Chaco Canyon

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Archaeologist Brian Fagan tells us about the people of the Canyon, from foraging bands and humble farmers to the elaborate society that flourished between the tenth and twelfth centuries. Fagan is one of the world's leading archaeological writers and is most recently the author of Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society from Oxford University Press.

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