Main entry:

Ferguson, William M., author.

Title & Author:

Anasazi ruins of the Southwest in color / William M. Ferguson and Arthur H. Rohn ; foreword by Richard B. Woodbury.

Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1987]
©1987

Description:

xiv, 296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index.
Illustrations -- Foreword by Richard B. Woodbury -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- The Anasazi -- Anasazi Physical Appearance -- Food, Clothing, and Shelter -- Architecture -- Pithouses -- Kivas -- Great Kivas -- Living and Storage Units -- Unit Pueblos -- Village Layout -- Concentric Wall Structures, Towers, and Shrines -- Settlement Locations -- Water Management -- Ceramics -- Basketry -- Stone and Bone Tools -- Life in the Mug House Cliff Dwelling -- Government and Society -- Diet and Disease -- Spiritual Concepts and Rituals -- Celestial Observations -- The Mesoamerican Connection and Barter -- Warfare, Weapons, and Violence -- The Great Migration -- Summary -- NORTHERN SAN JUAN REGION -- Introduction to Mesa Verde -- Ruins Road -- Far View Locality -- Spruce Tree House -- Pictograph (Petroglyph) Point -- Cliff-Fewkes Canyons -- Square Tower House -- Balcony House -- Wetherill Mesa -- Ute Mountain Tribal Park -- The Montezuma Valley -- Lowry -- Escalante and Dominquez -- Duckfoot Site -- Hovenweep -- Introduction -- Square Tower Group -- Square Tower -- Hovenweep Castle -- Hovenweep House -- Tower Point -- Unit-Type House -- Holly -- Horseshoe -- Hackberry -- Cutthroat -- Cajon -- Aztec Ruins -- Salmon -- Chimney Rock High Mesa Sites --
KAYENTA REGION -- Introduction -- Betatakin -- Keet Seel -- Canyon de Chelly -- Introduction -- White House Ruin -- First Ruin -- Junction Ruin -- Antelope House -- Mummy Cave -- Grand Canyon -- Chao Canyon Region -- CHACO CANYON REGION -- Introduction to Chacoan Culture -- Architecture -- Masonry, Construction, and Ceramics -- Population -- Ceremonial Structures -- Communication System -- Astronomy -- Water Control -- Mexican Connection -- End of the Chaco Phenomenon -- Pueblo Bonito -- Chetro Ketl -- Pueblo del Arroyo -- Casa Rinconada Group -- Kin Kletso -- Peñasco Blanco -- Una Vida and Kin Nahasbas -- Pueblo Alto -- Outliers -- Cibola (Modern Zuni Region) Connection -- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER-ZUNI REGION -- Zuni -- Village of the Great Kivas -- Atsinna (El Morro) -- Puerco Indian Ruin -- Ancestral Hopi Region -- Hopi Mesa Sites -- Wupatki -- NORTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY -- Puyé -- Tsankawi -- Bandelier-Frijoles Canyon -- Bandelier's Living Shrines -- Pecos -- Kuana -- Salinas -- Gran Quivira -- Abó -- Quarai -- Living Descendants of the Anasazi -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary:

"The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest represent 2,500 years of cultural continuity, from the early Basket Makers of 700 B.C. to their modern descendants, the Pueblo Indians. The pueblos and cliff dwellings they built during their halcyon days between 1100 and 1500 are the most spectacular ruins north of Mexico. In this book, all of the significant and accessible Anasazi ruins are photographed and described in detail. Many of the photographs are aerial views showing the interrelationships of the structures and the intrinsic beauty of the settings. All extant Anasazi ruins are included here, but special attention is paid to the magnificent sites of Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, and Kaytena. Also included are illustrations of rock art and examples of the delicate jewelry and beautiful ceramics that have survived. Because the Anasazi left no written records, interpretations of their culture vary dramatically. The authors present the most current research and a balanced view of contradictory theories, making this book a readable, engaging, and authoritative study in an ancient people and the places they inhabited. Anyone interested in the prehistoric cultures of the Southwest will find this lavishly illustrated volume both informative and delightful to look at."-- Back cover.

ISBN:

0826308732
9780826308733
0826308740 (pbk.)
9780826308740 (pbk.)

Subject:

Pueblo Indians Antiquities Pictorial works.
Pueblos Pictorial works.
Ancestral Pueblo culture Southwest, New.
Indigenous peoples Southwest, New.
Pueblo Antiquités Ouvrages illustrés.
Pueblos (Villages) Ouvrages illustrés.
Indigenous peoples
Ancestral Pueblo culture
Antiquities
Pueblo Indians Antiquities
Pueblos
Pueblo people Antiquities
Indigenous peoples Southwest, New Antiquities
Southwest, New Antiquities Pictorial works.
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) Antiquités Ouvrages illustrés.
New Southwest
Southwest, New Antiquities
Native Americans Ancestral Puebloans

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Rohn, Arthur H., 1929- author.
Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009, writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35096
Call No.: ID:88-B6466
Status: Available