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All posts by Dave Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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If Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »

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Canyon Spirits: Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World

by John L. Ninnemann

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ISBN13: 9780826332417
ISBN10: 0826332412
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The beauty of the canyons and mesas of the Colorado Plateau and the lives of the resourceful people that once occupied these now nearly empty places are the subject of the eighty-five black-and-white photographs and accompanying essays in Canyon Spirits. John Ninnemann's photographs of Chaco, Mesa Verde, Hovenweep, Cedar Mesa, Grand Gulch, and the San Juan River provide the visual context for Stephen Lekson's descriptions of the early Puebloan cultures of the Southwest and J. McKim Malville's consideration of the power of celestial events in the lives of these people. Together they provide a non-traditional, provocative, and visually exciting approach to Southwest archaeology.

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Both the haunting black-and-white photographs and the informed essays in this volume bring an immediacy to the world of ancient Publoans. The photographs of the ruins and their environments often give the impression that the structures were only recently abandoned. Essays by Lekson (archeologist and curator at the U. of Colorado, Boulder, Museum of Natural History) and Malville (astrophysics and planetary sciences, U. of Colorado, Boulder) explain Puebloan architecture, subsistence and art.
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Book News Annotation:

Both the haunting black-and-white photographs and the informed essays in this volume bring an immediacy to the world of ancient Publoans. The photographs of the ruins and their environments often give the impression that the structures were only recently abandoned. Essays by Lekson (archeologist and curator at the U. of Colorado, Boulder, Museum of Natural History) and Malville (astrophysics and planetary sciences, U. of Colorado, Boulder) explain Puebloan architecture, subsistence and art. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Eighty-five black-and-white photos and accompanying essays share the beauty of the canyons and mesas of the Colorado Plateau and the history of the resourceful inhabitants.
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ISBN:
9780826332417
Subtitle:
Beauty and Power in the Ancestral Puebloan World
Essay:
Lekson, Stephen H.
Essay:
Lekson, Stephen H.
Essay:
Malville, J. McKim
Author:
Ninnemann, John L.
Essay:
Malville, J. McKim
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
Subject:
Antiquities
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
Photoessays & Documentaries
Subject:
United States - State & Local - West
Subject:
Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Southwest, New Antiquities.
Publication Date:
June 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
113
Dimensions:
8.78x11.04x.47 in. 1.47 lbs.
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