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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs Publisher Comments In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head on into the mysteries of this vanished people. The various tribes that made up the Anasazi people converged on Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) during the 11th... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper 
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Exploring Fort Vancouver by Douglas C Wilson Publisher Comments To explore the sweep of human history at Fort Vancouver is to grasp some of the essentials of the North American experience. The fort has been part of the major historical trends of the Pacific Northwest for over 150 years, from the effects of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Indian Rock Art of the Southwest by Polly Schaafsma Publisher Comments The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $18.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and Prehistory by Kenneth M Ames Publisher Comments Extending some 1,400 miles from Alaska to northern California, America's Northwest Coast is one of the richest and most distinct cultural areas on earth. The region is famous for its magnificent art -- masks, totem poles, woven blankets -- produced by... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Field Guide To Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Sout by Alex Patterson Publisher Comments This is the only specifically designed key to the interpretation of American rock art. The Field Guide brings together 600 commentaries on specific symbols by over 100 archaeologists, researchers, and Native American informants. Covers the northern... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History) by Kelly J Dixon Publisher Comments The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex. In Boomtown Saloons, archaeologist Kelly J. Dixon recounts the excavation... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.00 Sale - Hardcover
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The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery by J M Adovasio Publisher Comments In no small part because of Adovasio's work, notions of who first peopled the Western Hemisphere, how they arrived, and how they lived have been radically challenged. After placing this debate in historical context, "The First Americans" tells the full... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi by Timothy R Pauketat Publisher Comments The fascinating story of a lost city and an unprecedented American civilization While Mayan and Aztec civilizations are widely known and documented, relatively few people are familiar with the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico-a... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The First North Americans: An Archaeological Journey (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments This new history of North America is based mainly on archaeology, but also on cutting-edge research in many scientific disciplines, from biology and climatology to ethnohistory and high-tech chemistry and physics. Brian Fagan describes the controversies... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology as Historical Process (Amerind Studies in Archaeology) by Kenneth E Sassaman Publisher Comments The remains of hunter-gatherer groups are the most commonly discovered archaeological resources in the world, and their study constitutes much of the archaeological research done in North America. In spite of paradigm-shifting discoveries elsewhere in... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Archeological Observations North of the Rio Colorado by Neil M Judd Publisher Comments Archeological Observations North of the Rio Colorado was originally published in 1926 as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s Bureau of American Ethnology (Bulletin 82). It contains the report of six seasons of fieldwork undertaken by Neil M... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Lower Ohio River Valley by Richard W. Jefferies Publisher Comments By the Early Holocene (10,000 to 8,000 B.P.), small wandering bands of Archaic hunter-gatherers began to annually follow the same hunting trails, basing their temporary camps on seasonal conditions and the presence of food. The Pleistocene glaciers had... (read more) Your price: $38.95 New - Trade Paper
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When the land was young :reflections on American archaeology by Sharman Russell Publisher Comments Sharman Apt Russell skillfully weaves together the stories of our land—from the ancient burial site of a gentle people who lived in eastern Florida seven to eight thousand years ago, to the Hopewell Indians in Ohio—with the personalities and... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Swift Creek Gift: Vessel Exchange on the Atlantic Coast by Neill Wallis Publisher Comments A unique dataset for studying past social interactions comes from Swift Creek Complicated Stamped pottery that linked sites throughout much of the Eastern Woodlands but that was primarily distributed over the lower Southeast. Although connections have... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Field Guide to Mysterious Places of the West by Salvatore M Trento Synopsis Maverick archaeologist Sal Trento guides the curious explorer to hundreds of inexplicable sites, geological and archaeological, from the Taos "Hum" to the "Winter Solstice Sunrise Petroglyphs" of Los Angeles. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Oregon Archaeology by C. Melvin Aikens Publisher Comments Archaeological research has revealed much about Oregon's history in the last twenty years. Oregon Archaeology incorporates this new knowledge, telling the story of Native American cultures in Oregon beginning with the earliest evidence of human... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Burnt Corn Pueblo: Conflict and Conflagration in the Galisteo Basin, A.D. 1250-1325 by James E Snead Publisher Comments The Galisteo Basin of northern New Mexico has been a staple of archaeological research since it was first studied almost a century ago. This first book on the area since 1914 lays out an overview of the area, with research provided by the Tano Origins... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Richard Wetherill: Anasazi by Frank Mcnitt Publisher Comments Anasazi, the Navajos' name for the "Ancient Ones" who preceded them into the Southwest, is the nickname of Richard Wetherill, who devoted his life to a search for remains of these vanished peoples. He discovered the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and Kiet... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pueblos: Prehistoric Indian Cultures of the Southwest by Sylvio Acatos Book News Annotation Oversized (9x111/2") and illustrated with about 300 color and b&w photographs, this volume presents a visual and cultural portrait of the life, history, art and architecture of a remarkable, peace-loving people who, long before the European arrived... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Field Man: Life as a Desert Archaeologist (Southwest Center) by Julian D Hayden Publisher Comments Field Man is the captivating memoir of renowned southwestern archaeologist Julian Dodge Hayden, a man who held no professional degree or faculty position but who camped and argued with a whos who of the discipline, including Emil Haury, Malcolm Rogers... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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