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| Contents |
Gwinn
Vivian and Bruce Hilpert have done an expert job in presenting vast
amounts of data on every aspect of the study of Chaco Canyon.
The handbook is well organized and begins with a section on how to
use the book. Three chapters give an overview of Chaco Canyon and its
environs. Before getting into
the encyclopedic section, the authors provide five maps of the area and
several timelines. The
timelines show the American Indian occupation of the San Juan basin from
10,000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. detailing initial construction dates of pueblos,
building of great houses, and occupation dates. The
entries in the encyclopedic section are in alphabetical order.
For quicker access to the entries in the main section, a list of
entries is set out at the beginning of the book indicating the page on
which that topic begins. An
even more helpful tool is the use of boldface within both the text and the
encyclopedia entries to indicate entries in the encyclopedia section.
This makes it possible for the reader to go directly to an entry of
interest from either point. References
to related topics are easy to recognize by the typeface, and the form of
entry is clear because it is the same as the term in boldface.
The entries are easily understood by a novice and include both
photographs and clear illustrations.
“See References” within the encyclopedic section refer the
reader to the proper form of the entry.
Two
other invaluable sections of the book are the annotated bibliography and
the index. |
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