The Importance of Birds in Chaco Canyon

[@ShadowOfMyWing]

I feel like Chaco was a place of celebration, as I have never felt such a unique amount of happiness in any other place I have visited so far. I really enjoyed your presentation. I completely agree that the local birds of Chaco were so important. This was like their identity stamp of their living place . I wonder what the longest duration of life was of a pet parrot in Chaco. Moreover I am very curious about the significance of these birds during the Pueblo revolt. I could easily spend the rest of my life contemplating the significance of birds in Chaco alone. This video caused me to consider getting a rescue pet parrot. Brilliant presentation!

[@jeremiasrobinson]

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@CodyosVladimiros]

All hail the KZbin algorithm for randomly bringing this up on a suggested list! This was a fascinating overview. Dr. Bishop, how many of these species of birds are still used in Pueblo communities today? Is there a way we can access your written work on the subject? Have you had a chance to look at modern ethnography on the subject, like Hamilton Tyler's work "Pueblo Birds and Myth?" (Also, is that Pionus parrot yours? It's adorable.)

[@partneanderthal2679]

Nice presentation. Thanks!

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

I've trimmed down my subs here.

[@galghaidhil]

Nice presentation, but using such a highly socially charged and politicized buzzword term (“social inequality”) from our world in your description of the past - rather than using a more neutral term like “differentiated”, followed by a description of how different groups were differentiated (without invoking the fuzzy implications of a modern culturally charged term) - detracts, in my mind, from the impact of your otherwise excellent work. That’s precisely why the “Anasazi” descriptor was dropped.