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Summary: “Charlie R. Steen, Jr.” by Marjorie F. Lambert
A brief biography of Steen’s life from his birth to 1983.

“Early Masks and Faces in Southwest Rock Art” by Polly Schaafsma and M. Jane Young
The subjects of this paper are two categories of very early masks or faces occurring in the rock art of the Four Corners region.

“O-Way-Wa-Ha-An-Ba-Yoh in Northeastern New Mexico” by Arnold Withers
Discusses the Belwood Site in southeastern Colorado and Mogollon-Woodland contact.

“The Sterling Site: An Initial Report” by Richard A. Bice
The Sterling Site is a Chacoan ruin located near Farmington, New Mexico on the B-Square Ranch of former New Mexico Governor Tom Bolack. This ruin is a smaller companion of the Salmon and Aztec ruins.

“Tabira: Outpost on the East” by John P. Wilson, Robert H. Leslie, and A. H. Warren
A study of Tabira, another name for Pueblo Blanco of the Salinas missions area.

“Querechos, Vaqueros, Cocoyes, and Apaches” by Albert H. Schroeder
Discusses the source of and the groups designated by the early names applied by the Spaniards to the Athapascan-speaking people, and sometimes to others of the Southwest.

“One Pot’s Pedigree” by Florence C. Lister and Robert H. Lister
A study of late period (15th through 19th centuries) Spanish ceramics—primarily the bacin, or chamber pot.

“Handedness—Technology and Symbolism in Anasazi Indented-Corrugated Wares” by
David H. Snow
Studies the construction and decoration of corrugated pottery to determine right or left handedness in the western and eastern Anasazi.

“Historic Middle Rio Grande Pottery and Potters” by Florence Hawley Ellis
During the historic period villages of close linguistic relationships have almost always produced a single pottery complex or very closely related types.

“The Ethnoarchaeology of Pai Milling Stones” by Robert C. Euler and Henry F. Dobyns
Describes the present day use of milling stones by the Walapai and Havasupai people.

“1980: An Anniversary Year in Southwestern Anthropology” by Charles H. Lange
Identifies significant events that occurred in or about years including ‘80’, beginning with 1280.

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“Albert Henry Schroeder—Always Working” by Charlie R. Steen.
A review of Schroeder’s life from birth to 1985.

“Three Circle Red-on-white—An Alternative to Oblivion” by Arnold Withers.
One of the most obscure types of decorated pottery in the Southwest, this pottery was first described and named by Dr. Emil Haury and staff at Gila Pueblo.

“Distribution of Chupadero Black-on-white, or, The Black and White of Jug Use” by Patrick H. Beckett.
The purpose of this paper is to suggest working hypotheses on the use of Chupadero Black-on-white and the people responsible for its distribution.

“Comparison of Feature Measurements of Pit Houses and Surface Houses of the Gallina Phase of the Anasazi Culture” by Herbert W. Dick and Hugh Davidson.
This report represents the measurement of one community in its entirety, Huerfano Mesa, and some individual houses from other communities; all are located north of the Llaves, New Mexico post office.

“Prehistoric Water Reservoirs—The Southwest” by William F. Turney.
This preliminary paper discusses a number of water storage reservoirs in the Southwest that existed in prehistoric times, along with possible use of the stored water. Irrigation reservoirs and devices are not included.

“Ballcourt or Reservoir?” by Paul H. Ezell.
This article debates the identity of a feature observed by two men in 1697 while traveling south of Casa Grande, Arizona.

“The Ethnoarchaeology of Upland Arizona Yuman Ceramics” by Robert C. Euler and Henry F. Dobyns.
A continuation of publications of studies of the Pai Indians of northwestern Arizona. Through a direct historical technique the authors have tried to meld history, ethnography, and archaeology to present a picture of the dynamics of Pai cultural change (or lack thereof) backward through time. This paper details the important diagnostic of ceramics.

“Prehistoric and Historic Turquoise Mining in the Cerrillos District: Time and Place” by A. Helene Warren and Frances Joan Mathien.
Particular emphasis has been placed on the study of the ceramics associated with the turquoise mines and workshops in order to establish periods of mining and cultural affinities of the miners through time and space.


“Early Piman Agriculture: A New Look” by John P. Wilson.
This paper looks for confirmation of a relationship between the alluvial fans of southern Arizona’s Avra Valley and archaeological sites in the northern Avra Valley.

“The Protohistoric Pimans of Southeastern Arizona: A Review of History, Archaeology, and Material Culture” by Gordon Bronitsky.
A study of the Pimans in the 16th and 17th centuries.

“The Location of Chichilticale” by Carroll L. Riley.
The author discusses the two most probably locations of an important way station during the Coronado expedition of 1539-42.

“Cibola Revisited” by Madeleine Turrell Rodack.
A re-examination of Hodge’s theory identifying Marcos de Niza’s and Coronado’s “Cibola” as Hawikuh.

“Apache Indians and the North Mexican Peace Establishments” by William B. Griffin.
In 1834 2000 Apaches were living peacefully in northern Mexico. By 1846 they were implacable enemies of the Mexicans. Why, and how did this phase of Apache history fit in with the overall history of the Apaches as the Anglo-Americans came to know it?

“Spanish Colonial Policy and the Pueblo Indians” by Myra Ellen Jenkins.
Don Juan Onate brought with him the institutions and administrative machines of imperial Spain, including the legal obligation to abide by its laws and ordinances regulating the treatment of the Indians and the conduct of Indian affairs.

“The Wells in the Palace of the Governors Patio and the Excavation and Repair of Well 1: LA 4451” by Marjorie F. Lambert.
Details of the 1956 excavation of a well located in the Palace of Governors Patio.

“Footwear on New Mexico’s Hispanic Frontier” by Marc Simmons.
This article describes sources and the manufacturing of footwear in colonial New Mexico.

“Chronology of the Zuni Sha’lak’o Ceremony” by Luke Lyon.
This study lists the chronology of the events of this complex kachina ceremony, gives an analysis of when the ceremony has been held for the past 100 years, and a chronology of significant incidents and visitors associated with the ceremony.

“The Small Conference as Personal Network” by Richard B. Woodbury.
A history of the Pecos Conference, which was first held in 1927.

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Summary: The Handbook of North American Indians is a monographic series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Americanist studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. To date, fifteen volumes are published. Each volume addresses a sub-topic of Americanist research, and contains a number of articles or chapters by individual specialists in the field coordinated and edited by a volume editor. The overall series of twenty volumes is planned and coordinated by a general or series editor. [1]



This work documents information about all Indigenous peoples of the Americas north of Mesoamerica, including cultural and physical aspects of the people, language family, history, and prehistory. This is a reference work for historians, anthropologists, scholars, and the general reader. The series utilized noted authorities for each topic. The set is illustrated, indexed, and has extensive bibliographies. Volumes may be purchased individually.

ISBN: 9780548108963

Dimensions: 1.63 x 9.00 x 6.00 in

Summary: In Two Volumes. Also, An Account Of Their Manners, Customs, Traditions, Religious Sentiments, Mode Of Warfare, Military Tactic, Discipline And Encampments, Treatment Of Prisoners, Etc. Which Are Better Explained, And More Minutely Related, Than Has Been Heretofore Done, By Any Other Author On That Subject. Many Of The Articles Have Never Before Appeared In Print. The Whole Complied From The Best Authorities.

ISBN: 9780887141102

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Summary: Come to know painting, silverwork, turquoise, beadwork, pottery, baskets, Navajo sandpainting, fetishes, Hopi katsinas, and Navajo rugs. Become familiar with 39 Southwestern Indian cultures histories, governments, and separate fascinating celebrations. Native ceremonies are still performed by the Indians of the Southwest and is a tribute to their way of life and the strength of their religious beliefs.

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ISBN: 9780816501991

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Summary: "Chief Victorio of the Warm Springs Apache, has recounted the turbulent life of his people between 1876 and 1886. This eyewitness account . . . recalls not only the hunger, pursuit, and strife of those years, but also the thoughts, feelings, and culture of the hunted tribe. Recommended as general reading." —"Library Journal"

"This volume contains a great deal of interesting information." —"Journal of the West"

"The Apache point of view presented with great clarity." —"Books of the Southwest"

"A valuable addition to the southwestern frontier shelf and long will be drawn upon and used." —"Journal of Arizona History"

ISBN: 9780826307347

Edition: first edition

Summary: This long-awaited fourth volume of Adolph F. Bandelier's journals covers the final years of what the pioneer anthropologist considered - the greatest undertaking of my life. Durning the 3 1/2 years recorded here, Bandelier was primarily in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In the years covered by this fourth volume, Bandelier turned from his widely ranging interests to a greater emphasis on documentary material as it related to his study of Puebloan culture history. He continued to visit various pueblos and also archaeological sites. In addition, he commented on some of the social and economic problems, local politics, land development, and education, of a territory just beginning to seek statehood.

As in each of the earlier volumes, the editors have provided an overview of his life and career, including significant data from previously unused portions of his correspondence and newly available source material; again, there is thorough annotation of the journal entries. The southwestern journals and with his final departure from Santa Fe and the beginning of a new period of his life and career in South America.

Adolph F. Bandelier was important in early southwestern anthropology and history, and today he is recognized as a forerunner of present-day F. no history. For the general reader, the journals offer a unique picture of southwestern life of the late 19th century, and a scholar will find primary materials available nowhere else.

ISBN: 9780873581202

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Edition: 1st

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Summary: a reference for archaeologist, professional and amateur, who wish to identify archaeological artifacts obtained in compliance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. Book contains definitions for more than 250 different types of artifacts, cross-referenced with synonyms and obsolete terms and illustrated with photographs, drawings and scales.

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Summary: Even though this book may be hard for the general public to relate to it is a vision filled and inspired book which describes the event known as the HARMONIC CONVERGENCE as well as giving an overview of the sacred site known as CHACO CANYON.. Anyone interested in either of these topics will benefit greatly by reading this book. I feel the inspiration generated by the event every time I read this GREAT book!!!

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Summary: PREFACE

In 1975 the Museum of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque Archaeological Society prepared an exhibit featuring pottery made in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, largely prior to the Spanish conquest. The principal objective of the exhibit was to display the artistry and craftsmanship of the prehistoric potters. The first edition of this booklet, Prehispanic Pueblo Pottery was prepared in order to provide a deeper appreciation of the exhibit. It discussed the art, manufacturing techniques and interrelationships between the different pottery types and styles.

However, in addition to its use as an exhibit guide, the full photographic coverage of the vessels allowed the booklet to become an independent tool for understanding how pottery styles and designs evolved over time. Although the publication has been out-of-print for several years, continued interest in the booklet led the Albuquerque Archaeological Society Board to authorized the publication of a Second Edition containing a few editorial revisions and a larger format.

The text follows a theme of pottery Family Tree evolution defined by time, region and cultural ties. Although various versions of such trees have been espoused, full agreement has not been achieved. In fact, some archaeologists will argue that the use of biological evolutionary models such as Family Trees is inappropriate when considering pottery evolution. Nevertheless, this type of chart serves a useful purpose, and the example presented in the Introduction acts as a reference for text discussions.

The vessels displayed in the original exhibit were principally from the Museum's permanent collections, the collections of Frank and Francis Vernon, William and Dolores Sundt, Richard and Kitty Renwick, and the Maxwell Museum.


Members of the Albuquerque Archaeological Society aided the Museum Staff in the design and preparation of the exhibit. William M. Sundt coordinated the choice of the examples to be presented and identified the pottery types, while Tracy Green was responsible for the photography. Margaret F. Bice provided support in editing the manuscript.

Richard A. Bice

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ISBN: 9780548209240

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Summary: One of the earliest studies of the relationship between race and culture which comprehensively presents known facts rather than implications of superiority and inferiority.

ISBN: 9780890130865

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ISBN: 0803261373

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ISBN: 9780413269805

Summary: The first book to follow the thread of history for all American Indians.

about the heritage of our American Indians"- JFK. Thus begins this book that has an introduction by Pesident John F. Kennedy. In this book you will learn about the such diverse native cultures as the Inca, Toltecs, Aztecs, Cherokee, Seminole and Eskimoe, just to name name a few of the indigenous peoples explored. The illustrations, historical photographs and art work is spledid and quite lavish. Very informative, short histories on most of the major native cultures of the Americus. If you're into native culture this is a good book to add to your libray.

ISBN: 9780318222936

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ISBN: 9780826312365

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Edition: 1st

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ISBN: 9781930618275

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Edition: Revised

Dimensions: 0.80 x 9.90 x 7.90 in

Summary: A distinguished scholar of Southwestern Native arts for over thirty years, J. J. Brody here returns to his early work on the Mimbres ceramic tradition, which established him as the leading authority on the arts of this ancient people. The Mimbres cultural florescence between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1140 remains one of the most visually astonishing and anthropologically intriguing questions in Southwest prehistory. In this revised edition, Dr. Brody incorporates the extensive fieldwork done on Mimbres sites since the original publication in 1977, updating his discussion of village life, the larger world in which the Mimbres people lived, and how the art that they practiced illuminates these wider issues. He addresses human and animal iconography, the importance of perspective and motion in perceiving Mimbres artistry, and the technology used to produce the ceramics. Placing the study of ancient art and artifacts in the present, he notes the impact of the antiquities market on archaeological and artistic research.
This lively, engaging work will interest archaeologists, art historians, and all people who enjoy the beauty, humor, and humanity of Mimbres pottery. Featuring over one hundred new illustrations and insights drawn from a lifetime of study and contemplation, this is much more than a revised edition – indeed, it establishes a new standard for the artistic interpretation of a classic Southwestern culture for the new century.

ISBN: 9780933452466

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Dimensions: 0.65 x 11.73 x 9.97 in

Summary: A new tradition of Pueblo fine art painting arose in the first three decades of the twentieth century, born out of a dynamic encounter between the Pueblo and Euro-American communities in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico. In Pueblo Indian Painting, art historian J. J. Brody presents the first complete history of this vibrant art and places it squarely within the contexts of Pueblo culture and Euro-American modernism, bringing long-overdue recognition to the tradition and its preeminent practitioners as a vital part of American art history.

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ISBN: 0806505915

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Dimensions: 6.02 x 8.98 x 1.30 in

Summary: Belief in the immortality of the soul was fundamental to Egyptian religion. The book of the dead was intended to give the deceased immortality, to provide everything required in the other world, to procure friendship, to enable his soul to reach the kingdom of Osiris.

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Summary: 'Alice Bullock, New Mexico author and a well-known book reviewer, has a particular talent for searching out and recording tales of the unusual. She has a natural empathy for these stories of the Santa Fe country and the people who tell them. That is why she tells them well. These marvelous legends bring to life the brick and mortar of New Mexico and stir the imagination.' So said Loraine Cleaveland Lavender of these stories, which Alice Bullock spent almost three years collecting and recording, thus saving many of them for posterity.

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ISBN: 9780826315038

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Edition: 2nd

Dimensions: 0.63 x 7.95 x 5.28 in

Summary: Prior to statehood, the Llano Estacado, the great plains of northeastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, were colonized by Hispanic ranchers. Cabeza de Baca's beloved memoir of the era has been reissued as part of the Pasó Por Aquí Series on Nuevomexicano Literature.
A member of an old Hispanic family, Cabeza de Baca celebrates her Spanish heritage rather than the Mestizo culture embraced by later writers. She portrays the erosion of Hispanic folkways under American influence, but by recording a combination of oral narrative, autobiography, family history, recipes, and poetry, she has helped to preserve these unique expressions of Hispanic culture.

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ISBN: 9780964154230

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Edition: 1st

Dimensions: 0.94 x 9.34 x 6.35 in

Summary: Contents: Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Outline; Chapter One: Spanish Colonial New Mexico; Land Tenure; Shifting Pottery Production; Chapter Two: The New Mexican Evidence; Ethnohistory Oral History; The New Mexican Evidence; Sites with Archaeological Evidence Only; Micaceous Wares; Chapter Three: Abiquiu: An Archaeological; Case Study; Archaeological Evidence; Hispanic Bowl Standardisation; Raw Materials and Culture; Chapter Four: The Arnold Model; Chapter Five: Hispanic Craft Specialisation:; A Model; Application of the Arnold Model; Population Pressure and Ceramics: A World; View; Conclusions; Archaeological Implications; Afterword; Epilogue; Footnotes; Pottery Shapes; Hispanic Settlements; Glossary of Spanish Terms; Sources; Index.

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ISBN: 9781850151753

Summary: I had no idea that Joseph Cornell had written a book for children. This is a rare find. (It ranks up there with Robert Walser's little-known treatise on horse-grooming, or Arthur Brand's book of stock quotes.) There are stories here of hope and joy. You really get a sense of Cornell's engagement with a visionary romanticism when he encourages the reader to "let the child see into the world of nature, for there they will find a balm for their sorrows, a calm for their heart, and a palm against time." Cornell filled his boxes with the doodads of youth, and it's wonderful to find him speaking to children without any form of mediation. A must.

ISBN: 9780806111711

Dimensions: 1.00 x 7.75 x 5.25 in

Summary: The Native Americans of the Southeast such as the Moundbuilders and the Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole) ejoyed a particularly rich and highly developed culture before European contact. This book explores their background and history. In the first chapter, Cotterill exmines the pre-contact migrations of the Siouian, Algonquian and Muskogean Nations and their village lifestyles, cultures and government. This sets the stage for their early meetings with the English colonists, and after the Revolutionary War, the Americans as well. Several chapters go into the gradual decline of the southern Nations as they found more and more of their lands claimed by Euro-American settlers who saw today's Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississipi and the Carlonias as valuable real estate.
Several historical figures and events are mentioned, such as Alexander McGillivray (Creek leader who sought an alliance with Spain against the state of Georgia), Tecumseh (the Shawnee war leader who sought to unify the Indians against Euro-American settlers) and the Creek Wars. After the Creek Wars, the book focuses an entire chapter on the beginnings of Indian Removal in 1820 which would ultimately culminate in the Trail of Tears, Andrew Jackson's forced (and illegal) deportation of the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole from their homelands in the Southeast to "Indian Territory" (Oklahoma).
It then has a further chapter focusing on how the Southern Indians changed and adapted in the fifty years afterwards, in dress, culture, dwellings, education, language and religion. The final chapter covers 1825-1830, the final removal of the Southern Nations. It focuses on the struggles (both physical and in court) that the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and especially Seminole faced with being relocated to reservations and ultimately the Trails of Tears, in which Andrew Jackson (illegally; the Cherokee won against him in court but he ignored that ruling) deported members of the Five Nations from their homelands in the south to Indian Territory (today's Oklahoma).
This is really a nice, scholarly book for understanding the history of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast. It is particularly nice as it focuses on a specific timeframe (from English contact to 1830) and a specific area (the traditional homelands in the Southeast), so the focus is much more specific than it could be otherwise. My only criticism of this book is that information on the Seminole is fairly scant. Still, this is an excellent book for pure history of any of the Nations in the Southeast and if you are studying Native American history or culture, I strongly recommend this book and others in the series.

ISBN: 9780911408836

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Dimensions: 0.20 x 8.80 x 5.90 in

Summary: Handy reference book describes and depicts 50 species commonly found in the Southwest, particularly those occurring in National Park Service areas.

ISBN: 9781410201751

ListPrice: CDN$ 36.88

Dimensions: 1.48 x 9.00 x 6.00 in

Summary: This mammoth volume (over 670 pages) truly is the Indians' own book. Natalie Curtis served as collector, editor, and arranger. The elegant and eloquent simplicity of the tales give testimony that these are the Native American's own words. Not only that, but since it was first published in 1905, these are the memories of chiefs, elders, and holy men that still remembered the old days and the old ways. Plus, the marvelous illustrations were all done by tribe members (except for the photographs) and really contribute to the overall magic of the whole. The songs are all authentic and are given in both English and the original tribal languages (with pronunciation guides.)
While not a comprehensive reference of all the tribes it does give a good range of peoples from the eastern coast, northern woodlands, plains, southwest, and pacific coast. The tribes included are: Wabanaki, Dakota, Pawnee, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Winnebago, Kwakiutl, Pima, Apache, Mohave-Apache, Yuma, Navaho, Zuni, San Juan, Acoma, Laguna, and Hopi.
This book is a great monument to all the peoples and their respective ways of life. It is proof that the social engineers and bureaucrats did not kill the spirit and culture of the rightful caretakers of this land. As long as such a book exists the way back to the old, centered way of living can be backtracked.
This is a moving book. Even Theodore Roosevelt was moved by the "depth and dignity" of Indian thought.

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Edition: Facsimile

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Fetishes are carvings believed to have a spirit within, which can help the owner if used properly and respectfully. They may be used for hunting, the diagnosis and cure of disease, initiations, war, gambling, propagation, spells, and good fortune and usually bear the resemblance of an animal. Frank Hamilton Cushing's classic book is incorporated in this expanded 9" x 12" version, annotated by Mark Bahti, who provides supplemental text on Zuni life and art. Full-color photographs show modern fetish art by the Zunis, with commentary explaining the cultural significance of the works.


About the Author
Mark Bahti has been in the Indian arts business for over 30 years. During that time he has also pursued an academic interest in cross-cultural communication, and been involved in a number of urban Indian issues ranging from employment to education.

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ISBN: B0010YW800

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ISBN: 978-0803279582

Summary: This is a great book. I first read it about thirty years ago when I was in college. The book reminded me of that part of my childhood spent growing up on the Navajo Nation, when my parents were school teachers there. The book is an anthropological document of the first order but it reads like a novel and is full of humor and pathos. It shows the joy of childhood in a 'simple' culture while painting vivid images of that culture.

While the book struck a resonant chord with me, its appeal is universal. It is a mystery, because the unexpectedness of real life is in every page, but it is free of horror and full of affection.

I would like to see the book reprinted in hard cover so I can add it to my library in proper form, though I still have the thirty year old paperback.

ISBN: 0-89145-408-X

Edition: 1990

Summary: Text, several photos and sketches.

ISBN: 0691119422

ListPrice: 29.95

Dimensions: 5.51 x 8.19 x 1.42 in

Summary: First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice.

ISBN: 0132277530

ListPrice: 130.67

Edition: 12

Dimensions: 8.50 x 10.70 x 10.00 in

Summary: This comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology helps students understand humans in all their variety, and why they got to be that way. This new edition highlights migration and immigration in the context of globalization.

ISBN: 9781880820087

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Summary: “This book brings a positive and decisive end to the acrimonious argument over whether the people living on the American continents before Columbus were exclusively descendants of the Ice Age nomads who migrated here across the Bering Strait.” (from the introduction)

Gloria Farley has turned the world upside down when she investigated the Norse Runes in Heavner Oklahoma. As she learned about the runes, she learned about other alphabets that have long since disappeared. Working with more than 45 Phds, she has established the fact that many european and african cultures traveled to and from the Americas and they often stayed for prolonged periods. Her findings answer a great number of questions about finds in the "New World" by other sources. Her discoveries by their sheer numbers defeats any idea of hoax. This book is a major milestone in Archaeology.

ISBN: 9780964460508

Illustrator: Kahanah Farnsworth

Dimensions: 0.30 x 8.20 x 5.20 in

Summary: This book is a TREASURED FIELD GUIDE to the edible and poisonous plants located in the Southwest! In this exciting book, you will discover: 76 plants that you can bring home to dinner, and 12 plants you should never attempt to eat. Each plant is carefully illustrated for easy identification in the field, and A TASTE OF NATURE is conveniently sized to carry with you. Easy to read and understand text helps you learn key information about each plant. PLUS, you van learn how to prepare delicious, tested recipes that will absolutely delight you! --- from book's back cover

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ISBN: 9780911408829

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Summary: This valuable guidebook describes and depicts 70 common species of the Southwest deserts. Photos by leading southwestern photographers. Includes index.

ISBN: 9780404078805

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Summary: Anthropologist Alice C. Fletcher (1838–1923) was a pioneer in the study of Indian music. Originally published in 1900, "Indian Story and Song from North America" came out of her fieldwork and friendship with the Omahas (among whom she lived), Poncas, Arapahoes, and other tribes. Fletcher provides the stories behind these songs and the scores for authentic Indian melodies in native language (which is also translated into English). They run the gamut of experience, from making war to making love. Fletcher writes: “Universal use of music was because of the belief that it was a medium of communication between man and the unseen. The invisible voice could reach the invisible power that permeates all nature, animating all natural forms. As success depended upon help from this mysterious power, in every avocation, in every undertaking, and in every ceremonial, the Indian appealed to this power through song.” When hunting, he sang to insure the aid of the unseen power in capturing game. When confronting danger and death, he sang for strength to meet his fate unflinchingly. In using herbs to heal, the men and women sang to bring the required efficacy. When planting they sang for abundant harvest. In their sports, courtship, and mourning, song increased pleasure and comforted sorrow. All occasions for singing are covered in this volume.

ISBN: 9780695803742

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Summary: This is the retelling of the revolt with a more sympathetic view of the Pueblo that provides another dimension to the rebellion. Normally, the story has been told from a Spanish perspective that often clouds the real issues. Pope, a spiritual leader, led the revolt after the Franciscans destroyed kivas, kachina masks, prayer feathers, and other religious objects. With the final indignity of being flogged in public for conducting Pueblo rituals, Pope began to plan his revolt. The Franciscan priests not only attempted to eliminate Pueblo religion but also radically restructured the family by eliminating the kachina cult initiations and stopping puberty rituals for young women who were coming of age. Although it is a good antidote for Robert Silverberg's Pueblo Revolt and other pro-Spanish books, its weakness is the absence of any significant discussion of the various Pueblo religious factors that led to the revolt. It does, however, commemorate the only successful revolution by Native Americans against Spanish rule.Details the causes and events of the Pueblo Indians' revolt against their Spanish rulers in 1680.

ISBN: 9780826314277

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Edition: 1st

Illustrator: Rachel Folsom

Dimensions: 0.25 x 10.00 x 8.00 in

Summary: A travel guide to archeological sites and museums of prehistoric Indian life in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah.

ISBN: 9780887402272

Dimensions: 1.00 x 11.20 x 8.70 in

Summary: Working without the use of the potter's wheel, the Pueblo Indians in the American Southwest created beautiful ceramic ware for both utilitarian and ceremonial use. A classic in the field, this book is the first comprehensive account of historic Pueblo pottery, and results from years of study by Larry Frank, an authority on this and other North American Art Forms, and lengthy technical research by Francis Harlow, an internationally known scientist. Illustrating the text are dozens of superb photographs by Bernard Lopez. With nearly two hundred examples, the authors appraise the aesthetic value of Pueblo pottery as rivaling that of any ware made by Neolithic societies, whether in America, Europe, the East of Africa. This book captures that beauty and informs the reader.

ISBN: 9780940672529

ListPrice: $14.95

Dimensions: 0.26 x 15.44 x 11.18 in

Summary: We'd have all had to find something else to spend money on. I have both in several states. The end of the road features .... when a two-track becomes a cow trail, are better on these than on Delorme. On the other hand, Delorme has Long/Lat in the margins, contour lines and prettier features. These just have solid information indicating everything from a fence to a farmhouse. I wouldn't want to have to choose one over the other. Nice to live in a world where a person can own both.

ISBN: 9781887896269

ListPrice: $15.95

Dimensions: 0.30 x 9.90 x 6.90 in

Summary: "Pueblos of the Rio Grande" is an authoritative and colorful traveler's guide to the nineteen venerable pueblos of New Mexico. Written in consultation with pueblo community elders, this new book celebrates the cultural diversity and enduring values of Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambé, Picuris, Pojoaque, Taos, Tesuque, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Sandia, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santa Domingo, Zia, and Zuni. Cultural identity and artistry are vividly expressed by skilled Pueblo potters, silversmiths, fetish carvers, basket makers, and painters, whose finest works are highly sought-after by discerning art buyers worldwide. Daniel Gibson provides first-time visitors and experienced Indian art collectors alike with a wealth of trip-planning information, including the arts and crafts traditions distinct to each pueblo, annual celebrations open to the public, proper etiquette and attire, and photography restrictions. 60 color and b/w photos, map.

ISBN: 9780826315670

Edition: 2 Sub

Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.50 in

Summary: George Champlin Sibley surveyed the Santa Fe Trail under the auspices of the United States government between 1825 and 1827. As he and two other federal commissioners worked their way down the trail, they treated with Indian tribes and mapped the road. Long out of print and now available again, this volume collects portions of the journals, diaries, reports, and letters that record the history of that expedition.
Soon emerging as the survey leader, Sibley was the only commissioner to travel the entire length of the trail from the Missouri frontier to Santa Fe, New Mexico. His journal and diary express the voice of a prosaic dreamer and a practical federal official. Menacing horseflies and unpredictable weather, not Indian war parties, were the greatest cause of complaint by the commissioners.
Kate L. Gregg's skillful editing enhances the historical value of the journals and diaries of Sibley and his colleagues. Marc Simmons ably introduces the reader to the value of The Road to Santa Fe.

ISBN: 0803257716 0803257716 0803257716

Edition: 1st

Summary: The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Their Ways of Life is a classic ethnography, originally published in 1928, that grew out of George Bird Grinnell's long acquaintance with the Cheyennes. Volume I looks at the tribe's early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social organization, hunting, amusements, and government. In a second volume, Grinnell would consider its warmaking and warrior societies, healing practices and responses to European diseases, religious beliefs and rituals, and legends and prophecies surrounding the culture hero Sweet Medicine.

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Summary: Summary: The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Their Ways of Life is a classic ethnography, originally published in 1928, that grew out of George Bird Grinnell's long acquaintance with the Cheyennes. Volume I looks at the tribe's early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social organization, hunting, amusements, and government. In a second volume, Grinnell would consider its warmaking and warrior societies, healing practices and responses to European diseases, religious beliefs and rituals, and legends and prophecies surrounding the culture hero Sweet Medicine

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ISBN: 9780802704634

ListPrice: $12.50

Edition: 1st

Dimensions: 1.10 x 9.80 x 7.00 in

Summary: About sites in England, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany.

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ISBN: 9780826329073

ListPrice: $27.95

Edition: 1

Dimensions: 0.94 x 10.00 x 7.60 in

Summary: The first book of the twenty-first century on New Mexico's ghost towns, this illustrated survey is based on research, interviews, and the travels of author Linda Harris and photographer Pamela Porter. They have divided the state into eleven regions comprising seventy ghost towns, from the Santa Fe Trail and Colfax County in the north to the southern mountains and the boot heel at the other end of New Mexico.
For this writing, Harris has redefined ghost town to refer not just to permanently abandoned places but also to those that have declined without necessarily dying. She sheds light on the ways some towns have survived and how some have reinvented themselves, like Madrid and Cerrillos, former mining towns turned artistic and bohemian enclaves.
All the towns in this book are accessible. Many have their own web sites and most have benefited from the efforts of preservation-minded residents and museum curators. Roads have been improved, churches restored, and schools have been transformed into community centers, libraries, or residences. Ghost Towns Alive will certainly entice New Mexicans and out-of-state tourists alike to pack a lunch and hit the road. Don't forget to bring walking shoes and your camera!

ISBN: 0762742054

Edition: Edition: 8, illustrated

Summary: No trip to New Mexico would be complete without soaking in the Spence Hot Springs, exploring the Puye Cliff Dwellings in Santa Clara Canyon, crafting adobe bricks at Lundeen's Inn of the Arts, or crossing Whitewater Creek via Mogollan Catwalk, a metal walkway that hugs Glenwood's Whitewater Canyon.

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Summary: The objective of the archeological survey of Wetherill Mesa was to record the presence of all archeological manifestations in the area, to locate them as accurately as possible on a map, to describe each by means of field notes, sketches and photographs, and to make surface collections. Our work was a comprehensive survey. We recorded all prehistoric remains for which there was physical evidence on the surface of the ground.

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Summary: This book is an excellent overview of a handful of people who experienced the atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima, Japan and the rescue efforts by some courages individuals immediately afterwards.



Given the recent concerns of the U.S. and many nations with Iran potentially becoming able to produce a nuclear weapon and the continued issues with North Korea's program, and the overarching concerns related to the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology, this book shows the real horrors of what an atomic explosion causes, both immediately - death and destruction - as well in the immediate and mediate aftermath - the terrible suffering of the survivors(including, severe burns, radiation poisoning, cancer and particularly leukemia, etc.). Particularly compelling was the story of how most of the population that survived the immediate blast effects, desperately sought out water, and how some priests stationed there from the west tried to help survivors.



This is an excellent, well-researched, and brief overview of the effects of an atomic bomb explosion on a city.

An article called "Hiroshima" written by John Hersey was published in The New Yorker magazine in August 1946, a year after World War II ended. The article was based on interviews with atomic bomb survivors and tells their experiences the morning of the blast and for the next few days and weeks. It was a calm and accurate account of survival in the first city to be destroyed by a single weapon.

There were many remarkable things about the "Hiroshoma" article. Just a few:

* "Hiroshima" took over the entire issue of the The New Yorker, there were no articles or cartoons.
* The issue caused a tremendous effect, and sold out within hours.
* Many magazines and newspapers commented on the article.
* The full text was read on the radio in the U.S. and other countries.

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ISBN: 9781417931972

Dimensions: 1.30 x 8.80 x 6.00 in

Summary: 1930. With an Introduction on the General History of the American Race. Illustrated. Part I of the book is a summary of Indian culture history as it is now known to students of the native American race; in the light of this Part II with a similar treatment of the Indian communities of the Southwest, concerning which every statement is verifiable or the contrary, since a considerable body of Pueblo Indians survive and live the ancient life. Part III, under the title, The Realm of the Pick and Spade, will have to do mainly with the ruins of towns that flourished and passed out of existence without having been seen by a member of the white race; of which there was not a survivor when the Spanish occupation began nearly four centuries ago; towns of which not a scrap of contemporary literature exists. In addition, the story will be told of towns and provinces that have passed into the archaeological realm during the period of recorded history-a process that may be called archaeology in the making.

ISBN: 9780916122164

ListPrice: $35.00

Edition: 1st

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ISBN: 9780690510119

Summary: The pre-Indian hunters whose bones, tools, and weapons reveal human life of 8, 000-30, 000 years ago. Covers the ancestors of North Americans from the Bering Strait crossing through Folsum Man and the Sandia Man Cave of New Mexico, all long before Columbus 'discovered' America. 198pp inc, Index; illustrated in b/w drawings.

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ISBN: 9781559941952

Dimensions: 0.80 x 8.80 x 6.00 in

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ISBN: 9780873586498

ListPrice: $17.95

Dimensions: 0.50 x 9.75 x 8.75 in

Summary: Never mind how the West was won; this pictorial history of how it was sold is far more interesting. Harvey, who emigrated from England at 15 and started out as a dishwasher, created the first chain of restaurants and railroad hotels in the U.S.--which his heirs expanded into a virtual empire. A person traveling from Chicago to California could stop at Harvey's flagship hotel in Albuquerque and have a complete Southwestern cultural experience without ever leaving the hotel--or so the sales pitch went. All told, a beautifully illustrated, down-to-earth chronicle of how Native America's culture was bastardized for a buck.

ISBN: B000R06OMQ

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Summary: The story of the Pony Express and the vital role it played in holding the West for the Union through the intrigues of Secession and Civil War. The Story of the Pony Express. Signet, 1960. The Story of the Pony Express' critical role in holding the West "for the Union" during the intrigues of "Secesh" and the Confederacy's campaign to steal all of the United States of American west of the Mississippi River.

ISBN: 9780804001342

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Summary: Puebloan peoples moved into the basin during the second and third centuries of the second millennium, apparently as refugees from a long, epic migration that left vast areas of the Southwest essentially depopulated. Evidently, Anasazi Puebloans – Keresan-speaking peoples from the Colorado Plateau region – occupied the northern part of the basin. Mogollon Puebloans – heavily tattooed Piro speakers from the northern Chihuahuan Desert – settled the southern part. Over time, the immigrants built nine significant communities, with the northernmost three having primarily Anasazi roots and the other six having primarily Mogollon roots, according to James E. Ivey’s richly detailed In the Midst of a Loneliness: The Architectural History of the Salinas Missions.

ISBN: 9780816503254

ListPrice: $9.75

Dimensions: 6.00 x 258.00 x 9.00 in

Summary: "More than half a century of contact between the author and the Hopi people has resulted in an unusual opportunity for long informative talks with friends from the villages. These conversations in a variety of circumstances have helped to give depth to an understanding and appreciation uncommon among persons not born and raised in the Hopi way. . . . This work gives a comprehensive view of the Hopi as a people, in length of time covered as well as in depth and breadth." —Utah Historical Quarterly

"It is personal yet precise, emotional and involved, yet objective and factual. . . . Readers who know something of Hopi history will be fascinated by the new insights and interpretations presented by James." —Arizona and the West

"The author has been an active supporter of Hopi interests for some fifty years and this book is as much a testimony to his unflagging personal devotion to a small and neglected tribe as it is a history of the Hopis' determination to maintain their identity and self-respect." —Journal of Arizona History

"Harry James writes with sympathy and restraint about a proud people who have suffered unjustly in the past, and who today are seeking an identity. He brings into sharp focus the dreams for tomorrow of the Hopi tribe. Let these dreams be shared by others before it is too late." —The American West

"An amazing and gripping account of a very great and intelligent people, concentrating on fact rather than the fantastic legends that have grown up around this unique culture." —The Masterkey

"The Hopi are indeed a most interesting people, and this authentic account of their way of life is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the Indian tribes of Arizona." —The Book Exchange

"For an excellent account of the history of the Hopi, the Southwest, typical government intervention into tribal affairs and the lives of the people . . . a must for any library." —Whispering Winds

ISBN: 9780826316899

ListPrice: $21.95

Edition: Revised

Dimensions: 1.00 x 8.80 x 6.00 in

Summary: The Place Names of New Mexico is an invaluable guide to the state's geography and history. It explains more than 7,000 names of features large and small throughout the state, towns, mountains, rivers, canyons, counties, post offices, and even abandoned settlements, as well as providing relevant information about location, history, and current status. The revised edition contains more than fifty expanded and updated entries.
The accounts are also journeys into New Mexico's past, offering glimpses of the lives and values of the people who named the place. Humor, tragedy, mystery, and daily life they can all be found in this book.

ISBN: B001Y0GCFW

Edition: First Edition

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ISBN: 9780300083453

ListPrice: $48.00

Dimensions: 1.02 x 8.50 x 5.51 in

Summary: In a new edition of this classic work in the field of New World archaeology, Alfred Vincent Kidder presents the first regional synthesis and an unsurpassed summary of Pueblo archaeology. He provides an excellent guide to the Southwest's historic and prehistoric sites at the time as well as an early account of the pioneering excavation at Pecos Pueblo. A lengthy new introduction to the book examines the history of Pecos and the enduring significance of Kidder's work.

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Summary: The famous prehistoric roadways have an important role in research on the Chaco Anasazi. Not only do they provide insight into the development of the so-called "Chaco phenomenon," but the roads also pique the curiosity of the general public, as witnessed by the publication of a popular book on the topic (Gabriel 1991). The public and archaeologists alike are mystified by the great width and apparent length of roads in a culture that did not have wheeled vehicles or pack animals. The use of cutting-edge remote sensing technology to investigate the roadways has further stimulated interest in the topic (Lyons and Hitchcock 1977; Obenauf 1991). This curiosity, however, has had a dark side, for there has been a tendency to accept scenarios of road development and function without careful consideration of the available evidence. This brief paper hopes to contribute to the research on Chaco roads by providing a detailed description of what is known about this fascinating but controversial cultural feature.

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Summary: This book details the results of the archaeological excavations made in preparation of the construction of the Cochiti Dam in north central New Mexico. It contains many tables, charts and photographs.

ISBN: 9780912112138

ListPrice: $6.00

Edition: 1st

Summary: Stories by: Elizabeth Clark Rosenthal, Shirley Hill Witt, Robert K. Thomas, Harriet J. Kupferrer, Carol K. Rachlin, James A. Clifton, Ann Fisher, Deward E Qalker, Rosalie & Murray Wax, & Henry F. Dobyns, Includes: Illustrations, index, bibligraphy The survival of Indian identity, historical background, culture and community, nationalistic trends, Pan-Indianism, Eastern Cherokee, Oklahoma Indians, the Prairie Potawatomi Case, the Houma Indians, the Nez Perce Case, Indian education, responsible democracy and an American Indian renascence are some of the featured chapters.

Thirteen Indian and white anthropologists explore contemporary Indian life, illustrated with selected "case histories" which examine specific problems confronting Indians in various parts of the country. Large fold-out map attached locating the Indian tribes.

ISBN: 9780890131206

Summary: illustrated in vitage and contemprary b/w photos throughout, rear cover is highway map. Mimbres / Coronado / Jemez / Abo / Quarai / Fort Sumner / Fort Selden / Dorsey Mansion.

ISBN: 9781877976155

Edition: 1ST

Illustrator: Alexander Key

Summary: The 170 legends are listed by state, which are grouped into four parts: "The New England States," "The Central & Southern Atlantic States," "The Mississippi Valley States" and "Western Mountain States."

Oddly enough, the contents begin with an "Introduction," but there is not one in the book. It would have been interesting to read the author's thoughts about his collection.

I want to make it perfectly clear that this is a great book, especially when used for its only viable purpose -- to examine the mindset of the 1920s and the attitudes toward Native Americans. It is an interesting and vibrantly entertaining read. The artwork, far past being mere illustrations, is an optical feast that will enchant you. It is easy to become caught up in the art and lose all track of time.

However, I must point out that many of these legends have absolutely nothing to do with Native Americans. When did "Mary's Little Lamb," "The Ghost of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" become Native American legends?

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ISBN: 9781560442134

ListPrice: $8.95

Dimensions: 0.26 x 9.03 x 6.02 in

Summary: From the rugged beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert to the windswept alpine heights of the Pecos Wilderness, the New Mexico Wildlife Viewing Guide will lead you to 76 premier wildlife viewing areas and will better your chances of seeing wildlife once you arrive. Included are detailed descriptions of each viewing site and its wildlife, maps and access information, helpful viewing tips, and more than 40 color photographs featuring the wildlife and natural areas of New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment.

ISBN: 9780716708636

Dimensions: 0.20 x 11.10 x 8.10 in

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ISBN: B001HY816S

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ISBN: 9780890131794

Dimensions: 1.25 x 11.50 x 9.00 in

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ISBN: 9780898867909

ListPrice: $16.95

Edition: 2nd

Dimensions: 0.90 x 8.20 x 5.30 in

Summary:     * Twenty-nine all-new hikes
    * Explore trails ravaged by the 2000 Cerro Grande Fire
    * Over 13,000 of the previous edition sold

New Mexico offers a surprising variety of terrain to explore: from the Chihuahuan Desert in the south, to remarkable alpine lakes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the north. Includes easy one- and two-mile day jaunts, numerous eight- to 12-mile hikes, and 20-plus-mile backpack trips for the more ardent adventurer.

Interesting on-the-trail information such as the history of old mining camps, homesteads, and ghost towns is included. Most hikes are quickly accessible from the urban centers of Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

ISBN: 0688309747

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ISBN: 9780826315953

ListPrice: $29.95

Edition: illustrated edition

Dimensions: 0.70 x 10.90 x 8.50 in

Summary: New Mexico gardeners have long needed this book—a careful guide to the trees, shrubs, ground covers, and smaller plants that thrive in the state's many life zones and climates. In a state where the altitude varies from 3,000 feet above sea level at Carlsbad, to 13,000 feet at Mount Wheeler near Taos, where the annual rainfall is anywhere from 7 inches at White Sands to 30 inches in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where the soil is loose and gravelly, or thick and hard, or dark and rich, this guide, organized by regions and specific cities, will be especially useful. It also includes information on adjacent areas in Colorado and Arizona and on El Paso. In addition to the top hundred-plus species for each location, the author provides suggestions for more adventurous gardeners and information on historic landscapes around the state. He also points out a favorite well-planned and well-maintained garden or landscape that is open to the public in each community.
A landscape architect in Albuquerque for twenty-five years, Baker Morrow is intimately acquainted with how things grow in New Mexico. He is also generous in sharing his personal preferences. He mentions the species he likes "for their toughness, adaptability, and sturdy beauty in a difficult climate," and also the ones he admires for "their cheerfulness and their ability to grace our lives with shade, with helpful protection from the wind, and an endless series of wonderful colors." With many hundreds of native and exotic species readily available, no New Mexico gardener can afford to be without this book.

ISBN: 9780826338600

ListPrice: $22.95

Edition: illustrated edition

Dimensions: 0.50 x 9.20 x 6.10 in

Summary: "Canyon Gardens" is the long-awaited sequel to "Anasazi Architecture and American Design" (UNM Press). It takes a new look at ancient and modern Puebloan gardening and landscape design approaches.
Part One examines early Puebloan landscapes in detail, including compact gardens and terraces, site planning, the integration of farming and landscape design into settlement complexes, and the unit-courtyard complexes of the Mesa Verde country. It also covers the first meeting of the Ancient Puebloan tradition with Spanish traditions in seventeenth-century New Mexico and the Puebloan uses of plants. New field research is included--recent findings about the Zuni area, the upper Rio Grande country, and the Tompiro and Tiwa canyons and valleys in the Manzano Range.
Part Two looks at the Ancient Puebloan culture's influence today. Chapters here examine the uses of the historic landscape in today's agriculture and horticulture and the impact of governmental regulations on traditional habits of gardening and land use and perception.
Modern architects, site planners, and landscape architects will find these new-found qualities of the Southwestern landscape fascinating and inspirational.
Contributors:
Anthony Anella is an architect, teacher, and writer in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Kurt Anschuetz is an archaeologist in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mary Beath is a writer and artist who has worked in Zuni, New Mexico.
Bruce Bradley is an archeologist and author currently based in Exeter, England.
Carol Brandt is an ethnobotanist in Albuquerque.
Louis A. Hieb is an author and former professor at the University of Washington.
James E. "Jake" Ivey is a historian with the National Park Service in Santa Fe.
Stephen H. Lekson is curator of anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder.
Kenneth A. Romig is a landscape historian and landscape architect in Albuquerque.
David E. Stuart is an author and Southwest anthropologist in Albuquerque.
Rina Swentzell is a writer and art and architectural historian and a member of Santa Clara Pueblo, in Santa Fe.

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Summary: Recollections by the author of her Navaho friends and neighbors during the 25 years, starting in 1914, that she and her husband operated the Blue Mesa trading post on the Navaho reservation. Many Navaho customs, traditions and religious beliefs and practices are revealed, from healing ceremonies and means of exorcising evil spirits, to the acquiring of special "powers.

Navaho Neighbors (1966) is a collection of reservation memories. The power of Navajo women in their matrilineal society emerges as Newcomb humorously describes a woman divorcing her fat husband by narrowing her hogan door, and poignantly tells of a niece bearing a child to give her aunt, whose children had died. Lack of chronological order reinforces Newcomb's emphasis upon the continuity of personal ties and tradition in this isolated community.

Although some historians and anthropologists resented Newcomb as an amateur, N. Scott Momaday applauded her realistic portrayals of Navajo life. To Newcomb, Navajos were people, not objects for study. This basic assumption permeates Newcomb's works, enhancing their value as a record of the personal dimension of intercultural communication. The papers of Franc Johnson Newcomb, including an unpublished paper, "Autobiography of Franc Johnson Newcomb," are at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

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ISBN: 9780826315144

ListPrice: $39.95

Dimensions: 1.00 x 9.75 x 6.25 in

Summary: Pueblos, Villages, Forts, and Trails is a profusely illustrated guidebook to sixty-four intriguing sites. With easy-to-follow road directions, it is the ideal companion as you explore the state. Noble's engaging writing and vivid photographs bring to life New Mexico's historic Indian, Hispano, and Anglo-American peoples and their contributions and interactions through the centuries.

ISBN: 9780810821194

ListPrice: $47.50

Edition: 2 Rev Exp

Dimensions: 1.00 x 9.00 x 5.75 in

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Summary: Tonatiuh is a 24-ton, 12-feet in diameter sculpture in the Museu de Antropologia e Historia in Chapultapec Park outside Mexico City. It is probably the greatest “book” of the Americas. Professor Orozco has been researching for more than 20 years what he calls “
El Camino de Aztlan.” In his book he posits that there is petroglyph evidence
in Utah of what later became the “Aztec Calendar.”

ISBN: 9780874741902

ListPrice: $52.00

Dimensions: 2.12 x 11.73 x 9.30 in

Summary: The Handbook of North American Indians is a monographic series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Americanist studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. To date, fifteen volumes are published. Each volume addresses a sub-topic of Americanist research, and contains a number of articles or chapters by individual specialists in the field coordinated and edited by a volume editor. The overall series of twenty volumes is planned and coordinated by a general or series editor. [1]

This work documents information about all Indigenous peoples of the Americas north of Mesoamerica, including cultural and physical aspects of the people, language family, history, and prehistory. This is a reference work for historians, anthropologists, scholars, and the general reader. The series utilized noted authorities for each topic. The set is illustrated, indexed, and has extensive bibliographies. Volumes may be purchased individually.

William C. Sturtevant, general editor; Alfonso Ortiz, volume editor. 
Covers the prehistory, general history, and languages of the entire Southwest, and the cultures and histories of the Pueblo Peoples.
Contains copyright material. L.C. card 77-17162. Item 909

Volume 10

Ortiz, Alfonso (1983). Southwest. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 884. ISBN 047000003903. OCLC 10094258.

The second volume dealing with the southwest tribes is 56 chapters on the non-Puebloan peoples and on the economy, social organization, and rituals of all tribes in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico.

ISBN: 0486217671

Summary: For anyone with little or no knowledge of the American Indian, this book will be a revelation and a chanllege to our modern way of life. For readers who have some acquaintance with Indian history or anthropology, this book offers a practical guide to over 70 of the crafts, methods, and activities of these first and best American naturalists. When it comes to getting closer to the land in body or in spirit, there is no better teacher than the American Indian. " Unabridge republication of the 1931 edition. 50 b&w illustrations. 335 pages.

authentic information on American indian crafts, customs, food, clothing, religion and recreations.

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ISBN: 9780890131732

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Summary: Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology 1989
xiv, 209 pages, 90 color and 150 b/w photographs, 5 maps. Cloth cover.

During its half-century of existence, the Museum of New Mexico's Laboratory of Anthropology has amassed one of the great collections of Southwest Indian art. To celebrate the opening of its new Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Laboratory mounted a great exhibition for which this volume served as the catalogue. The finest examples from Four traditional areas--basketry, textiles, pottery, and adornment--are illustrated in superb photographs, and are accompanied by six essays that discuss the collection and the connections between prehistoric, historic, and contemporary material

ISBN: 9780890132050

ListPrice: $39.95

Edition: illustrated edition

Dimensions: 0.80 x 10.90 x 10.00 in

Summary: This book follows the pottery-making traditions from the earliest utility wares of the Mogollon and Anasazi Indians to the artistically superb pottery made by contemporary Pueblo Indians of the Rio Grande Valley. The 175 pieces features trace the long development - over 1800 years - of Pueblo Indian pottery while highlighting some of its more remarkable moments.

ISBN: 9780890160763

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Summary: This is a beautiful book! It makes you feel that you have just been to a foriegn country, if you do not already live there. If you love Santa Fe, or the mountains, or innocent good people, or just clean, comforting reading, you will love this book. I have loaned it to friends, and they always want their own copy.

ISBN: 9780890160718

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Summary: We are so planted in the 21st century and all its accouterments that we forget there was another time, even when some of us lived in it. Dorothy L. Pillsbury transports us back to a simpler time and tells the reader about the Spanish, Indian, and Anglo culture in mid 20th century Santa Fe, New Mexico. Reading the four Adobe series books, in order, is like watching "progress" happen while still hanging on to the old ways. If you have an interest is reasonably contemporary history, the southwest US, divergent cultures, or just want to relax while you read, get all these books and just sit back and enjoy every delightful word. I am so glad I've been able to spend time in Tenario Flat with Dorothy's friends and neighbors.

ISBN: 1878178024

Edition: 1st

Summary: Focuses on Navajo refugee sites, dating between AD 1700 and AD 1750.

ISBN: 9780826317780

ListPrice: $70.00

Edition: 1st

Dimensions: 0.95 x 9.58 x 6.45 in

Summary: Take a fascinating journey through Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde with leading southwestern archaeologists, historians, architects, artists, and urban planners as guides. Twenty-two essays identify Anasazi building and cultural features related to design and site planning, history, mythology, and ecology. 40 halftones. 5 maps .

ISBN: 0809412713

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ISBN: 9780809303618

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Edition: 1st

Dimensions: 0.75 x 9.50 x 6.50 in

Summary: In this interesting and highly informative book" "we are pre­sented with an impressive view of the great movements in time of cultures and civilizations as they flowered and died. Among the many discussed in this book are the Sumerian, Babylonian, Mycenaean, Hittite, Assyrian, the always fascinat­ing Etruscan, and the Inca, Aztec, and Maya of the Americas. Defining civilization as the city-state inhabited by specialists—politicians, priests, craftsmen, laborers— necessary in a society learning to cope with the complexities of urban life, Mr. Riley has made use of the most recent results of anthro­pological research and archaeological discovery in tracing man’s cultural evolution. Among the important aspects of this study of our begin­nings is the evidence that man tends to develop in channeled directions toward civilization. Mr. Riley suggests that, within each hemisphere though probably not between hemispheres, this trend is reinforced by diffusion from center to center. How­ever, coverage of the Old World and the New in the book is well-balanced and includes much new material. Special chap­ters are devoted to the most important areas, such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Indus, the Levant, Crete, the Greeks, the Western Mediterranean, China, Mesoamerica, and the Central Andes. The book is illustrated with drawings and photographs, as well as with maps and charts.

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ISBN: 9780826317148

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Edition: 1st

Dimensions: 0.91 x 10.07 x 8.26 in

Summary: This comprehensive guide to the lakes in New Mexico's mountains, foothills, and deserts covers bodies of water accessible by foot, car, and recreational vehicle. The guide locates each lake, shows its proximity to Albuquerque and a few major cities bordering the state, and acquaints the reader with the area's facilities and privileges. For each lake, a single descriptive page provides the following: a map and written directions to the lake from Albuquerque; the lake's surface area and elevation, camping facilities, fish species, emergency numbers, and other details; a chart of activities and facilities available around and on the lake; and special fees, rules, and regulations. Six appendices detail state and federal regulations for camping, fishing, and boating.

ISBN: 0803257376

Summary: over 100 drawings by Santee. Santee lived on the Apache reservation. Many anecdotes, Apache lore, & cow country customs.

ISBN: 9780826309136

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Edition: Later printing

Dimensions: 0.95 x 10.06 x 8.06 in

Summary: This comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on stone by Native Americans from 200 B.C. through the nineteenth century surveys the rock art of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico, and west Texas, providing an incomparable visual record of Southwest Indian culture, religion, and society.
Rock carvings and paintings are important sources in the archaeological and historical interpretation of Southwest Indians. Rock art reflects the cosmic and mythic orientation of the culture that produced it, and understanding of prehistoric peoples, both hunters and gatherers and the Hohokam, Anasazi, Mogollon, and Fremont cultures, and the Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache Indians. Culturally significant events such as the shift in prehistoric times from spear and atlatl to the bow, or, in the historic period, the introduction of the horse into the Southwest, are recorded in rock art.
The illustrations--thirty-two color plates, nearly 250 photographs, and numerous line drawings--bring together in one volume petroglyphs and rock paintings that are scattered over thousands of miles of desert and mesa, giving the reader an overview of Indian rock art that would be nearly impossible to achieve in the field.
"Indian Rock Art of the Southwest" examines from an archaeological perspective the rich legacy of stone drawings and carvings preserved throughout the Southwest. Professional and amateur archaeologists and historians, as well as the general reader with an interest in Indian art, will find this volume a valuable resource.

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Summary: Southwestern Ceramics: A Comparative Review, A School of American Research Advanced Seminar, edited by Albert Schroeder. The Arizona Archaeologist publication number 15, August, 1982. Published by the Arizona Archaeological Society. 8-1/2 X 11 softcover with 321 pages.

An overview of ceramic pottery produced by Southwestern Indians. The articles in this publication were presentations in a seminar held February 26 through March 2, 1979 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The 11 presentations are titled:

· Historical Overview of Southwestern Ceramics

· The Advent of Pottery in the Southwest

· Ceramic patterns of the Hakataya Tradition

· Hohokam Ceramic Art

· Temporal Change in Mogollon Ceramics

· The Four Corners Anasazi Ceramic Tradition

· Some Propositions Concerning Northern Anasazi Ceramics

· Transformation in White Ware Pottery of the Northern Rio Grande

· The Polychrome Complexes

· The Rio Grande Glaze, Matte-Paint, and Plainware Tradition

· Apache and Navajo Ceramics

· Summary Thoughts

The book is illustrated with maps, charts and line drawings.

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ISBN: 9781580960045

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Dimensions: 0.90 x 9.26 x 6.40 in

Summary: Relative to his work for the state of New Mexico as a water resource geologist, Slifer sees that "one of the principal ideas conveyed by rock art is a sense of place in the landscape...the creation of people who knew intimately their surroundings...they were keenly aware of territory since they walked everywhere; they knew which way the water ran because it was a life-sustaining element." The book includes descriptions of more than a hundred rock art sites in the region beginning near the headwaters of the Rio Grande in Colorado and progressing downstream through New Mexico to south of El Paso, Texas, with more than 300 illustrations, selected not only to represent the various styles, but to be visually interesting and when possible, not previously published. Some relatively unknown sites are presented from more than a decade of fieldwork in the region. Drawings are used when the rock art is so deteriorated that it doesn't photographs well. It begins with background information on the land and its people, progresses to a discussion of rock art styles, then goes to specific sites, first in the Ancestral Pueblo area, then the Mogollon. The last chapter is about public sites, for those who have no local informants to lead them to lesser known ones. As would be expected, throughout the book Slifer ties the rock art to the landscape, as well as the culture. This is a thoroughly researched, well-written, gracefully presented book, a must-have guide to the region for anyone interested in its rock art.

ISBN: 0896723356

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Summary: Great book on Native American Indian Rock Art in the Western United States. About 40 black and white illustrations of Native American symbols. Interpretation of symbols and history of rock art. Includes bibliography. Map of the Southwest area and rock art sites. 57 pages. Measures 7 3/4 by 10 inches.

ISBN: 0345329015

ListPrice: 21.95

Dimensions: 8.09 x 9.08 x 1.16 in

Summary: A heartbreaking story of victory, defeat, and of a spiritual search in a profane world, this is the story of Night Bear and his people. It is the tale of the land they cherish and the lives they hold sacred, lived until the enemy can no longer be stopped, and the dead have few left to weep for them.

ISBN: 978-0517694169

Edition: First Edition

Summary: An A-Z guide to Indian history, legend and lore. The title is misleading.very few definitions.words like french,furniture, fur trading.some information doe's not check out to be correct. A source book about the American Indian, Indian history and lore.

ISBN: 9780385071857

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ISBN: 9780826336675

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Dimensions: 0.80 x 9.00 x 6.30 in

Summary: Each year over 2 million visitors to New Mexico’s Sandia Mountains enjoy more than 100 miles of trails, hiking, climbing, running, biking, skiing, and birding, as well as viewing the mountains from hang gliders and hot air balloons. This guide will assist visitors in discovering the diverse natural features of the Sandias. Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains includes sections on ecology, including weather and fire, geology, flora (grasses, flowers, trees) and fauna (arthropods, reptiles and amphibians, birds, mammals), and recreational opportunities. Plant keys and fauna checklists add to the book’s features.
Rather than a comprehensive field guide, the selections offer the most commonly encountered species in each category, presenting information on just over 100 species of flowers, for example, among almost 500 species that can be found in the mountains.
A labor of love conceived by the Sandia Ranger District and the New Mexico Friends of the Forest (now known as Friends of the Sandia Mountains), this book is a resource no visitor to the Sandias should be without.

ISBN: 978-0160045837

Edition: 1ST

Summary: The Handbook of North American Indians is a monographic series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Americanist studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. To date, fifteen volumes are published. Each volume addresses a sub-topic of Americanist research, and contains a number of articles or chapters by individual specialists in the field coordinated and edited by a volume editor. The overall series of twenty volumes is planned and coordinated by a general or series editor. [1]

This work documents information about all Indigenous peoples of the Americas north of Mesoamerica, including cultural and physical aspects of the people, language family, history, and prehistory. This is a reference work for historians, anthropologists, scholars, and the general reader. The series utilized noted authorities for each topic. The set is illustrated, indexed, and has extensive bibliographies. Volumes may be purchased individually.

History of Indian-white relations / Wilcomb E. Washburn, editor. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution : For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents., 1988. ISBN 0-16-004583-5

This work provides information on the history of the interactions in North America between the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and those, primarily from Europe and Africa, who arrived after 1492. Chapter topics include national policies, political relations, military interactions, economic aspects affecting the people, religious clashes, and the American Indian in contemporary popular culture through literature and movies.

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Summary: Earliest history of the Sioux in America from their appearance as early as 13000-16000 BC to their emergence as warriors of the Western buffalo plains in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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ISBN: 9780803251991

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Summary: Written by the man who took the lead in obtaining Judge Dundy’s famous decision that an Indian is a person.

The earliest memories of Thomas Henry Tibbles (1840–1928) were of adventure and danger as his pioneer family followed the frontier west from Ohio to Bleeding Kansas, where young Tibbles volunteered for service with John Brown's abolitionist band. After the end of the border fighting he spent a memorable winter as the guest of a friendly Omaha tribe, going on the warpath with the Omahas against the Sioux, joining with them in buffalo hunts, and gaining the insights that made him a leader in the cause of justice for the American Indian. Although he returned to civilization, Tibbles' later life was far from routine. He led a posse against Jesse James, went to college, farmed, became a gun-toting, circuit-riding preacher, and later an editor on the Omaha "Herald". As a correspondent for the "Herald" he described in unforgettable terms the battle of Wounded Knee and his meeting with the old chieftain Sitting Bull. Tibbles' second wife was his fellow-worker in the Indian relief campaigns, Susette La Flesch (Bright Eyes), daughter of Iron Eye, former head chief of the Omahas. When Longfellow met this beautiful and cultivated Indian princess, he said, ""This" is Minnehaha!" Tibbles wrote his memoirs in 1905, the year after he ran for Vice President of the United States on the Peoples' party ticket. The volume was first published in 1957, edited by Theodora Bates Cogswell.

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Summary: Softcover 5 1/4" X 8" 139pp. B/W Photos & Illus.

ISBN: 9780804006415

Edition: 2

Dimensions: 1.10 x 8.98 x 5.91 in

Summary: I had the privilege of meeting and talking with Frank Waters 1-on-1 in 1992, when he autographed my first edition of Masked Gods. He was as remarkable as his contributions to the collective knowledge of Native American peoples. Masked Gods is unmatched as a chronicle of the spiritual worlds of the major cultures of the vast Colorado Plateau area Waters roamed for much of his life. Beautifully written, it was discounted by many academics for its romantic point of view, but it has lasted far longer than most standard texts on anthropology. Waters spent his life experiencing and writing about mysticism and NA cultures; in my opinion this personal commitment elevates much of his work above others in the field. He was nominated for the Nobel prize several times, but never won. Some judges' commentary included the knock that he was "too regional", a palpably political statement (how regional was Gordimer's winning work on South Africa?).

To really appreciate Masked Gods, you should also read The Book of the Hopi and The Man Who Killed the Deer. This trio of books is indispensable to understanding Native american history and culture.

ISBN: 9780548441817

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Summary: When I visited Mesa Verde some years ago, I looked for this book in the Park's Gift Shop bookcase. Sadly, it is not being sold there anymore. In its place are topical works meant for less educated [and interested] members of society.
'Indians of the Mesa Verde' gives the reader an excellent view into the world of these Ancient Americans and their way of life in their cliff dwellings. Little is sugar-coated to be politically-correct. The world of these Indians is accounted for by showing different chores through the seasons- from farming in the warmer months to the old and arthritis-ridden soaking up the feeble heat of the sun in the winters of southwestern Colorado.
Don Watson's book is worth having if you want to keep in mind that a whole culture once existed at that almost-mystical place before it had to endure the scourge of being a National Treasure subject to the ravages of public use and wear.

ISBN: 0912550058

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ISBN: 9780833552907

ListPrice: $20.25

Dimensions: 0.70 x 7.80 x 5.10 in

Summary: "As entertaining as it is thoughtful....Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate."
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Indians to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history.

ISBN: 9780941270144

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Summary: This listing is for a soft cover copy of Hispanic Arts & Ethnohistory in the Southwest: New Papers Inspired by the Work of E. Boyd. Edited by Marta Weigle.
Publisher: Ancient City Press
Year: 1983
Pages: 413
Description: A Spanish Colonial Arts Society Book published by Ancient City Press and the University of New Mexico Press. E. Boyd was a pre-eminent authority on Spanish colonial arts. Twenty-three distinguished contributors discuss her work; traditional Hispanic arts and their preservation.

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