In the final episode of Season 1, we wrap up our series on Chaco and Southwest archaeology through a conversation with our fellow graduate student, Patrick Cruz. Patrick is a citizen of the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in New Mexico and he impresses upon us the importance of Indigenous perspectives in archaeological research and interpretations. Patrick reflects on his experiences visiting ancestral sites and being both an Indigenous person and an archaeologist.

Links

 * Begay, Richard M.
 * 2004 Tsé Bíyah ‘Anii’áhí: Chaco Canyon and Its Place in Navajo History. In In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma, edited by Noble Grant, David, pp. 54–60. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe.
 * Cruz, Patrick
 * 2018 Landscape Memory and Authority: How Perceptions of Landscape Played a Part in Pueblo Migrations in the Northern Rio Grande. M.A. Thesis, University of Colorado Boulder. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
 * Gover, Carlton
 * 2019 Dating Apps in Archaeology: Matching the Archaeological Record with Indigenous Oral Traditions through Glottochronology, Summed Probability Distributions, and Bayesian Statistical Analysis. M.A. Thesis, University of Wyoming. Proquest Dissertations Publishing.
 * Ortiz, Simon
 * 1992 What We See: A Perspective on Chaco Canyon and Its Ancestry. In Chaco Canyon: A Center and Its World, edited by Peck, Mary, pp. 65–72. Museum of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
 * Ortman, Scott G.
 * 2012 Winds from the North : Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology, University of Utah Press, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucb/detail.action?docID=3443859.
 * Samuel Duwe and Patrick J .Cruz
 * 2019 Tewa Origins and Middle Places. In The Continuous Path: Pueblo Movement and the Archaeology of Becoming, edited by Samuel Duwe and Robert W. Preucel, pp. 96-123. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
 * Swentzell, Rina
 * 2004. A Pueblo Woman’s Perspective on Chaco Canyon. In In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma, edited by David Noble Grant, pp. 48-53. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe.
 * Weiner, Robert S.
 * 2018 Sociopolitical, Ceremonial, and Economic Aspects of Gambling in Ancient North America: A Case Study of Chaco Canyon. American Antiquity 83(1), 34–53.
 * Contact For Guest:
 * Patrick Cruz
 * Email: Patrick.Cruz@colorado.edu

Carlton Shield Chief Gover

 * Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com
 * instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist [https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist]
 * Twitter: @PaniArchaeology [https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology]
 * Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover

Robert Weiner

 * Robert.weiner@colorado.edu
 * Instagram: @chacoroadsproject [https://www.instagram.com/chacoroadsproject]

Affiliates

 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]
 * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]
 * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

Descendant Communities Perspectives with Patrick Cruz - S1E5

For this episode, the two co-hosts sit down with Dr. Steve Lekson to discuss the legacy and impact of Chaco after the peak of its influence in the Southwest around A.D./C.E. 1050. We hear about the famed “Chaco Meridian” and the role of archaeology as part of the “Colonial Package”. We explore interpretations regarding where Chacoan peoples moved to after Chaco and where they went after that too. Dr. Lekson stresses the importance of inter-regional archaeological investigation and thinking about the big picture when it comes to archaeological research. Finally, Dr. Lekson makes a prediction on the future of Southwest archaeology and the legacy of his research.

Links

 * Lekson, Stephen H.
 * 2009 A History of the Ancient Southwest. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM.
 * 2015 The Chaco Meridian:One Thousand Years of Political and Religious Power in the Ancient Southwest. 2nd ed. Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD.
 * 2018 A Study of Southwestern Archaeology. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
 * Lekson, Stephen H., and Catherine M. Cameron
 * 1995 The Abandonment of Chaco Canyon, the Mesa Verde Migrations, and the Reorganization of the Pueblo World. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 14(2):184-202.
 * Lekson, Stephen H., and Peter N. Peregrine
 * 2004 A Continental Perspective for North American Archaeology. SAA Archaeological Record 4(1):15-19.
 * Contact For Guest:
 * Dr. Steve Lekson
 * Email: Lekson@colorado.edu

Carlton Shield Chief Gover

 * Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com
 * instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist [https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist]
 * Twitter: @PaniArchaeology [https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology]
 * Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover

Robert Weiner

 * Robert.weiner@colorado.edu
 * Instagram: @chacoroadsproject [https://www.instagram.com/chacoroadsproject]

Affiliates

 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]
 * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]
 * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

“Chaco” after Chaco with Dr. Steve Lekson - S1E4

In this episode of Site Bite’s Season 1, we bring on Paul Reed to spar with Rob Weiner over varying interpretations of Chacoan archaeology. Paul starts off by reflecting on his early career working with the Navajo Nation from the late 80’s to early 2000’s and how that has shaped his perspectives on the need for Indigenous collaboration in archaeological research. The major debates we discuss are: the productivity of agriculture, population density, and the role of Great Houses at Chaco. After our professional debate, Paul talks to us about his ongoing activist work with Indigenous Groups, Federal agencies, and archaeological groups on protecting our archaeological heritage, such as Chaco, from energy development projects.

Links

 * Benson, Larry V., Deanna N. Grimstead, John R. Stein, David A. Roth, and Terry I. Plowman
 * 2019 Prehistoric Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Importation of Meat and Maize. Journal of Archaeological Science 111:105015. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440319301025
 * Bernardini, Wesley
 * 1999 Reassessing the Scale of Social Action at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Kiva 64(4), 447-470.
 * McCool, Jon-Paul P., Samantha G. Fladd, Vernon L. Scarborough, Stephen Plog, Nicholas P. Dunning, Lewis A. Owen, Adam S. Watson, Katelyn J. Bishop, Brooke E. Crowley, Elizabeth A. Haussner, Kenneth B. Tankersley, David Lentz, Christopher Carr, and Jessica L. Thress
 * 2018 Soil Analysis in Discussions of Agricultural Feasibility for Ancient Civilizations: A Critical Review and Reanalysis of the Data and Debate from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198290. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198290
 * Reed, Paul F.
 * 2008 Salmon Pueblo as a Ritual and Residential Chacoan Great House. In Chaco’s Northern Prodigies: Salmon, Aztec, and the Ascendancy of the Middle San Juan Region After AD 1100, edited by Paul F. Reed, pp. 42-61. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
 * Sofaer, Anna (director)
 * 1999 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon. Bullfrog Films, Oley, PA. Stream at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mysteryofchacocanyon
 * Stein, John R., and Stephen H. Lekson
 * 1992 Anasazi Ritual Landscapes. In Anasazi Regional Organization and the Chaco System, edited by David E. Doyle, pp. 87-100. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Anthropological Papers 5. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
 * Contact For Guest:
 * Paul Reed
 * Email: pread@archaeologysouthwest.org

Carlton Shield Chief Gover

 * Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com
 * instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist [https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist]
 * Twitter: @PaniArchaeology [https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology]
 * Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover

Robert Weiner

 * Robert.weiner@colorado.edu
 * Instagram: @chacoroadsproject [https://www.instagram.com/chacoroadsproject]

Affiliates

 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]
 * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]
 * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

Major Debates in Chacoan Archaeology with Paul Reed - S1E3

On the second episode of Site Bite’s Podcast season one, Carlton and Rob talk with Dr. Cathy Cameron about the origins of Chaco. We dive into the contemporary interpretations of where the people came from behind the monumental structures at Chaco as well as what the area was like before Chaco became a center of ritual and political influence. We discuss the broader Chacoan world such as Mesoamerican relations and Chacoan outlying settlements in the Southwest. We conclude this conversation with Dr. Cameron with her research on captive taking in small-scale societies and how that relates to Chacoan population demographics.

Links

 * Cameron, Catherine M.
 * 2009 Chaco and After in the Northern San Juan: Excavations at the Bluff Great House. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
 * 2013 How People Moved among Ancient Societies: Broadening the View. American Anthropologist 115(2):218-231.
 * 2016 Captive: How Stolen People Changed the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
 * Kennett, Douglas J., Stephen Plog, Richard J. George, Brendan J. Culleton, Adam S. Watson, Pontus Skoglund, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Kristin Stewardson, Logan Kistler, Steven A. LeBlanc, Peter M. Whiteley, David Reich, and George H. Perry
 * 2017 Archaeogenomic Evidence Reveals Prehistoric Matrilineal Dynasty. Nature Communications 8(14115):1-9.
 * Mills, Barbara J., Matthew A. Peeples, Leslie D. Aragon, Benjamin A. Bellorado, Jeffery J. Clark, Evan Giomi, and Thomas C. Windes
 * 2018 Evaluating Chaco Migration Scenarios using Dynamic Social Network Analysis. Antiquity 92(364):922-939.
 * Weiner, Robert S.
 * 2015 A Sensory Approach to Exotica, Ritual Practice, and Cosmology at Chaco Canyon. Kiva 81(3): 220-246.
 * Contact For Guest:
 * Dr. Cathy Cameron
 * Email: catherine.cameron@colorado.edu

Carlton Shield Chief Gover

 * Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com
 * instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist [https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist]
 * Twitter: @PaniArchaeology [https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology]
 * Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover

Robert Weiner

 * Robert.weiner@colorado.edu
 * Instagram: @chacoroadsproject [https://www.instagram.com/chacoroadsproject]

Affiliates

 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]
 * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]
 * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

Origins of Chaco - Who were the Chacoans and where did they come from? with Dr. Cathy Cameron - S1E2

On the first episode of Site Bite’s Podcast season one, Carlton and Rob talk with Rich Friedman about the landscape and chronology of the famed Chaco Canyon archaeological site. We start off by getting Rich’s background in geology and how that education propelled him into Chacoan archaeology. We go in-depth about his work using emerging technologies and how those tools have allowed archaeologists to expand our understanding of the region’s environment and human behavior in and around Chaco Canyon.

Links

 * Clark, Jeffery J., and Barbara J. Mills (eds.)
 * 2018 Chacoan Archaeology at the 21st Century. Archaeology Southwest Magazine 32(2-3).
 * Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner
 * 2017 Remote Sensing of Chaco Roads Revisited: Lidar Documentation of the Great North Road, Pueblo Alto Landscape, and Aztec Airport Mesa Road. Advances in Archaeological Practice 5(4):365-381.
 * Friedman, Richard A., Anna Sofaer, and Robert S. Weiner
 * 2021 (in press) Chaco’s Greater Landscape Revealed and Re-Created with New Technologies. In The Greater Chaco Landscape: Ancestors, Scholarship, and Advocacy, edited by Ruth M. Van Dyke and Carrie C. Heitman. University Press of Colorado, Boulder.
 * Lekson, Steven H. (ed.)
 * 2006 The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center. School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM.
 * Lekson,Stephen H., Thomas C. Windes, John R. Stein and W. James Judge
 * 1988 The Chaco Canyon Community. Scientific American 259(1):100-109.
 * Mills, Barbara J.
 * 2002 Recent Research on Chaco: Changing Views on Economy, Ritual, and Society. Journal of Archaeological Research 10(1):65-117.
 * Stein, John, Richard Friedman, Taft Blackhorse, and Richard Loose
 * 2007 Revisiting Downtown Chaco. In The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, edited by Stephen H. Lekson, pp. 199-224. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
 * Contact For Guest:
 * Rich Friedman
 * Email: r.friedman.nm@gmail.com

Carlton Shield Chief Gover

 * Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com
 * instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist [https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist]
 * Twitter: @PaniArchaeology [https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology]
 * Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover

Robert Weiner

 * Robert.weiner@colorado.edu
 * Instagram: @chacoroadsproject [https://www.instagram.com/chacoroadsproject]

Affiliates

 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]
 * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]
 * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

What is Chaco? Location, Features, and Chronology with Rich Friedman - S1E1

For the first season of the Site Bite’s Podcast, we will be exploring Chaco Canyon archaeology with this season’s featured co-host, Rob Weiner. Rob is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder. He talks about his passion for Southwest archaeology and his current research. This pre-season episode was recorded after Rob and Carlton had finished recording all five episodes for season 1. They reflect on the experience of recording all five episodes in one day and also express how excited they are for this season’s content.

Episode numbers, titles, and featured guests:

 1. What is Chaco? Location, Features, and Chronology with Dr. Rich Friedman
 2. Origins of Chaco - Who were the Chacoans? Where did they come from? With Dr. Cathy Cameron
 3. Major Debates in Chaco Archaeology with Dr. Paul Reed
 4. What happened to Chaco? Theories on depopulation and “Collapse” with Dr. Steve Lekson
 5. Indigenous Chaco - Descendant communities perspectives with Patrick Cruz

Carlton Shield Chief Gover

 * Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com
 * instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist [https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist]
 * Twitter: @PaniArchaeology [https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology]
 * Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover

Robert Weiner

 * Robert.weiner@colorado.edu
 * Instagram: @chacoroadsproject [https://www.instagram.com/chacoroadsproject]

Affiliates

 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]
 * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]
 * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

Introduction to Season 1: Canyon of Contention With Rob Weiner - Intro

Introducing the Site Bites Podcast. In this episode, we will introduce the host of this podcast, Carlton Gover, and why he has decided to create this show.

The Site Bites Podcast will explore an archaeological landscape over multiple episodes through conversations with various experts. Joining him each season, will be a featured co-host that is more versed in the archaeological literature of the selected archaeological site to help guide conversation and promote more dynamic dialogue between the hosts and their guests.

Carlton Shield Chief Gover

 * Email: pawneearchaeologist@gmail.com
 * instagram: @pawnee_archaeologist [https://www.instagram.com/pawnee_archaeologist]
 * Twitter: @PaniArchaeology [https://www.twitter.com/PaniArchaeology]
 * Website: https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/carlton-gover

Affiliates

 * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]
 * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]
 * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]

Introducing the Site Bites Podcast - Ep 0

Join host Carlton Gover (from A Life In Ruins podcast on the Archaeology Podcast Network) as he brings on a co-host for each season to discuss a single archaeological site. They'll dive into every aspect of a site over the course of the season. Every episode of the season will be released at the same time so you can binge on a quiet Sunday morning or listen when you can.