The Anasazi Iceberg Explained

Описание: Dive deep into the complete iceberg of Ancestral Puebloan civilization in this comprehensive exploration of ancient America's most mysterious culture. From the famous Mesa Verde cliff dwellings and Chaco Canyon's massive great houses that everyone knows, down through layers of archaeological discoveries most people never learn about, and finally into the abyss of unsolved mysteries that still puzzle researchers today.

WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER: The architectural marvels of Cliff Palace with its 150 rooms and 23 kivas, Pueblo Bonito's 600+ rooms that weren't actually a residential city, sophisticated desert agriculture and water management systems, master weaving and textile production, turkey domestication that revolutionized their diet, and long-distance trade networks spanning 1,000+ miles to Mesoamerica bringing macaws, cacao, and turquoise.
THE CONTROVERSIES: Examine controversial archaeological evidence including the Cowboy Wash cannibalism discoveries with human myoglobin in coprolites, increasing violence from 1150-1300 CE with burned structures and defensive cliff dwelling locations, Castle Rock Pueblo's massacre of 41 people, and the Sacred Ridge ethnic conflict dating to 800 CE.

THE MYSTERIES: Why did the Great Drought of 1276-1299 CE trigger complete abandonment when earlier, worse droughts didn't? What do Hopi and Zuni oral traditions about beings from the sky really mean? Was Chaco Canyon's elite class descended from Mesoamerican traders? Why were ceremonial roads over-engineered and built in perfectly straight lines? Did Stephen Lekson's controversial Chaco Meridian theory prove political continuity across centuries?

EXPERT RESEARCH: Learn what leading archaeologists discovered - Linda Cordell's challenge to drought theories, Christy Turner's "Man Corn" cannibalism evidence, Timothy Kohler's population simulation models, Brian Billman's Cowboy Wash excavations, Richard Marlar's myoglobin testing, Emil Haury's Mogollon culture research, James Potter's Sacred Ridge findings, and Patrick Lyons' pottery migration tracking connecting modern Pueblo peoples to their ancestors.