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    In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest
    In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest
    In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest
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    In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest

    Written by David Roberts

    Narrated by Kaipo Schwab

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    About this audiobook

    An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi.

    David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazi-the name means "enemy ancestors" in Navajo-who once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts writes, have been puzzling over the Anasazi for more than a century, trying to determine the environmental and cultural stresses that caused their society to collapse 700 years ago. He guides us through controversies in the historical record, among them the haunting question of whether the Anasazi committed acts of cannibalism.

    Roberts's book is full of up-to-date thinking on the culture of the ancient people who lived in the harsh desert country of the Southwest.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 20, 2017
    ISBN9781541482128
    In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest
    Author

    David Roberts

    David Roberts is a hugely talented and versatile artist and author. David began his career in fashion illustration, and his sharp eye for form and composition is showcased beautifully in his books with Andrea Beaty, which include Ada Twist, Scientist and Iggy Peck, Architect. His work ranges from feisty retellings of fairy tales created in collaboration with his sister, Lyn (Little Red, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel), to his brilliantly funny books with Julia Donaldson such as Tyrannosaurus Drip, The Troll and The Cook and the King. In 2006 he won the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award for his line drawings in Mouse Noses On Toast, and Little Red was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. David’s sense of humour shines through in all his work, but especially his illustrations for The Bolds series by Julian Clary and the madcap Dirty Bertie books. Suffragette: The Battle for Equality was David’s first self-authored book and is an exquisitely illustrated history of the women’s suffrage movement, which has been a passion of David’s since his school days.

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    • 4/5
      Fascinating account of the author's travels in the four corners area and other places trying to learn more about the mysterious Anasazi or ancient pueblo people. Makes me want to learn a lot more. The Wetherills from the Mesa Verde area were early ranchers that discovered a lot of places and sound like people worth learning about.
    • 3/5
      A nice travelogue (?). The author isn't the best writer, but he is good at conveying his sense of purpose, and the emotions that he encounters on his trek. It's also a nice intro into the whole Anasazi thing from a non-scholarly type, it puts a more human face on many of the aspects of this particular search for knowledge.
    • 3/5
      Disappointed w/ this....scattered writing w/ not lots of depth to it. Tis hard to understand why all the Naional Parks sell it....doesn't anybody review these things?
    • 4/5
      This book is similar to Craig Childs' book on the Anasazi culture, House of Rain, although Roberts is a little more orthodox in his thinking and less willing to go out on a limb than Childs. Still, reading the two books together will give you an excellent understanding of the culture and people who disappeared from the desert southwest in the 12th century.
    • 3/5
      If you enjoy the story of the Anastazi and the mystery around the Southwest Native Americans this is a great book. Would be a great way to plan a trip to the area or as in my case encourages me to read Hanted Mesa again. A good read for Native American enthusist, Backpacking, camping enthusist and desert entthusist.