Living and Leaving: A Social History of Regional Depopulation in Thirteenth-Century Mesa Verde

Synopsis

Bringing Together Multiple Lines Of Evidence, Including Settlement Patterns, Pottery Exchange Networks, And Changes In Ceremonial And Civic Architecture, This Book Takes A Historical Perspective That Naturally Forefronts The Social Factors Underlying The Depopulation Of Mesa Verde. Author Donna M. Glowacki Shows How 'living And Leaving' Were Experienced Across The Region And What Role Differing Stressors And Enablers Had In Causing Emigration. The Author's Analysis Explains How Different Histories And Contingencies -- Which Were Shaped By Deeply Rooted Eastern And Western Identities, A Broad-reaching Aztec-chaco Ideology, And The Mcelmo Intensification -- Converged, Prompting Everyone To Leave The Region. This Book Will Be Of Interest To Southwestern Specialists And Anyone Interested In Societal Collapse, Transformation, And Resilience. -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Explaining Regional Depopulation -- Laying The Groundwork -- Mapping Spatial Experience -- Reconstructing Intraregional Interaction -- Interpreting The Historical Landscapes -- Envisioning The Sociopolitical Landscape -- Leaving Mesa Verde -- Appendix. Northern San Juan Pueblo Iii Community Center Data -- References Cited -- Index. Donna M. Glowacki. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 243-283) And Index.