Author: Gordon Sullivan
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
At archeological sites throughout Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, the ancient inhabitants of the American Southwest have left a rich legacy built and etched in stone - places to witness sheer ingenuity and pay tribute to the roots of Native American culture. With color photographs, maps, and detailed entries, this handsome volume spotlights the most accessible, visitor-friendly sites to explore. Also included are suggested travel routes for those wishing to tour multiple sites.
Roadside Guide to Indian Ruins & Rock Art of the Southwest
Author: Gordon Sullivan
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
At archeological sites throughout Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, the ancient inhabitants of the American Southwest have left a rich legacy built and etched in stone - places to witness sheer ingenuity and pay tribute to the roots of Native American culture. With color photographs, maps, and detailed entries, this handsome volume spotlights the most accessible, visitor-friendly sites to explore. Also included are suggested travel routes for those wishing to tour multiple sites.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
At archeological sites throughout Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, the ancient inhabitants of the American Southwest have left a rich legacy built and etched in stone - places to witness sheer ingenuity and pay tribute to the roots of Native American culture. With color photographs, maps, and detailed entries, this handsome volume spotlights the most accessible, visitor-friendly sites to explore. Also included are suggested travel routes for those wishing to tour multiple sites.
Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
Author: Polly Schaafsma
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826309136
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826309136
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.
Ancient Ruins and Rock Art of the Southwest
Author: David Grant Noble
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1589799380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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 major highways, nearby towns and the facilities they offer, campgrounds, and other helpful information. Filled with photos of ruins, petroglyphs, and artifacts, as well as maps, this is a guide every traveler needs when exploring the Southwest.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1589799380
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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 major highways, nearby towns and the facilities they offer, campgrounds, and other helpful information. Filled with photos of ruins, petroglyphs, and artifacts, as well as maps, this is a guide every traveler needs when exploring the Southwest.
Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest
Author: Arthur H. Rohn
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826339706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest offers a complete picture of Puebloan culture from its prehistoric beginnings through twenty-five hundred years of growth and change, ending with the modern-day Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona. Aerial and ground photographs, over 325 in color, and sixty settlement plans provide an armchair trip to ruins that are open to the public and that may be visited or viewed from nearby. Included, too, are the living pueblos from Taos in north central New Mexico along the Rio Grande Valley to Isleta, and westward through Acoma and Zuni to the Hopi pueblos in Arizona. In addition to the architecture of the ruins, Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest gives a detailed overview of the Pueblo Indians' lifestyles including their spiritual practices, food, clothing, shelter, physical appearance, tools, government, water management, trade, ceramics, and migrations.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826339706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest offers a complete picture of Puebloan culture from its prehistoric beginnings through twenty-five hundred years of growth and change, ending with the modern-day Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona. Aerial and ground photographs, over 325 in color, and sixty settlement plans provide an armchair trip to ruins that are open to the public and that may be visited or viewed from nearby. Included, too, are the living pueblos from Taos in north central New Mexico along the Rio Grande Valley to Isleta, and westward through Acoma and Zuni to the Hopi pueblos in Arizona. In addition to the architecture of the ruins, Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest gives a detailed overview of the Pueblo Indians' lifestyles including their spiritual practices, food, clothing, shelter, physical appearance, tools, government, water management, trade, ceramics, and migrations.
A Guide to Rock Art Sites
Author: David S. Whitley
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN: 9780878423323
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This unique full-color field guide is essential for anyone who seeks to understand why shamans in the Far West created rock art and what they sought to depict. Whitley is on the cutting edge of dating and interpreting the images as well as describing the
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN: 9780878423323
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This unique full-color field guide is essential for anyone who seeks to understand why shamans in the Far West created rock art and what they sought to depict. Whitley is on the cutting edge of dating and interpreting the images as well as describing the
A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest
Author: Alex Patterson
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555660918
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A key to the interpretation of rock art of the American Southwest, providing descriptions and illustrations of rock art symbols, along with their ascribed meanings, and including general and specific information on rock art sites.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555660918
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A key to the interpretation of rock art of the American Southwest, providing descriptions and illustrations of rock art symbols, along with their ascribed meanings, and including general and specific information on rock art sites.
Rock Art and Ruins for Beginners and Old Guys
Author: Albert B. Scholl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970468802
Category : Hiking for older people
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970468802
Category : Hiking for older people
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ancient Ruins of the Southwest
Author: David Grant Noble
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
CLIFF DWELLERS OF THE MESA VERDE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
Author: GUSTAF. NORDENSKIOLD
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033115282
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033115282
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Easy Field Guide to Southwestern Petroglyphs
Author: Elizabeth C. Welsh
Publisher: American Traveler Press
ISBN: 9780935810608
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Guide to petroglyphs in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Concise information about how, when, where, and why petroglyphs were made.
Publisher: American Traveler Press
ISBN: 9780935810608
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Guide to petroglyphs in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Concise information about how, when, where, and why petroglyphs were made.