David Grant Noble
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Guarded by cliff, river, and desert, the more than sixty sites discussed in this revised and expanded edition of Ancient Ruins include the well-known--Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelly--the remote--Grand Gulch, Kinishba Ruins--and the newly discovered--Casa Malpais, Chimney rock Pueblo.
In addition to descriptions of each site, the author provides time-saving tips for the traveler, citing major highways, nearby towns and the facilities they offer, campgrounds,...
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[2015]
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This fourth edition of David Grant Noble's indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes updated text and many newly opened archaeological sites. From Alibates Flint Quarries in Texas to the Zuni-Acoma Trail in New Mexico, readers are provided with such favorites as Chaco Canyon and new treasures such as Sears Kay Ruin. In addition to descriptions of each site, Noble provides time-saving tips for the traveler, citing...
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©1984
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Nowhere in North America did pre-Columbian culture reach a more spectacular expression than at Chaco Canyon in the desert of what is now northwestern New Mexico. There, nine centuries ago, flourished a society that built monumental stone towns, great kivas, and an extensive network of roads leading to distant communities.
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2006
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Archaeologists with field and laboratory experience explore the long history of human habitation throughout the Mesa Verde, Colorado area, discussing such topics as the environment, the earliest hunters and foragers, Tewa origin stories, sacred landscapes, fire and archaeology, ancient violence, and archaeology in the region over the past century
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2014.
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"How did Southwestern peoples subsist in the arid reaches of the Great Basin? When and why did violence erupt in the Mesa Verde region? Who were the Fremont people? How do some Hopis view Chaco Canyon? These are a few of the topics addressed in Living the Ancient Southwest. The essayists in this new highly-illustrated anthology also write about the beauty and originality of Mimbres pottery, the rock art in Canyon de Chelly, the history of the Wupatki...