Richard Wetherill - Anasazi: Pioneer Explorer of Southwestern Ruins
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (621 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826303293 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 382 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An important contribution to the history of American archaeology.""McNitt has compressed a slice of western history, a lucid chronicle of pioneering archaeology, and the dramatic story of a group of fascinating characters. He writes with a genuine feeling and appreciation for the country in which Richard Wetherill lived out his turbulent years." . "McNitt had compressed a slice of western history, a lucid chronicle of pioneering archaeology, and the dramatic story of a group of fascinating characters. He writes with a genuine feeling and appreciation for the country in which Richard Wetherill lived out his turbulent years.""Valuable as w
Mr. Vince Guarino said Pioneer Explorer of Anasazi Ruins. Frank McNitt's biography of Richard Wetherhill, the pioneer explorer of the Anasazi culture of the Four Corners Region of the southwest has been in print since 1957. Not a bad record for a trade book, that is to say not a textbook. McNitt's eastern based publishing family owned the Brentwood Newspaper in suburban Los Angeles. Frank, sent out as publisher, vacationed with his family in New Mexico and was ever after attracted to the Southwest. On subsequent trips he heard of Richard Wether. Hero or Villain? Smallchief To the archaeologists Richard Wetherill is a villain -- an uneducated cowboy who plundered the ruins of the pre-historic civilization of the Southwestern Indians. Author McNitt takes the opposite tact, portraying Wetherill as an upright honest man whose accomplishments, the first scientific examinations of the great ruins at Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon, far outweigh his faults. Adding to the enigma of Wetherill is the matter of his death -- murdered in cold blood by a Navajo Indian debto. Viewer said I enjoyed this book very much. It provides the reader with a basis for further study of the Puebloan cultures of the Southwest.. A great story of Wetherill's life and discovery of many ancestral puebloan sites in the four corners region. It's a great read, and I learned a lot about the history of the region. It's a good book to get a basic understanding of the sites and the history of the people who made this place their home before the Spanish arrival and the European influx that changed their world. The controversy of whether he was a true explorer or grave robber will continue to be an unresolved issue dependin
He discovered the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and Kiet Siel and the Basket Maker sites at Grand Gulch, Utah, and at Chaco Canyon he initiated the excavation of Pueblo Bonito, the largest prehistoric ruin in the United States. Anasazi, the Navajos' name for the "Ancient Ones" who preceded them into the Southwest, is the nickname of Richard Wetherill, who devoted his life to a search for remains of these vanished peoples. His discoveries are among the most important ever made by an American archaeologist.