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The Chaco Meridian: Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest

Stephen H. Lekson, 1999. AltaMira Press.

Argues that Chaco, Aztec Ruins and Paquimé lie on one north-south line by design, as successive capitals of a ruling tradition that moved north and then south after Chaco.

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The meridian claim.

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Lekson, S. H. (1999). The Chaco Meridian: Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest. AltaMira Press. https://catalog.santafelibrary.org/Record/26878
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