The Decline of Social Control in the Pueblo World

  • Ryan P. Harrod
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Abstract

What were the catalysts for the decline of the Chaco Phenomenon? Was it climatic instability, immigration, cultural and ideological change, or all of the above? This chapter will explore the possible causes behind the eventual reorganization of the Chaco Phenomenon. It will summarize some of the work I have published on with my colleague Debra Martin in a prior Springerbriefs manuscript. This chapter will also explore further the notion that perhaps there were new immigrants that caused the decline. Finally, we will look back at the role of gambling as social control and discuss how it might have created a fundamental shift in ideology.

Keywords

Decline Climate Change Collapse Migration Ideology Athabascan 
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