House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest - Couverture souple

Childs, Craig

 
9780316067546: House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0316067547 ISBN 13 : 9780316067546
Editeur : Little, Brown Paperbacks, 2008

Synopsis

A "beautifully written travelogue" that draws on the latest scholarly research as well as a lifetime of exploration to light on the extraordinary Anasazi culture of the American Southwest (Entertainment Weekly). 

The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon (in today's southwestern New Mexico) and built what has been called the Las Vegas of its day, a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from far and wide, a vital crossroads of the prehistoric world. The Anasazis' accomplishments -- in agriculture, in art, in commerce, in architecture, and in engineering -- were astounding, rivaling those of the Mayans in distant Central America.

By the thirteenth century, however, the Anasazi were gone from Chaco. Vanished. What was it that brought about the rapid collapse of their civilization? Was it drought? pestilence? war? forced migration? mass murder or suicide? For many years conflicting theories have abounded. Craig Childs draws on the latest scholarly research, as well as on a lifetime of adventure and exploration in the most forbidding landscapes of the American Southwest, to shed new light on this compelling mystery.

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À propos de l?auteur

Craig Childs -- naturalist, adventurer, desert ecologist, and frequent contributor to National Public Radio's Morning Edition -- lives in Crawford, Colorado. His previous books include House of Rain, The Way Out, The Secret Knowledge of Water, and Soul of Nowhere.

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Éditeur
Little, Brown Paperbacks
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0316067547
ISBN 13 
9780316067546
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
512
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780316608176: House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0316608173 ISBN 13 :  9780316608176
Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 2007
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