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An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi. David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazi-the name means "enemy ancestors" in Navajo-who once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts writes, have been puzzling over the Anasazi for more than...
2) Pueblo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This title introduces readers to the Pueblo people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. Table of contents, map, fun facts, timeline, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"The Navajo called them the Anasazi: an enigmatic race of southwestern cliff dwellers. For centuries, the sudden disappearance of this proud and noble people has baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter form an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revelations. Crossing the border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn the astonishing legacy...
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First North Americans volume 13
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
528 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
7) National Geographic investigates ancient Pueblo: archeology unlocks the secretes of Pueblo's past
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
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p. cm.
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English
8) Indian trail
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Chooseco
Pub. Date
c2007
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51 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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English
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You live with your tribe in a pueblo village. There has been no rain for a long time, and the crops you eat are dying. You have heard stories about spirits called kachinas that help people. Kachinas are so powerful they might even be able to change the weather. You must go find the kachinas, and save your village. Should you go alone, or bring friends to help you? The journey will be hard, and you must be brave. You choose what happens next!
9) Kokopelli
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Rio Nuevo Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
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64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 16 cm.
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English
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English
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"An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. In The Lost World of the Old Ones, David Roberts expands and updates the research from his 1996 classic, In Search of the Old Ones. As he elucidates startling archaeological breakthroughs, Roberts also recounts his past twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock-art...
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Bullfrog Films
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An examination of the prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, which functioned as "a complex ceremonial center, harmonized by extraordinary astronomical alignments of buildings and roads, and elegant light and shadow markings."--Container.
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Simon & Schuster
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English
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With the conquest of New Mexico in 1598, Spanish governors, soldiers, and missionaries began their brutal subjugation of the Pueblo Indians in what is today the Southwestern United States. In the summer of 1680, led by a visionary shaman named Popae, thePuebloans revolted. Before then the many different Pueblo villages had never acted in concert (and never would again). Now, in total secrecy they coordinated an attack, routing the rulers in Santa...
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Canyon country volume no. 14
Publisher
Wasatch Publishers
Pub. Date
1995, c1982
Edition
Rev. and updated.
Physical Desc
303 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Anthropological papers volume no. 117
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
1992
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xi, 96 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.)
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English
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Blue Earth Books
Pub. Date
c2003
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IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
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English
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Discusses the Pueblo Indians, focusing on how they make and use their traditional pottery. Includes a recipe and instructions for a simple game.
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