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Explores Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, discussing excavations and draws upon archeological evidence to describe the cultural, political, and spiritual life of this civilization.

The excitement of archaeological discovery is captured in this detailed, well-illustrated account, which moves from the time when seventeenth-century Spanish soldiers first found the ruins at Chaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico through scientific analyses undertaken there in the 1970's.

Aztec Ruins on the Animas is a lavishly illustrated account of the site - its history, excavation, preservation, and significance in relation to the Anasazi world of Chaco, Mesa Verde, and Salmon Ruins.

One of the most spectacular ruins in North America is Pueblo Bonito, located at Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. This book, originally published in 1920 and unavailable for decades, describes the earliest archaeological investigations of Pueblo Bonito. The excavations at Bonito, begun a century ago, in 1896, were overseen by the American Museum of Natural History, which published Pepper's book. To celebrate a century of archaeology at Pueblo...