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Summary: Finding the Old Ones
Review: In Search of the Old Ones is one of the best books I have ever read about the Anasazi in the Southwest. David Roberts does a wonderful job and made me want to go to the deserts of Utah and Arizona and track them down myself. I have read many books about this area and I have backpacked several of the canyons he describes. This book can be used as a guide if you decide to search for the 'Old Ones' yourself. I'm waiting for the sequel.
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Summary: The one book to read if you're curious about the Anasazi
Review: Of the numerous books written about the Anasazi and the Chaco Phenomenon, none takes quite this approach. The author's interest in and love of the "Old Ones" is evident in every chapter, which since he doesn't fall into the effusive tone of others who have written about this subject, makes his book wonderfully readable and very educational. This amateur archaeologist found this book entertaining, informative, and just plain a good read -- highly recommended!
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Summary: A reviewer from Maryland
Review: One good chapter and the rest amounts to: "I was hiking through the canyon one day, and I saw ..." I wanted less information about the author and what he had to eat that day, and more about the Anasazi.
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Summary: Most enjoyable book on the Anasazi that I've read!!!
Review: Roberts takes us on an adventure into the canyons and cliff ruins and into the lives of the archaeologists and pot hunters who explore them. He brings key people like rancher Richard Wetherill to life and he presents a well researched account of the controversy surrounding the disappearance of the Anasazi from most of their dwellings in about 1300 AD. This book is fun to read.
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Summary: Great Introduction to the Anasazi
Review: This is the first book I've read specifically about the Anasazi, and I really enjoyed it. Roberts takes us along on his personal search for answers to the mysteries of the Anasazi through his interviews of leading experts, his camping and hiking expeditions throughout the region, conversations with living Native American Hopi and Navajos, and his research of the modern day archeological history which started with an amateur rancher in the 1880's.I found this a fabulous read. It's told in an entertaining way, as though we're along for the ride with Roberts as he follows his own curiosity into the world of the Anasazi. I was impressed with how he presented the mysteries surrounding the Anasazi. He raises many questions which baffle current archeologists, and leaves the final conclusions up to the reader. Roberts also does a good job of bring up different sides of issues such as how much to allow the public into delicate significant sites - what is the proper role of government agencies to balance preservation with access to the public? Also through his informal interviews he exposes the balance between the archeological practice of digging up bones and pots from ancient sites versus leaving them in their natural state as more of a natural museum. Roberts is a contributing writer for Outside Magazine, has an inherent interest in the Anasazi, and spent years hiking and camping throughout the Four Corners region where the Anasazi lived until about 700 years ago. I had a good time taking this trip with the author through the past and am now encouraged to learn more about the Ancient Ones who inhabited our West for so long before we arrived.
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Summary: Great Introduction to the Anasazi
Review: This is the first book I've read specifically about the Anasazi, and I really enjoyed it. Roberts takes us along on his personal search for answers to the mysteries of the Anasazi through his interviews of leading experts, his camping and hiking expeditions throughout the region, conversations with living Native American Hopi and Navajos, and his research of the modern day archeological history which started with an amateur rancher in the 1880's. I found this a fabulous read. It's told in an entertaining way, as though we're along for the ride with Roberts as he follows his own curiosity into the world of the Anasazi. I was impressed with how he presented the mysteries surrounding the Anasazi. He raises many questions which baffle current archeologists, and leaves the final conclusions up to the reader. Roberts also does a good job of bring up different sides of issues such as how much to allow the public into delicate significant sites - what is the proper role of government agencies to balance preservation with access to the public? Also through his informal interviews he exposes the balance between the archeological practice of digging up bones and pots from ancient sites versus leaving them in their natural state as more of a natural museum. Roberts is a contributing writer for Outside Magazine, has an inherent interest in the Anasazi, and spent years hiking and camping throughout the Four Corners region where the Anasazi lived until about 700 years ago. I had a good time taking this trip with the author through the past and am now encouraged to learn more about the Ancient Ones who inhabited our West for so long before we arrived.
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Summary: Worthwhile
Review: Wish we'd read this before visiting Anasazi sights, so we'd have known what we were looking at. We bought our copy at the Hopi Museum on the 2nd Mesa after visiting the allowed part of the 1st Mesa during the Time of the Feathers. Really a well-written and captivating book.
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