Anasazi America: Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place

Anasazi America: Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place
ISBN-10
082632178X
ISBN-13
9780826321787
Series
Anasazi America
Category
History / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2000
Authors
David E. Stuart, Susan B. Moczygemba-McKinsey

Description

It took these Anasazi farmers more than seven centuries to create classic Chacoan civilization, which lasted some 200 years - only to collapse spectacularly in a mere 40.".

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