The Journal
A new paper co-authored by the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center’s director of archaeology, Susan Ryan, Ph.D., examines how meat relates to social organization in ancestral Pueblo communities.
“Desirable Meat: The Social Context of Meat Procurement at Albert Porter Pueblo, a Great House Community in the Central Mesa Verde Region” was written by Ryan and lead author Shaw Badenhorst, Ph.D., senior researcher at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, and Jon Driver, Ph.D., vic