Exploring Old World, First Edition (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, 4th printing. Hard cover 8vo. Near Fine book in Fine unclipped DJ. Pencil inscription front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked. 271pp inc. Index; illustrated in photos, double-page map frontis. 272 p. Book.

Condition: As New. First Edition. An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi. David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazi--the name means enemy ancestors in Navajo--who once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts writes, have been puzzling over the Anasazi for more than a century, trying to determine the environmental and cultural stresses that caused their society to collapse 700 years ago. He guides us through controversies in the historical record, among them the haunting question of whether the Anasazi committed acts of cannibalism. Roberts's book is full of up-to-date thinking on the culture of the ancient people who lived in the harsh desert country of the Southwest.; Puntgave paperback 1997 met fris en schoon binnenwerk. Recht boekblok met onbeschadigd gebleven omslag.