Mesa Verde: The Living Park (Lawrence Cheek)
Photographer: George Huey
Price: $6.99
Publisher: Mesa Verde Museum Association (2007)
Number of Pages: 63
ISBN: 9780937062272

On Sale! The Living Park introduces the cultures of the Colorado Plateau that came before written history - the makeup of their societies, their hunting and farming, their art, and their most prominent legacy, the architecture of Mesa Verde. It reveals archaeologists' latest thinking: What challenges did Ancestral Puebloans face in this land of capricious climate and strained resources? What forced them, in the end, to move away? What lessons might we take from their example? A living park? Decidedly.

The Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde (Gustov Nordenskiold)

Price: $24.95
Publisher: MVMA (2007)
ISBN: 0937062138

Back in Stock! The summer and autumn of 1891 I passed through Colorado, engaged upon investigations of the remarkable cliff dwellings scattered in the canons of an extensive plateau, the Mesa Verde, in the southwest of the state. The present work is the result of those researches. It contains a description of the ruins, an account of the excavations carried out there and of the objects discovered. In order to trace as far as possible the development of the cliff-dweller culture, I append a survey of the ruins in the South-western states akin to the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, a description of the Moki Indians, the descendents of the ancient Pueblo tribes, and an account, based on the relations of the first Spanish explorers, of the manors and customs of the agricultural town-building Indians in the middle of the sixteenth century. A special part of the work is devoted to a description by Prof. G. Retzius of the crania found during the excavations. Available in paperbound only.

Mesa Verde National Park (Susan Lamb)

Price: $9.99
Publisher: Sierra press ()
ISBN: 1-58071-032-8

Discover the mysteries of Mesa Verde! A high quality photographic reference for Mesa Verde National Park. The author Susan Lamb shows-off her interpretive skills of the ancestral and modern Puebloan people and natural and human history. This book explores the ancestral Puebloans of Mesa Verde. Where did they go and why? What made them leave behind their extensive dwellings. Includes detailed maps and descriptive text. The proceeds from this book are donated to Mesa Verde National Park.

Mesa Verde-The Story Behind the Scenery (Linda Martin)

Price: $9.99
Publisher: KC Publications, Inc. (2004)
Number of Pages: 48
ISBN: 0-88714-075-0

Set aside to protect over 4,000 archaeological sites of Ancestral Puebloan culture, Mesa Verde National Park also preserves endangered plant species, threatened wildlife, and panoramic views of the great American Southwest. Updated and reprinted in 2004.

Guide to the Geology of Mesa Verde National Park (Mary O. Griffitts)

Price: $5.99
Publisher: MVMA ()
ISBN: 0-937062-11-1

Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to protect and study the large concentration of Anasazi Indian sites on the mesa tops, cliffs and canons. Although most of the thousands of visitors to the Park are attracted by the archaeology sites, the spectacular scenery certainly enhances the enjoyment of this area. This book provides first, a road log with brief descriptions of the geology at many viewpoints. The second section contains a more detailed geologic history of the region from some two billion years ago to the present, along with the explanation of some of the basic geological processes at work. References are given throughout the road log too more detailed discussion of specific topics in the second section of the text. A glossary at the end of the book may help with unfamiliar terms. A geological map of Mesa Verde also accompanies this book.

Mesa Verde: Ancient Architecture (Jesse Walter Fewkes)

Price: $16.99
Publisher: Avanyu Publishing Inc. ()
ISBN: 0-936755-23-7

Mesa Verde was first described as “ruins so magnificent that they surpass anything of the kind known in the United States.” Fewekes’ activities at Mesa Verde both opened and closed eras in southwestern archaeology. The era of random pothunting and commercial exploration was ended with Fewekes’ arrival in 1908. The serious twentieth-century scientific work and scholarly interest is dated from Fewewes’ arrival and his excavation and repairs.

Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries (Duane A. Smith)

Price: $17.99
Publisher: University of Colorado Press ()
ISBN: 0-87081-684-5

Originally published in 1988, Mesa Verde National Park: Shadows of the Centuries is an engaging and artfully illustrated history of an enigmatic assemblage of canyons and mesas tucked into the south-western corner of Colorado. Duane A. Smith recounts the dramatic 1888 "discovery" of the cliff dwellings and other Anasazi ruins and the ensuing twenty-year campaign to preserve them. Smith also details the resulting creation of a national park in 1906 and assesses the impact of more recent developments -- railroads and highways, air pollution, and the growing significance of tourism -- on the park's financial and ecological vitality. This revised and completely redesigned edition includes more than 50 illustrations and will be enjoyed by readers interested in environmental, Western, and Colorado history.

A Wish You Were Here Book: Mesa Verde National Park (Susan Lamb)

Price: $5.95
Publisher: Sierra Press ()
ISBN: 1-58071-001-8

Today, Mesa Verde is relatively remote and most of us reach it only after hours of driving. It might be difficult to unbend enough to appreciate such a place if it were truly trapped in the past, but Mesa Verde is very much alive. The plants and creatures familiar to the people who lived here long ago are all around us still. This book of images and journal like entries of the author beautifully illustrates dwellings and natrual resources of Mesa Verde.