The cliff dwellers of the Mesa Verde, southwestern Colorado: their pottery and implements

by Gustaf Nordenskiöld

Paper Book, 1979

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Available

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978.8/27

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Publication

Glorieta, N.M. : Rio Grande Press, c1979.

Description

Excerpt from The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde, Southwestern Colorado: Their Pottery and ImplementsBefore describing my first excursions to the cliff-dwellings of the Mesa Verde and the investigations carried out there, I shall give a short account of the chief geographical features of these regions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.… (more)

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"From the mesa near Square-Tower House a keen eye can detect on the opposite side of the cañon the ruins of something not unlike a stone monument raised on a conical, isolated rock.
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In 1891, the young Swede, guided by the Wetherills, is generally thought to be the first scientist to document,
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diagram and perform archaeological excavations of some 600 items found in the Mesa Verde region. His book details the pottery, skeletal remains, structures, and tools and was originally published in 1893. Today, this collection is housed in the Museum of Helsinki, Finland.
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Physical description

36 p.; 29 cm

ISBN

087380127X / 9780873801270
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