Four recent archaeological studies suggest that macaws came to Chaco Canyon and Mimbres, New Mexico, from Mesoamerica and that the Mayan epic of the hero twins accompanied them to Mimbres. An episode from a narrative about the origins of a Diné (Navajo) ceremonial repertoire is analyzed here to suggest avenues for future archaeological research. The Diné narrative presumably has come from one or more of the many southwestern US and other groups that, over many centuries, have become integrated into the Diné clan system. The narrative is set around Chaco and features a birdlike personage from Waving Willow, a home of plants far south of Chaco, possibly Mimbres. The narrative agrees with archaeologists that Chacoans got ceremonial birds from the south. In addition, an analytical framework from cognitive psychologist David Rubin that can distinguish history in a narrative from the history of the narrative supports the possibility that with the birds came psychoactive plants and ceremonial procedures, including boys’ puberty ceremonies.

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柔软的家庭人和查科金刚鹦鹉：Diné 口头传统如何增强考古学

最近的四项考古研究表明，金刚鹦鹉从中美洲来到了新墨西哥州的查科峡谷和明布雷斯，而英雄双胞胎的玛雅史诗伴随着它们来到了明布雷斯。这里分析了一段关于 Diné（纳瓦霍）礼仪剧目起源的叙述，为未来的考古研究提供建议。Diné 的叙述大概来自美国西南部的一个或多个群体和其他几个世纪以来已经融入 Diné 氏族系统的群体。故事围绕查科展开，人物来自挥舞柳树（Waving Willow），那里是查科（Chaco）南部植物的家园，可能是 Mimbres。叙述与考古学家一致，查科人从南方获得了礼仪鸟类。此外，