WRITTEN ON THE LANDSCAPE Screening Resources
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WRITTEN ON THE LANDSCAPE
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Screening Guide
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Additional Resources
ORGANIZATIONS
The Solstice Project - The Solstice Project is an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, archaeoastronomers, geodesists, and remote sensing experts that studies the rich heritage of the ancient Chaco culture in the American Southwest. It was founded in 1978 by Anna Sofaer, following her rediscovery of the Sun Dagger site on Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NPS) - Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture dating between 850 and 1250 CE.
Chaco Culture (UNESCO) - The UNESCO World Heritage site "Chaco Canyon," a major centre of ancestral Pueblo culture between 850 and 1250, was a focus for ceremonials, trade and political activity for the prehistoric Four Corners area. Chaco is remarkable for its monumental public and ceremonial buildings and its distinctive architecture – it has an ancient urban ceremonial centre that is unlike anything constructed before or since.
Pueblo Indian History for Kids - Pueblo Indian culture has flourished in the American Southwest for thousands of years. Take a look into the history, culture, and traditions of the Pueblo peoples.
The Greater Chaco Landscape: LiDAR and 3-D Digital Modeling Reveal the Greater Chaco Landscape - Discover the use of LiDAR and Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry to uncover the extensive network of roads and Great House complexes built by the Chacoan civilization across the Four Corners region.
BOOKS
R. Gwinn Vivian, Chaco Handbook: An Encyclopedia Guide, University of Utah Press, 2002
Stephen H. Lekson, The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center, School for Advanced Research Press, 2006
Craig Childs, House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest, Back Bay Books, 2008