Marietta Wetherill: Life With the Navajos in Chaco Canyon [Paperback]

Marietta Wetherill (Author), Kathryn Gabriel (Author), Elizabeth Jameson (Introduction)

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Publication Date: September 1, 1997

First published in 1992 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, this is a firsthand account of life at a famous archaeological ruin. Married to Richard Wetherill, the rancher and amateur archaeologist who ran a trading post in Chaco Canyon from 1896 until he was murdered by a Navajo in 1910, Marietta Wetherill got to know her Navajo neighbors as intimately as an Anglo could. While Richard was excavating at Pueblo Bonito, Marietta managed the trading post. She befriended a singer who adopted her into his clan and gave her a close-up view of Navajo medicine and religion.

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"... primitive life in Chaco Canyon through the eyes of an energetic bride ... in love and possessed of great independence ..." -- Rocky Mountain News

"Marietta's plain-spoken manner makes this book more accessible and readable than a dry recitation of historical facts." -- Albuquerque Journal

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While her husband Richard excavated ruins and created a trading post empire at the turn of the century, Marietta learned the rituals and reality of Navajo life from medicine men.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826318207
• ISBN-13: 978-0826318206
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #758,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Marietta Wetherill: Life With the Navajos in Chaco Canyon (Paperback)

Please ignore previous review labeled "Easter Island". I'll get the review to the correct book soon. Both the Weatherill book and the old one about Easter Island ar must reading for those interested in the Anasazi (aka cliff dwellers and ancient puebloans) and Easter islands. Although pilloried today both used the best methods of excavation and recording at the time, and their findings and ideas have merit.