In 2006 Mesa Verde celebrates its first century as a national park. Here, in one of the crown jewels of the national park system, Colorado played a large role in the birth of modern archaeology. But Mesa Verde is not just about archeology and ancient Native American lifeways. This book celebrates the park as a whole: from its surprising eighteenth-century discovery to the establishment of the park thanks to a group of nineteenth-century women to the inspiration it has sparked in the likes of Willa Cather and Ann Zwinger. Beautifully illustrated with historic and full-color photos and filled with modern essays and fascinating historic extracts, Mesa Verde National Park is both a keepsake and a wealth of information on a beloved National Park and World Heritage Site.
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"A gorgeous book filled with stories and images of the last 100 years at Mesa Verde ... Highly recommended!" -- USABookNews.com
"a large-format celebration...sophisticated and appealing grahics, yield a gem of a book." -- The Bloomsbury Review, Nov/Dec 2006
"a large-format celebration...sophisticated and appealing grahics, yield a gem of a book." -- The Bloomsbury Review, Nov/Dec 2006
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The Mesa Verde Museum Association was established in 1930. For nearly 70 years, they have offered visitors to the park information which enables them to more fully appreciate the cultural and natural resources in this corner of Colorado.
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You'll want to visit Mesa Verde!,
By Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years (Paperback)
(Foreword is by Ben Nighthorse Campbell and dedicated to 24 Native American tribes associated with Mesa Verde National Park, including Hope Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute and numerous other Pueblo Tribes.)
In the foreword, Campbell says that two centuries before Columbus arrived (1200-1300), the Ancestral Puebloans left their stone cities--to be "discovered" later by future generations. In June 26,1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the act that made Mesa Verde a national park, the only park created to preserve archaeological findings. This is their 100th anniversary celebration year. If you have visited the ancient cliff dwellings, you know how awesome and awe-inspiring they are. Just think: Something built so many centuries ago is available for 21st century eyes. Today humans and the environmental pollution are damaging the structure. Located at the "four-corner" counties of the Southern Rockies--where New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado meet, it is in the same country as the Bryce and Grand Canyons. Mesa Verde: The First 100 Years coffee table book has photos of people climbing and sitting on the cliff dwellings. I am not sure if that is still allowed, however I did walk there in the early 1970s. The four-color photos of the area show the cliff dwellings and the beautiful nature that surrounds it. Anal Hall's 1947 photo on page 109 of the Cliff Dwelling is what I remember so well. The area has long been inspiration for artists and writers. Louis L'Amour even had a New York Times Best Seller that featured the cliff dwellings, Haunted Mesa. Why did the Puebloans move into the cliff and build there--and why did they leave? No one really knows. Armchair Interviews says: If you have visited Mesa Verde, you will want this book as a keepsake. If you see this book, you will want to visit Mesa Verde
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Wonderful book,
By Sue T. "sue t." (Iowa City, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years (Hardcover)
Mesa Verde National Park is the only one of our national parks where archaeological history is the focus. Other National Parks preserve ecological, biological or geological areas - all wonderful. This book is a lovely history of Mesa Verde National Park with reproductions of early photos and other documents.
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Excellent abbreviated overview related to the establishment of Mesa Verde National Park. Just enought to satisfy your curiosity and interest
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