People of Chaco: A Canyon and Its Culture PETR a playful and curious creature

a playful and curious creature with a unique talent—a pungent spray that can clear a forest glade in seconds

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The mischievous pack rat is friend and foe here in the Southwest

Each hand-thrown mug features a unique ceramic badge developed with NPS partners and is finished in colors inspired by the park’s landscape and architecture

whose name is derived from the Aztec word coyotl

People of Chaco: A Canyon and Its Culture PETR a playful and curious creaturePraised as a "beautiful piece of work" that is "written in the best tradition of the science writer" (Washington Times), People of Chaco is the essential book on the spectacular array of ruins at Chaco Canyon. Like Stonehenge, the ruins are both a monument to our prehistory and a cryptic puzzle. We know that in Chaco Canyon, one thousand years ago, there arose among the Pueblo people a great and culturally sophisticated civilization. Kendrick Frasier