Architectures of Inequality: Evaluating Houses, Kinship and Cosmology in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, A.D. 800-1200

The study reveals that social hierarchies in Chaco Canyon during the Chacoan fluorescence (A.D. 800-1200) were constructed and demonstrated through architectural investments, particularly in great houses like Pueblo Bonito. It identifies shared cosmological practices among both great houses and small house occupants, while also highlighting the unique, ritualized investments in Pueblo Bonito that underscored its precedence as an origin house. The research employs a comparative approach, integrating archaeological data with ethnographic patterns to analyze house construction materials, forms, and features, providing new insights into the cultural practices inscribed within these structures.

Heitman, C. C. (2011). Architectures of Inequality: Evaluating Houses, Kinship and Cosmology in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, A.D. 800-1200 [University of Virginia]. https://doi.org/10.18130/V3D28R