Recent Research on Chaco Prehistory

Description

Authors: Judge, W. James (1934-2024) and Schelberg, John D.  (1945-2016)

Publisher: National Park Service

Pub Date: 1984

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 5 copies.  Copy 1 (SIM): Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Previous owner’s name in ink on half-title page.  Corner and edge wear.  Front cover has slight curl.  Copy 2: Fair.  Binding tight. Previous owner’s name in ink on ffep.  Front cover edge has approx. 2″ repaired tear, and a couple of Avery labels near the lower corner.  Does not appear to be ex-library but you never can tell.  Edge and corner wear, smudging to text block.  Copy 3  (SR): Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  One small water spot to front cover (about the size of a pencil eraser).  Scuffing, smudging to covers.  At first glance it appears unused, but smudging to pp. 247-250 (dirty fingers).  Light edge and corner wear.  Copy 4 (JR): Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Smudging to bottom text block.  Light edge and corner wear.  Appear unused.  Copy 5 (D): Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, folds.  Upper front cover corner has an approx. 1/2″ bend (bumped?), extends to the first couple pages.  Upper spine has an approx. 1/2″ chip.  Spine foot bumped (dropped?).  Edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: Reports of the Chaco Center Number Eight.  “At its most complex, the Chacoan society implies a hierarchy of sites with three distinct levels of complexity, perhaps related to specialized administrative control activities.  This is reflected in the settlement systems and the internal organization of the sites.”  (From the Abstract)