The legends of ancient civilizations in the Americas have always enthralled Thom. In Search of Lost Civilizations: Adventures In Archeology documents his travel adventure experiences as he seeks to uncover the secrets of people who once flourished in the Western Hemisphere.
Join amateur archeologist Thom Tansey as he explores:
TEOTIHUACN, the City of the Gods, the first true metropolis of the Americas, near modern-day Mexico City.
The magnificent ruins left behind by the MAYA of Tikal in Guatemala, once the epicenter of vast trade route that stretched all through what is now Central America, from the Pacific Ocean, to the Gulf of Mexico, to the Caribbean Sea.
The cliff dwellings of the ANASAZI, a pueblo culture that was once centered in the Four Corners area of the Southwest U.S. and that later migrated to the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico.
The HOHOKAM, whose impressive network of hand-dug irrigation canals and ditches, the most extensive north of Peru, allowed them to thrive in the forbidding Sonoran Desert of modern-day Mexico and Arizona.
The MOUND BUILDERS of the Lower Mississippi Valley, whose sophisticated civilizations eventually fell to the diseases and maraudings of European invaders.
To help you plan your adventure travels, Thom has provided a list of resources and contact information, many of which he used to plan his adventures. Plus, he's provided an exhaustive bibliography of publications for further reading on the topics covered in this book.
