Leaving Mesa Verde

Author : Timothy A. Kohler
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816599688
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving Mesa Verde written by Timothy A. Kohler and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is one of the great mysteries in the archaeology of the Americas: the depopulation of the northern Southwest in the late thirteenth-century AD. Considering the numbers of people affected, the distances moved, the permanence of the departures, the severity of the surrounding conditions, and the human suffering and culture change that accompanied them, the abrupt conclusion to the farming way of life in this region is one of the greatest disruptions in recorded history. Much new paleoenvironmental data, and a great deal of archaeological survey and excavation, permit the fifteen scientists represented here much greater precision in determining the timing of the depopulation, the number of people affected, and the ways in which northern Pueblo peoples coped—and failed to cope—with the rapidly changing environmental and demographic conditions they encountered throughout the 1200s. In addition, some of the scientists in this volume use models to provide insights into the processes behind the patterns they find, helping to narrow the range of plausible explanations. What emerges from these investigations is a highly pertinent story of conflict and disruption as a result of climate change, environmental degradation, social rigidity, and conflict. Taken as a whole, these contributions recognize this era as having witnessed a competition between differing social and economic organizations, in which selective migration was considerably hastened by severe climatic, environmental, and social upheaval. Moreover, the chapters show that it is at least as true that emigration led to the collapse of the northern Southwest as it is that collapse led to emigration.

Author : Donna M. Glowacki
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816531331
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living and Leaving written by Donna M. Glowacki and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mesa Verde migrations in the thirteenth century were an integral part of a transformative period that forever changed the course of Pueblo history. For more than seven hundred years, Pueblo people lived in the Northern San Juan region of the U.S. Southwest. Yet by the end of the 1200s, tens of thousands of Pueblo people had left the region. Understanding how it happened and where they went are enduring questions central to Southwestern archaeology. Much of the focus on this topic has been directed at understanding the role of climate change, drought, violence, and population pressure. The role of social factors, particularly religious change and sociopolitical organization, are less well understood. Bringing together multiple lines of evidence, including settlement patterns, pottery exchange networks, and changes in ceremonial and civic architecture, this book takes a historical perspective that naturally forefronts the social factors underlying the depopulation of Mesa Verde. Author Donna M. Glowacki shows how “living and leaving” were experienced across the region and what role differing stressors and enablers had in causing emigration. The author’s analysis explains how different histories and contingencies—which were shaped by deeply rooted eastern and western identities, a broad-reaching Aztec-Chaco ideology, and the McElmo Intensification—converged, prompting everyone to leave the region. This book will be of interest to southwestern specialists and anyone interested in societal collapse, transformation, and resilience.

Author : Gustaf Nordenskiöld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde, Southwestern Colorado written by Gustaf Nordenskiöld and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Caroline Arnold
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN 13 : 1630834203
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde written by Caroline Arnold and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the Native Americans known as the Anasazi, who migrated to southwestern Colorado in the first century A.D.

Author : Timothy A. Kohler
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816519125
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaving Mesa Verde written by Timothy A. Kohler and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is one of the great mysteries in the archaeology of the Americas: the depopulation of the northern Southwest in the late thirteenth-century AD. Considering the numbers of people affected, the distances moved, the permanence of the departures, the severity of the surrounding conditions, and the human suffering and culture change that accompanied them, the abrupt conclusion to the farming way of life in this region is one of the greatest disruptions in recorded history. Much new paleoenvironmental data, and a great deal of archaeological survey and excavation, permit the fifteen scientists represented here much greater precision in determining the timing of the depopulation, the number of people affected, and the ways in which northern Pueblo peoples coped—and failed to cope—with the rapidly changing environmental and demographic conditions they encountered throughout the 1200s. In addition, some of the scientists in this volume use models to provide insights into the processes behind the patterns they find, helping to narrow the range of plausible explanations. What emerges from these investigations is a highly pertinent story of conflict and disruption as a result of climate change, environmental degradation, social rigidity, and conflict. Taken as a whole, these contributions recognize this era as having witnessed a competition between differing social and economic organizations, in which selective migration was considerably hastened by severe climatic, environmental, and social upheaval. Moreover, the chapters show that it is at least as true that emigration led to the collapse of the northern Southwest as it is that collapse led to emigration.

Author : Jack E. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mesas, Cliffs, and Canyons written by Jack E. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth R. Wright
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555663803
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Mysteries of Mesa Verde written by Kenneth R. Wright and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Water Mysteries of Mesa Verde" Learn about the science of paleohydrology--the study of water use by ancient peoples, by Kenneth R. Wright.

Author : Mark Varien
Publisher : University of Utah Press
ISBN 13 : 0874808545
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeking The Center Place written by Mark Varien and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed view of the last Pueblo communities in the Mesa Verde region, this volume draws from a common database derived from extensive investigations at several sites.

Author : Frederick Hastings Chapin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land of the Cliff-dwellers written by Frederick Hastings Chapin and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott Graham
Publisher : Torrey House Press
ISBN 13 : 1948814242
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mesa Verde Victim written by Scott Graham and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An absorbing archaeological mystery, rich in historical detail and local atmosphere. With its colorful characters and fast–paced plot, Mesa Verde Victim is a fascinating find." —AUSMA ZEHANAT KHAN, author of A Deadly Divide Hounded by false accusations of murder, archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family risk their lives to track down an unknown killer on the loose in a rugged canyon on the remote western edge of Mesa Verde National Park, where ancient stone villages and secret burial sites, abandoned centuries ago by the Ancestral Puebloan people, harbor artifacts so rare and precious they're worth killing over. SCOTT GRAHAM is the National Outdoor Book Award–winning author of the six–volume National Park Mystery Series for Torrey House Press, including Canyon Sacrifice, Mountain Rampage, Yellowstone Standoff, Yosemite Fall, and Arches Enemy, and five other books. He is an avid outdoorsman who lives with his wife, an emergency physician, in southwestern Colorado.