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The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest

The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest

David Roberts
Roberts exploring Ancestral Puebloan ruins across the canyonlands — cliff dwellings, granaries, rock art. Each site is a detective story about a people who left and didn't leave a forwarding address.
archaeology desert Indigenous knowledge Narrative Nonfiction American Southwest
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Publisher W.W. Norton & Company
Published 2015
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