Richard Wetherill, Anasazi: Pioneer Explorer of Southwestern Ruins

by Frank McNitt

Overview

Anasazi, the Navajos' name for the "Ancient Ones" who preceded them into the Southwest, is the nickname of Richard Wetherill, who devoted his life to a search for remains of these vanished peoples. He discovered the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and Kiet Siel and the Basket Maker sites at Grand Gulch, Utah, and at Chaco Canyon he initiated the excavation of Pueblo Bonito, the largest prehistoric ruin in the United States. His discoveries are among the most important ever made by an American archaeologist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826303295
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	04/01/1974
Series:	Pioneer Explorer of Southwestern Ruins
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	382
Sales rank:	634,334
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.05(d)

Editorial Reviews

"McNitt has compressed a slice of western history, a lucid chronicle of pioneering archaeology, and the dramatic story of a group of fascinating characters. He writes with a genuine feeling and appreciation for the country in which Richard Wetherill lived out his turbulent years."

"Valuable as well as interesting. An important contribution to the history of American archaeology."

"McNitt had compressed a slice of western history, a lucid chronicle of pioneering archaeology, and the dramatic story of a group of fascinating characters. He writes with a genuine feeling and appreciation for the country in which Richard Wetherill lived out his turbulent years."

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