‘Leaving more than footprints’: modern votive offerings at Chaco Canyon prehistoric site

• Autores: Christine Finn
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 71, Nº 271, 1997, págs. 169-178
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A ‘heritage manager’ who wishes a quiet and an orderly life may hope their heritage place is culturally dead; whatever meaning it once had, now it is an archaeological site, an ancient monument, a tourist attraction. But many sites are not dead. Chaco Canyon, the celebrated complex in the desert of the US Southwest, is of continuing value to Native Americans of its region; and the place has become a focus for New Age ceremony — itself in part inspired by Native American knowledge.