Title: Good, but not as provocative as Lekson portrays book/himself
Product review: Pendulums swing, and sometimes sharply, in Ancestral Puebloan studies in general and Chaco studies in particular.Although Lekson some older threads of thought together in a new way, the exact nature of Chaco-Casas Grandes connection is still debated; probably which name to use for the site is still being debated.And, that said, Lekson outrightly contradicts himself once.Page 140, he said outlying evidence gives no indication climate played a role in Chaco's demise. Page 158, he says a drought threw regional sustenance into chaos and Chaco could not cope.Which is it?An error like that could almost get a a book three-starred.That said, there's enough good stuff here to keep four stars. But not five.For a good five-star book focused just on Chaco and its definite area of control and influence, read David Stuart's "Anasazi America."
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