CAASW 2011
Astronomy and Ceremony in the Prehistoric Southwest: Revisited
Collaborations in Cultural Astronomy
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Anthropological Papers Series Number 9
Papers selected from the 2011 Conference on Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest
- Editors
- Gregory E. Munson, Todd W. Bostwick, and Tony Hull
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Under Southwest Skies: Origin and Evolution of Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest
The Morning Star/Rain/Maize Complex in the American Southwest
The Enigmas of Fajada Butte
Migration, Ceremonial Staffs, and Chacoan Architecture
Heaven on Earth: The Chaco North Road
Gobernador Knob and Huerfano Mesa: A Navajo Landscape
An Archaeological and Geological Study of Three Shadow-Casting Stones at the V Bar V Rock Art Site in Northern Arizona
New Evidence of Tewa-style Moiety Organization in the Mesa Verde Region, Colorado
A Proposed Solar/Lunar Observation Station at Salmon Pueblo
Petroglyph Based Archaeoastronomy Sites in the Northern San Juan Region of Colorado
Using Architectural Documentation to Assess Architecture and Features Associated with Astronomical Observations: Case Studies at Mesa Verde National Park
Solar/Lunar Archaeological Alignments: A Method of Evaluating a Set of Observations for the Likelihood of False Positives
Cultural Astronomy in the Field
Looking Up and Down and Asking How and Why: Challenges for Modern Archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest