Culture and Ecology of Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin

For this volume, lowe special thanks to JeffreyS. Dean, who reviewed the chapters on environmentand natural resources studies; to Earl Neller for hiscomments on the Preceramic; to R. Gwinn Vivian,who carefully read and commented on chaptersdevoted to the Pueblo adaptation; to David M.Brugge, who reviewed the Historic Period chapter;and to Thomas C. Windes and Arthur K. Ireland, whoassisted with the list of personnel involved and theremote sensing studies. Ireland also reviewed a longerversion of the remote sensing studies section.Although Jerry L. Livingston retired a decadeago, he had prepared most of the line drawings thatappear in this volume; John George located them inthe Chaco Culture NHP Museum Archive. Those thatwere not yet finalized were recently drawn by GeorgiaBayliss, who works in the same style as Livingston.Walter Wait assisted with the scanning of thesefigures.Through the assistance of James Brooks andCatherine Cocks of the School of American Research,Barbara J. Mills and Stephen Plog graciously revieweda much longer manuscript and offered many usefulsuggestions to improve the content and presentation ofthe data. The interpretations that follow in thissynthesis, however, are mine alone.Jane N. Harvey edited and proofread thechapters. Kathleen Havill prepared the index. Tothese colleagues, I offer my deep-felt gratitude.Now, at the conclusion of the Chaco Project, Imust admit that the opportunity to participate in thismajor research project has been a challenge. I amgrateful to Jim Judge for taking this student under hiswing and trusting her with the responsibility ofpresenting the work of so many colleagues in thisvolume.Frances Joan Mathien, NPS Archaeologist,and General Editor for Chaco Project PublicationsMay 2005xx