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Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
Back Bay Books
July 2008
On Sale: July 3, 2008
512 pages
ISBN: 0316067547
EAN: 9780316067546
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Non-Fiction
In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the
Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head on into the
mysteries of this vanished people.
The various tribes that made up the Anasazi people converged
on Chaco Canyon (New Mexico) during the 11th century to
create a civilization hailed as "the Las Vegas of its day,"
a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from
far and wide, and a vital crossroads of the prehistoric
world. By the 13th century, however, Chaco's vibrant
community had disappeared without a trace.
Was it drought? Pestilence? War? Forced migration, mass
murder or suicide? Conflicting theories have abounded for
years, capturing the North American imagination for eons. Join Craig Childs as he draws on the latest scholarly
research, as well as a lifetime of exploration in the
forbidden landscapes of the American Southwest, to shed new
light on this compelling mystery. He takes us from Chaco
Canyon to the highlands of Mesa Verde, to the Mongollon Rim;
to a contemporary Zuni community where tribal elders
maintain silence about the fate of their Lost Others; and to
the largely unexplored foothills of the Sierra Madre in
Mexico, where abundant remnants of Anasazi culture lie yet
to be uncovered.
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