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Name : Laura Silsbee
Comment: I am always interested in research which involves applications of GIS in archaeology. Your methodology was very interesting, and your findings fairly convincing in raising questions with the economic road model. My only hesitation would be in the way that your cost model was generated. It seems that only hard topographic features were included--could there be other environmental factors (water availability, seasonal barriers, etc.) that might also affect the placement of the "economic" routes? Thank you for an enjoyable paper, and keep using that GIS!
Name : Hayley :)
Comment: From the research I've gotten from this site , i have learned more about the ancient history in N.M. than I thought I would know. THANK YOU
Name : Scott McCann
Email : 70645.251@COMPUSERVE.COM
Comment: JOHN: FASCINATING PAPER. What do I have to do to get a paper copy. Thanks. Scott
Name : Curtiss Frank
Email : rancho@roadrunner.com
Comment: Interesting to see what research is going on regarding the Chaco roads. You might be interested in an amateur's view in my artical on my website, www.redbay.com/web/rancho/adventur.htm (see Chaco Roads) Curtiss Frank Truchas,NM
Name : James Snead
Email : jsnead@u.arizona.edu
Comment: John - I enjoyed your web site,and am sorry I didn't see the original poster session at the SAAs. What is particularly interesting to me is the apparent presence of two distinct trail systems; the one serving more functional requirements of the community, the other some other level (integrative, religious, etc.). I'm also intrigued by the fact that the distinct types of road segments appear to have been marked differently. This implies, at the very least, differential perceptions of their functions and use, which is an important inference. While not nearly as sophisticated as this, I wrote a short paper on prehistoric trail systems on the Pajarito Plateau, which is supposed to be published in a Chacmool conference volume (it was 1994, but so far, nothing has materialized). Anyway it might interest you; let me know, and I can pass it along. James
Name : jane and john goodspeed stuart
Email : goodspeed2@aol.com
Comment: I found your site by researching the Conde Nast "Where Are You Now" contest for May. However, I cannot find the image in the mag. on your web site. What clues can you give. I am sure you and/or UCSB are the clues I'm looking for. What help can you provide? Your web site is awsome. Thanks for the experience, even if we don't win the contest.
Name : Brad M. Swenson
Email : Swenson@u.arizona.edu
Comment: John- Very interesting work on the Chaco Anasazi road systems. I'm an architecture student at the University of Arizona. One of my professors, Dennis Doxtater, has his own theories on the "Chaco Phenomenon." He wrote a short paper entitled "Reflections of the Anasazi Cosmos" back in the 80's. In his paper, Doxtater suggests that Chaco Canyon (specifically the great kiva Casa Rinconada) was the center or middle place of this culture. Based on research of the Hopi Indians in Northern Arizona and Mircea Eliade's "axis mundi", Doxtater has suggested that the Chaco Anasazi mapped their social-ritual cosmos onto the landscape. I believe the roads may have somehow contributed to this social-ritual cosmology. I'd love to hear more on your theories and research. Keep up the great work!!
Name : Tim MacSweeney
Email : timmacs@wtco.net
Comment: Great site! For 6 years or so, I've been fascinated with the remains of a contact time village (circa 1700 )and surprisingly similar 'stuff' along the river system I live on, that eventually flows to the Housatonic in Western CT. I think I see another adaptation to a particular environment at another frontier of the corn culture , despite being told "They didn't do that." But like the man in Clovis (or was it Folsom?) who found that spearpoint in that order of ribs that tumbled Fred Flintstone's car, who should I believe , accepted theory or my own eyes... In fact, I will be watching the sunset today over a three boulder triangle (in the center of this village on the first terrace above the floodplain) that I believe marks Equinox and Summer Solstice - the three seasons of semi-sedentary Final Woodland Village occupancy. Has there ever been comparisons made between the SW & NE fronteirs of the corn culture? Would you like to hear more on this?
Name : Randy Masure
Email : rmmn3ndy@ptd.net
Comment: An excellent piece of work to be sure. I appreciate the information as I try to maintain information on the Hopi and Dineh people. Nothing really on the web this large except the Chetro Ketl Kiva page.
Name : ALLAN JOHN SCUTT
Email : a.scutt@sk.sympatico.ca
Comment: This site sets the standard that every other site should strive for ,fascinating text,wonderfulmap(graphics)complex subject mater presented so a non-proffesional could under- stand it quite easly.CONGRATUATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE
Name : Duane Marble
Email : marble.1@osu.edu
Comment: Interesting paper! One of my students and I recently completed a project making use of a more sophisticated equation for energy expenditure based upon physiological studies. If you would like to see a copy, I will be happy to send one along. Should you be at the ESRI meetings in Palm Springs, I will be at the Wyndham and would enjoy a chat. Duane Marble Dept. of Geography Ohio State University
Name : Erich Schroeder
Email : erich@museum.state.il.us
Comment: Hi, It is good to see such "content-heavy" material on the web. So much is fluff. To some extent we have tried to put some gis-related items on our site here at the Illinois State Museum. You may find it at: http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/GISlab, including some posters and papers, although nothing of as high a quality of presentation as your paper. As soon as I get my printer going again I'll look more carefully at your document. Erich Schroeder GIS manager, Illinois State Museum GIS lab