| Guide Picks - Recent Books about Southwestern United States Archaeology | |||||
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1.) Bandelier: The Life and Adventures of Adolph Bandelier A biography of archaeologist-adventurer Adolph Bandelier awakens some deep-seated longing for a rich life, fraught with disaster and success.
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2.) Grasshopper Pueblo From Jefferson Reid and Stephanie Whittlesley, an entertaining and insightful look into the Mogollon people who inhabited this village in the 14th century AD American southwest.
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4.) The Chaco Meridian Stephen Lekson's provocative and challenging new book takes pieces of the puzzle of the American southwest and reassembles them into a straight line; one connecting the sites of Chaco Canyon, Aztec Ruin and Paquime or Casas Grandes.
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5.) Elena and the Coin A charming and informative story for elementary school children, about archaeology and Tucson, Arizona's past, by Laura Orabone with watercolors by Elizabeth Buckman.
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6.) The Casas Grandes World In the Mexican state of Chihuahua lies Paquimé, the capital city of what is considered the third great regional state of prehistory in the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries of the American Southwest.
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