Description
An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi.
David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazithe name means enemy ancestors in Navajowho once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts writes, have been puzzling over the Anasazi for more than a century, trying to determine the environmental and cultural stresses that caused their society to collapse 700 years ago. He guides us through controversies in the historical record, among them the haunting question of whether the Anasazi committed acts of cannibalism. Robertss book is full of up-to-date thinking on the culture of the ancient people who lived in the harsh desert country of the Southwest.
Author: David Roberts
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 04/09/1997
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.40w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780684832128
Language: English
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