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Troweling through time : the first century of Mesa Verdean archaeology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lister, Florence C. (Florence Cline)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Colorado > Mesa Verde National Park > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Colorado > Mesa Verde National Park > History.
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) > History.
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings beyond compare
  • The formative years
  • Meanwhile, back on the mesa
  • Before rising waters
  • Glen Canyon and Lake Powell
  • San Juan River and Navajo Reservoir
  • A time of transitions
  • Mancos Canyon, Ute domain
  • Back to Chimney Rock
  • Lowry Ruin, again
  • Escalante, the house on the hill
  • Salmon Ruin, port of entry
  • Reprise of Mesa Verde
  • Towers, sunrise, and sunset at Hovenweep
  • Cedar Mesa revisited
  • Pots in trenches
  • Dolores River and McPhee Reservoir
  • Irrigated antiquities
  • Alpine basketmakers
  • Confrontation, accommodation, education
  • Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
  • Vistas of Mesa Verdean past
  • Paleoindian
  • Archaic
  • Basketmaker II
  • Basketmaker III
  • Pueblo I
  • Pueblo II
  • Pueblo III
  • Then, the nomads
  • Epilogue.