INDIANS OF THE MESA VERDE
by Watson, Don
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- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None as Issued
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About This Item
Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, CO: Mesa Verde Museum Assoc., 1961. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Archival Museum Photos. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; First Edition. Red softcover/NF; trace shelfwear & rubs to leading edge. Frontis: Photo of Cliff Palace. History of Ancestral Pueblo Indians of Mesa Verde, CO. Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, established 1906 is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Composed of 52,485 acres near the Four Corners region, it boasts of some 5,000 sites including 600 cliff dwellings is surrounded by the Great Basin, the San Juan Basin & the Rio Grande Valley. It's basket-weaving culture emerged 750 AD along with farming of corn, beans, and squash. Region, plagued by droughts, led to migration to the more hospitable Arizona & New Mexico. 188 pgs,10 chapters, photo illustrated, in 2 parts: Part I, People of the Mesa Verde: 1, Echoes of the Past; 2, Discovery; 3, Life in Ancient Times; 4, Spring; 5, Summer; 6, Autumn; 7, Winter; and 8, The End of the Story. Part II, The Archaeological Background: 9, Origin of the American Indian; and 10, Archaeology of the Mesa Verde.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
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- Title
- INDIANS OF THE MESA VERDE
- Author
- Watson, Don
- Illustrator
- Archival Museum Photos
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Mesa Verde Museum Assoc.
- Place of Publication
- Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, CO
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History/American Indians/Peublo Indians/Archaeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Museum; Anthropology/Ethnology;
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