. Rather than fighting for control over the
territory, Chaco migrants and local leaders worked together to
build the great houses of Aztec and Salmon while maintaining their
identities and connections with their individual homelands. As a
result of this collaboration, the Middle San Juan can be seen as
one of the ancient Puebloan heartlands that made important
contributions to contemporary Puebloan society.
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