Ancient Ruins of the Southwest An Archaeological Guide

by Noble, David Grant

• ISBN13: 9780873587242
• ISBN10: 0873587243
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc

Summary

This indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes thirteen newly opened archaeological sites. Noble provides directions to each site, nearby towns, and campgrounds.

Author Biography

David Grant Noble is a writer and photographer living in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
The First Americans	1	(16)
Alibates Flint Quarries	3	(4)
Blackwater Draw	7	(4)
Buckhorn Wash Pictograph Panel	11	(2)
Sego Canyon Rock Art Site	13	(4)
The Mogollon: Roots of Pueblo Culture	17	(16)
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	19	(2)
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site	21	(2)
Hueco Tanks State Historical Park	23	(3)
Casas Grandes	26	(2)
Casa Malpais	28	(5)
The Hohokam: Ancient Dwellers of the Desert	33	(18)
Pueblo Grande Ruins	36	(2)
Park of the Canals	38	(3)
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	41	(3)
Painted Rocks Park	44	(1)
Romero Ruin	45	(3)
The Hardy Site	48	(3)
The Anasazi: Ancestors of the Pueblo Indians	51	(90)
Mesa Verde National Park	55	(5)
Ute Mountain Tribal Park	60	(2)
Anasazi Heritage Center	62	(3)
Sand Canyon Pueblo	65	(2)
Hovenweep National Monument	67	(3)
Lowry Ruins	70	(2)
Three Kiva Pueblo	72	(2)
Edge of the Cedars State Park	74	(2)
Canyonlands National Park	76	(3)
Butler Wash Ruins	79	(2)
Mule Canyon Indian Ruins	81	(1)
Grand Gulch Primitive Area	82	(3)
Natural Bridges National Monument	85	(2)
Anasazi State Park	87	(2)
Bluff Great House	89	(2)
San Juan River	91	(2)
Sand Island Petroglyph Site	93	(2)
Navajo National Monument	95	(3)
Canyon de Chelly National Monument	98	(4)
Grand Canyon National Park	102	(4)
Homol'ovi Ruins State Park	106	(3)
Petrified Forest National Park	109	(2)
Kinishba Ruins	111	(2)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	113	(4)
Casamero Pueblo	117	(2)
Dittert Site	119	(1)
Zuni--Acoma Trail	120	(3)
El Morro National Monument	123	(3)
Zuni Area Sites	126	(2)
Aztec Ruins National Monument	128	(4)
Salmon Ruins	132	(3)
Chimney Rock Archaeological Area	135	(6)
The Sinagua and the Salado: People in Between	141	(32)
Elden Pueblo	145	(3)
Wupatki National Monument	148	(3)
Walnut Canyon National Monument	151	(2)
Palatki, Red Cliffs, and Honanki	153	(4)
V-Bar-V Ranch Petroglyph Site	157	(2)
Montezuma Castle National Monument	159	(4)
Tuzigoot National Monument	163	(4)
Tonto National Monument	167	(1)
Besh Ba Gowah Archaeological Park	168	(5)
The Fremont: Rock Artists of the North	173	(20)
Newspaper Rock	176	(2)
Moab Area Rock Art Sites	178	(3)
Dinosaur National Monument	181	(5)
Dry Fork Canyon Petroglyphs	186	(3)
Nine Mile Canyon	189	(4)
Pueblos and Missions of New Mexico	193	(34)
Bandelier National Monument	196	(5)
Puye Cliffs	201	(2)
Poshuouinge	203	(2)
Petroglyph National Monument	205	(3)
Coronado State Monument	208	(2)
Pecos National Historical Park	210	(4)
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	214	(6)
Jemez State Monument	220	(3)
Pueblitos of Dinetah	223	(4)
Afterword: The Future of the Past in the Southwest	227	(2)
Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979	229	(2)
Index	231