Stephen H. Lekson
Enduring Motives
The Archaeology of Tradition and Religion in Native America
- Copyright year: 2012
A History of the Ancient Southwest
According to archaeologist Stephen H. Lekson, much of what we think we know about the Southwest has been compressed into conventions and classifications and orthodoxies. This book challenges and reconfigures these accepted notions by telling two parallel stories, one about the development, personalities, and institutions of Southwestern archaeology and the other about interpretations of what actually happened in the ancient past.
- Copyright year: 2008
The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon
An Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center
The site of a great Ancestral Pueblo center in the 11th and 12th centuries AD, the ruins in Chaco Canyon look like a city to some archaeologists, a ceremonial center to others. Chaco and the people who created its monumental great houses, extensive roads, and network of outlying settlements remain an enigma in American archaeology.
- Copyright year: 2006
Canyon Spirits
Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World
Eighty-five black-and-white photos and accompanying essays share the beauty of the canyons and mesas of the Colorado Plateau and the history of the resourceful inhabitants.
- Copyright year: 2005
