Anasazi America (David E. Stuart)

Price: $19.99
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press ()
ISBN: 0-8263-2179-8

At the height of their power in the late eleventh century, the Chaco Anasazi dominated a territory in the American Southwest larger than any other European principality of the time. A vast alliance of hamlets and towns integrated the region through economic and religious ties, and the whole system was interconnected with hundreds of miles of roads. It took these Anasazi farmers more than seven centuries to create classic Chacoan civilization, which lasted more than 200 years-only to collapse in a mere 40. Why did such a great society collapse? Who survived? Why? In this lively book anthropologists/archaeologists David Stuart presents answers to these questions that offer useful lessons to modern societies. His account of the rise and fall of the Chaco Anasazi brings to life the people who are known to us today as the architects of Chaco Canyon, now a spectacular national park in northwestern New Mexico.

Anasazi: Prehistoric Cultures of the Soutwest (Rose Houk)

Price: $3.99
Publisher: Western National Parks Association (WNPA) ()
MVMA Item Number: anasazi prehist cultures
ISBN: 1877856045

This book about the Anasazi who lived in the Four Corners area of the Southwest tells of the known history of these ancient people, their crafts and tools, and what might have happened to them. Informative text is complemented by beautiful photographs.

Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest

Price: $24.95
Number of Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780500286937

Most people are familiar with the famous pre-Columbian civilizations of the Aztecs and Maya of Mexico, but few realize just how advanced were contemporary cultures in the American Southwest. Here lie some of the most remarkable monuments of America's prehistoric past, such as Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde.

Ancient Puebloan Southwest (John Kantner)

Price: $35.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press ()
Number of Pages: 322

John Kantner traces the evolution of Pueblo society in the American Southwest from the emergence of the Chaco and Mimbres in the AD 1000s through the early decades of contact with the Spanish in the sixteenth century. Based on a diverse range of archaeological data, historical accounts, oral history and ethnographic records, this introduction for students of the Pueblo Southwest is vital reading for any archaeologist concerned with the origins of early civilizations.