The Chaco wood project: The chronometric reappraisal of Pueblo Bonito

American Antiquity

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-310

  Windes, Thomas C ^a   Ford, Dabney ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Chaco Culture National Historical Park   (United States)

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EID: 0000349164     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/282427     Document Type: Article

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