In this Book
- Canyon de Chelly: Its People and Rock Art
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Arizona Press
summary
With the exception of the Grand Canyon itself, none of the great gorges of the American Southwest is more uniquely beautiful than Canyon de Chelly, with its sheer red cliffs and innumerable prehistoric Indian dwellings. Of all the important centers of prehistoric Anasazi culture, only this magnificent canyon shows an unbroken record of settlement for more than 1,000 years. In this liberally illustrated book, rock art authority Campbell Grant examines four aspects of the spectacular canyon: its physical characteristics, its history of human habitation, its explorers and archaeologists, and its countless rock paintings and petroglyphs. Grant surveys 96 sites in the two main canyons and offers an interpretation of the rock art found there.
Table of Contents
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- Maps and Figures
- pp. ix-xiv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Part 1. The Spectacular Canyon
- pp. 3-22
- Part 2. The Canyon Dwellers
- pp. 23-130
- Part 3. The Canyon Explorers
- pp. 131-152
- Part 4. The Canyon Rock Act
- pp. 153-238
- References
- pp. 269-280
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816533480
Related ISBN(s)
9780816505234, 9780816506323
MARC Record
OCLC
967567031
Pages
308
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-05
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1978