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176 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 34 cm |
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| Note |
"Arizona Highways book." |
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"Prepared by the Book Division of Arizona Highways magazine, a monthly publication of the Arizona Department of Transportation." -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 176) and index. |
| Summary |
Cheek draws on the work of the foremost archaeologists and anthropologists of the region, and explores some 25 major Southwestern prehistoric sites, to chronicle the birth, rise, decline, and ultimate collapse of the great Sinagua, Anasazi, Hohokam, Mogollon, and Salado cultures. Ravishing color photographs illustrate the terrain as well as the spectacular artifacts and ruins left behind by these ancient peoples. |
| Contents |
A.D. 1250 maps: a graphic illustration of cultural development -- Introduction: discovering a place in the sun -- Anasazi: stonemasons of the Colorado Plateau -- Sinagua: traders in the land of little water -- Mogollon: the first mountain farmers -- Hohokam: irrigators of the desert -- Salado: mystery culture of the Tonto Basin -- Prehistoric calendars -- Abandonment: a time to move on -- When visiting prehistoric worlds -- Rock art -- Museums. |
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Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities.
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Cliff-dwellings -- Southwest, New.
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Southwest, New -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Cliff-dwellings. (OCoLC)fst00864218
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Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities.
(OCoLC)fst01083570
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New Southwest. (OCoLC)fst01244556
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
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Illustrated works.
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| Added Title |
A.D. Twelve fifty |
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Ancient peoples of the Southwest |
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Arizona highways.
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| ISBN |
0916179451 (hardback) |
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9780916179458 (hardback) |
| Sudoc No. |
TRT 40.2:A 52 azdocs |
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