{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-ancient-southwest","title":"A History of the Ancient Southwest","description":"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. While many works would have us believe that nothing much ever happened in the ancient Southwest, this book argues that the region experienced rises and falls, kings and commoners, war and peace, triumphs and failures. In this view, Chaco Canyon was a geopolitical reaction to the \"Colonial Period\" Hohokam expansion and the Hohokam \"Classic Period\" was the product of refugee Chacoan nobles, chased off the Colorado Plateau by angry farmers. Far to the south, Casas Grandes was a failed attempt to create a Mesoamerican state, and modern Pueblo people--with societies so different from those at Chaco and Casas Grandes--deliberately rejected these monumental, hierarchical episodes of their past.\nFrom the publisher: The second printing of A History of the Ancient Southwest has corrected the errors noted below.\nSAR Press regrets an error on Page 72, paragraph 4 (also Page 275, note 2) regarding \"absolute dates.\" \"50,000 dates\" was incorrectly published as \"half a million dates.\" Also P. 125, lines 13-14: \"Between 21,000 and 27,000 people lived there\" should read \"Between 2,100 and 2,700 people lived there.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1934691100\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1934691100.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lekson, Stephen H.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41715188039738,"sku":"DBV.1934691100.A","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1934691100-0.jpg?v=1790824462","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-ancient-southwest","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}