Author: Robert H. Lister, Florence C. Lister Paperback: 298 pages Publisher: University of New Mexico Press; paper edition (June 1, 1984) Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.9 x 9.8 inches Chaco Canyon, sprawled in the desert of northwestern New Mexico and uninhabited since the twelfth century, is one of North America’s richest archaeological zones. This lavishly illustrated book is the first complete account of Chacoan archaeology, from the discovery of the ruins by Spanish soldiers in the seventeenth century through the scientific analyses of the 1970s.