The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde
The Anasazi, the "ancient ones" in the Navajo language, were a Native American people with a unique and highly developed culture. They raised crops; practiced their religion; created fine pottery, baskets, and stone and bone tools; and traded for shells, cloth, and news with travelers from the outside world. For more than ten centuries, the Anasazi lived in communities throughout the southwest. At Mesa Verde, a high tableland in southwestern Colorado, they created intricate networks of stone buildings on top of the mesa and beneath the canyon walls. Then, around 1300, the inhabitants of Mesa Verde simply vanished. Today, Mesa Verde is a national park. In this book you can tour the cliff dwellings and ceremonial chambers and learn about the Anasazi way of life
Sharply focused and dramatic full-page, full-color photographs are an outstanding feature in this book on the Anasazi people of the American southwest. Mesa Verde serves as the backdrop and focal point... An engrossing introduction to the culture, place, and time and how we have learned about them.