An introduction to native American art through petroglyphs and pictographs.

Describes the development of the numerous ancient Indian civilizations in the United States and Canada through an examination of archaeological remains, scientific data, and information on tribal ways of life.

With more than 125 spectacular full-color photographs, this extraordinary book documents fifty fascinating places that capture the profound legacy of this land's original inhabitants and celebrate the magic and beauty of its natural landscape. Here is a sensitive and inspiring portrait of the land the Native Americans called Great Turtle Island, and of the enduring spiritual and cultural traditions of its people.

Describes the Anasazi cliff dwellings and other sights that have made this Colorado national park so famous.

Chronicles pre-Columbian America weaving together history and mythology, archaeology and ethnography, to create a narrative of the rise and fall of America's ancient civilizations.

Drawing on more than two decades of fieldwork around the world, Kenneth Tankersley takes readers on an exciting journey into America's most ancient human past--traveling from the deep recesses of underground caverns in the East to the mountains and deserts of the West. This behind-the-scenes look at the search, discovery, and examination of Ice Age sites and artifacts reveals the real stories behind America's most important archaeological discoveries--and...

Helps you rediscover the lost world of ancient Central America, with 450 pictures and 15 step-by-step projects. This title lets you step back in time to Central America before the Spanish conquest and discover fascinating facts about the people who lived there. It also explores the cultures and beliefs of the Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs and Aztecs.

Designated in 2016 by President Obama and reduced to 85 percent of its original size one year later by President Trump, Bears Ears National Monument continues to be a flash point of conflict among ranchers, miners, environmental groups, states’ rights advocates, and Native American activists. In this volume, Andrew Gulliford synthesizes 11,000 years of the region’s history to illuminate what’s truly at stake in this conflict and distills this...

The earliest rock art -- in the Americas as elsewhere -- is geometric or abstract. Until now, however, no book-length study has been devoted to the deep antiquity and amazing range of geometrics and the fascinating questions that arise from their ubiquity and variety. Why did they precede representational marks? What is known about their origins and functions? Why and how did humans begin to make marks, and what does this practice tell us about the...