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Southwest Archaeology
Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance, Andrew Gulliford – 2022
A Study of Southwestern Archaeology, Stephen Lekson – 2018
Chaco Meridian: One Thousand Years of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest, Stephen Lekson – 2015
Rock Art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape, Jonathan Bailey – 2015
The Disappearances: A Story of Exploration, Murder, and Mystery in the American West, Scott Thybony – 2015
Ute Mountain Tribal Park – The Other Mesa Verde, Jean Akens
Cowboys & Cave Dwellers: Basketmaker Archaeology in Utah’s Grand Gulch, Fred Blackburn & Ray Williamson
Basketmaker III Sites Near Durango, Roy Carlson
The Archaeology of Colorado, Steve Cassells
House of Rain, Craig Childs
Legacy on Stone: Rock Art of the Colorado Plateau and Four Corners Region, Sally Cole
Prehistory of the Southwest, Linda Cordell
Adventures with the Anasazi of Falls Creek, Helen Sloan Daniels
The Anasazi of Mesa Verde and the Four Corners, William Ferguson
The Wetherills of Mesa Verde: Autobiography of Benjamin Alfred (Al) Wetherill, ed. Maurine S. Fletcher
People of Chaco, Kendrick Frazier
Roads to Center Place, A Cultural Atlas of Chaco Canyon and the Anasazi, Kathryn Gabriel
Spirit Windows – Native American Rock Art of SE Utah, Winston B. Hurst & Joe Patchak
Great House Communities Across the Chacoan Landscape, John Kantner and Nancy M. Mahoney
Prehistoric Warfare in the American Southwest, Steven A. LeBlanc
In the Shadow of the Rocks: Archaeology of the Chimney Rock District, Florence Lister
Prehistory in Peril: The Worst and Best of Durango Archaeology, Florence Lister
Troweling Through Time: The First Century of Mesa Verdean Archaeology, Florence Lister
Aztec Ruins on the Animas: Excavated, Preserved and Interpreted, Florence Lister
Pot Luck: Adventures in Archaeology, Florence Lister
Behind Painted Walls: Incidents in Southwestern Archaeology, Florence Lister
Earl Morris & Southwestern Archaeology, Florence and Robert Lister
Enemy Ancestors, Gary Matlock, retired San Juan National Forest archaeologist
Richard Wetherill: Anasazi, Frank McNitt
Basketmaker II Sites Near Durango, Earl Morris and Robert Burgh
Anasazi: Ancient People of the Rock, David Muench and Donald Pike
Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde, Gustav Nordenskiold, pioneer archaeologist
Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest, Stephen Plog
Nordenskiold of Mesa Verde, Judith Reynolds & David Reynolds
Deadly Landscapes: Case Studies in Prehistoric Southwestern Warfare, ed. Glen Rice & Steven LeBlanc
Rio del Norte: People of the Upper Rio Grande From Earliest Times to the Pueblo Revolt, Carroll L. Riley
In Search of the Old Ones, David Roberts
Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest, Arthur Rohn and William Ferguson
Warrior, Shield, and Star: Imagery and Ideology of Pueblo Warfare, Polly Schaafsma
Ruins and Rivals: The Making of Southwest Archaeology, James E. Snead
Messages on Stone, William Stokes
Anasazi America, David E. Stuart
Moon Tracks, Lunar Horizon Patterns, Ron Sutcliffe
Rock Art of the American Southwest, Scott Thybony
The People, Stephen Trimble
Images on Stone, Donald E. Weaver
The Chaco Experience, Ruth Van Dyke
Kokopelli – Casanova of the Cliff Dwellers, John V. Young
Southwest History
Hole-in-the-Rock Trail, Stewart Atchison
The Four Corners, Kenneth Brown
The Far Southwest 1846-1912, Howard R. Lamar
The Mining Camps Speak, Beth & Bill Sagstetter
Mining the Hard Rock, John Marshall with Zeke Zanoni
Trading Posts
Old Trading Posts of the Four Corners, Richard C. Berkholz
Marietta Wetherill – Life with the Navajos in Chaco Canyon, Kathryn Gabriel
Traders to the Navajos – The Story of the Wetherills of Kayenta, Frances Gillmor and Louisa Wade Wetherill
Navajo Trading Days, Elizabeth Hegemann
Bent’s Fort, David Lavender
The Indian Traders, Frank McNitt (an encyclopedia of trading posts)
Navajo Trader, Gladwell Richardson
Native American Culture
Grave Injustice: The Native American Repatriation Movement and NAGPRA. Kathleen S. Fine-Dare (2002). http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Grave-Injustice,673486.aspx
Genuine Navajo Rug… How To Tell, Noel Bennett
Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions, Andrew Gulliford
Posts and Rugs – The Story of Navajo Rugs and their Homes, H.L. James
The Southwest, David Lavender
The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860-1900, David Lavender
Sacred Land, Sacred View, Robert McPherson
Pictorial History of the Navajo from 1860 to 1910, Robert Roessel, Jr.
Ouray, Chief of the Utes, David P. Smith
Southwest Literature
The Monkeywrench Gang, Edward Abbey Writing the Southwest, David Dunaway, ed.
Stories and Stone: Writing the Anasazi Homeland—An Anthology, Reuben Ellis, ed.
A Thief of Time, Tony Hillerman Laughing Boy, Oliver La Farge
Runner in the Sun, D’Arcy McNickle
House Made of Dawn, Scott N. Momaday The Death of Bernadette Lefthand, Ron Querry
Southwest Memoirs – Travel Narratives – Nature Writing
Desert Solitare: A Season in the Wilderness, Edward Abbey The Owl in Monument Canyon and Other Stories from Indian Country, Jackson H. Clark
Desert Wife, Hilda Faunce (Wetherill)
Raven’s Exile, Ellen Meloy
The Anthropology of Turquoise, Ellen Meloy
Eating Stone, Ellen Meloy
Talking to the Ground, Douglas Preston Redrock Chronicles, T. H. Watkins
Red: Passion and Persistence in the Desert, Terry Tempest Williams
An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field, Terry Tempest Williams
Wind in the Rock, Anne Zwinger
Recent Southwest History – Current Events
Boomtown Blues, Colorado Oil Shale, Andrew Gulliford
Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner
Uranium Frenzy, Saga of the Nuclear West, Roy Ringholz
Southwest Guidebooks
A Hiking Guide to Cedar Mesa, Peter Francis Tassoni
Notes
We recommend the Fort Lewis College Research Library at the Center of Southwest Studies for people needing specific reading materials for this area. Materials may not be removed from the library.
Helpful Links
Archaeology Organizations
Museums
Other Interesting Links
Prehistoric Villages, Castles, and Towers of Southwestern Colorado
History Colorado – www.historycolorado.org
Program for Avocational Archaeological Certification (PAAC) – http://www.historycolorado.org/oahp/program-avocational-archaeological-certification-paac
Utah Rock Art Association – www.utahrockart.org
Ute Mountain Tribal Park – www.utemountainute.com/tribalpark.htm
Colorado Plateau Arch. Alliance – www.cparch.org
Dental Analysis in Archaeology – http://www.perioimplants.us/dental-analysis-in-archaeology.html
U.S. Radar – ground-penetrating radar systems http://www.usradar.com
The Study of Social Science for Kids – https://online.maryville.edu/social-science-degrees/social-science-kids/
The History of Funeral Rites and Rituals of the Ancient World – https://choicemutual.com/funeral-rituals-ancient-world/