The Chao Meridian: Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest

From: Plains Anthropologist | Date: February 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The Chaco Meridian: Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest. By STEPHEN H. LEKSON. AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA. 1999. 240 pp., references, 49 figures, 2 appendices, 2 indexes. $48.00 (Cloth, ISBN 0-7619-9180-- 8), $23.95 (Paper, ISBN 0-7619-9181-6).

Stephen Lekson's "Chaco Meridian" presents a provocative thesis in a low-keyed conversational manner - it is an engaging dialogue that disarms the reader. I suspect that if that reader is a southwestern archaeologist, Lekson needs to be at his disarming "best" for he proposes an integrative vision of southwestern (Pueblo) ...

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