The Anasazi Ancient Indian People Of The American Southwest.

BRODY, J.J.

ISBN 10: 0847812081 / ISBN 13: 9780847812080

Published by New York: Rizzoli, [1990]., 1990

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4to. pp. 239. 223 illus. (122 colour). biblio. index. bds. dw. First Edition.

Seller Inventory # AODeBROD71

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Anasazi Ancient Indian People Of The American Southwest.
• Publisher: New York: Rizzoli, [1990].
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847812081
• ISBN 13: 9780847812080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

Describes what is known about the Anasazi people, the predecessors of the Pueblo Indians, looks at the ruins of their cliff dewellings, and surveys their jewelry, pottery, textiles, and baskets

Reviews

Ancestors of the Pueblo Indians, the Anasazi peoples built spectacular cliff dwellings and multistoried sandstone pueblos in what is now New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. Their kivas (ritual theaters) display structural elegance and superb masonry. Their mysterious rock art on massive cliffs features broad-shouldered humans with trapezoidal torsos and kachinas (deities impersonated by masked dancers). The early Anasazi lived in towns housing up to 30,000 people. Their irrigation technology and sophisticated geometrical pottery designs owe a debt to contacts with Mexico. Brody, an art historian at the University of New Mexico, notes that the Anasazi were never politically unified and spoke at least six different languages, yet an integral, vibrant personality of this diverse prehistoric population is everywhere evident in this magnificently illustrated, readable survey.
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