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Language
English
Description
Drawing on his exploration of the area for more than three decades, Wilkinson (law, U. of Colorado-Boulder) examines a number of historical events and continuing issues relating to the redrock countryside and Indian societies of the Colorado Plateau, which stretches across the states forming the Four Corners. Maps detail the various localities he describes.
Author
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Craig Childs bears witness to rock art of the Colorado Plateau—bighorn sheep pecked behind boulders, tiny spirals in stone, human figures with upraised arms shifting with the desert light, each one a portal to the open mouth of time. With a spirit of generosity, humility, and love of the arid, intricate landscapes of the desert Southwest, Childs sets these ancient communications in context, inviting readers to look and listen deeply.
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Publisher
Kiva Pub
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The recent phenomenal growth of interest in rock art, on a near-global scale, provides an extraordinary opportunity for rock art researchers to transmit their enthusiasm, scientific approach, and interpretive results to the general public. This book provides an aesthetic and intellectual experience satisfying to both the novice and the academic researcher.
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Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
In this large-format volume, Lloyd, aerial photographer and photojournalist (Our Voices, Our Land), presents the splendors of the Colorado Plateau, the desert region sacred to Native Americans that encompasses parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. His glorious photographs capture the color, light and drama of those spectacular lands and their many natural wonders: Canyonlands, Petrified Forest, Grand Canyon, Arches, Bryce Canyon and Mesa...