"When you talk about chocolate, it's something that people understand. They know what it tastes like. They know what it would have tasted like in the past. There is a connection there that helps people feel closer to the past, recognizing that there is a huge diversity of people doing different things in the present and in the past, but that there are these points at which we connect. Chocolate, oddly enough, it's one of them."  Patricia Crown, Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor

In this SAR IMPACTS Video you will see not only how Patty Crown’s study of cylinder jars at Chaco Canyon has brought to light the similarities of drinking practices across cultures, but also how it has revealed the interconnectedness of the Chacoan world with distant regions and peoples.