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Having been to Chaco several times and having read anything I can find on it and the Anasazi, I've always been curious why there don't seem to be middens of a s
by sizzzzlerz 8y ago
Having been to Chaco several times and having read anything I can find on it and the Anasazi, I've always been curious why there don't seem to be middens of a size and quantity that might be expected if a large population lived there over several hundred years. Theories which suggest the many rooms in the Great Houses were mostly ceremonial, never meant to be occupied meaning a much smaller population would be more consistent. Why, then, would they have gone to the significant effort building them? One of the more fascinating questions which may never be answered.
- mazelife 8y agoI really enjoyed Craig Child's book "House of Rain", which isn't exclusively about Chaco, but does talk about it quite a bit along with a number of other sites across the region. Reading it made me want to visit Chaco next time I'm out that way.
- njarboe 8y agoImagine a get together like Burning Man but instead of huge temporary art installations and the burning of the man, people gathered around a mega-structure and your sub-group gained status by adding to it. Bring a new blue stone to Stonehenge and get a bunch of other people to help you install it and you are the cool in-group that year.