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Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest represent 2,500 years of cultural continuity, from the early Basket Makers of 700 B.C. to their modern descendants, the Pueblo Indians. The pueblos and cliff dwellings they built during their halcyon days between 1100 and 1500 are the most spectacular ruins north of Mexico. In this book, all of the significant and accessible Anasazi ruins are photographed and described in detail. Many of the photographs are aerial...
Series
Arizona archaeologist volume no. 15
Publisher
Arizona Archaeological Society
Pub. Date
[between 0000 and 1984?]
Language
English
Description
A collection of archaeological papers examines the ceramics of ancient Indians of the Southwest.
Publisher
Duncan Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Bali : island of 1,000 temples explores Balinese Hinduism as expressed in rituals, traditions and creative arts including the Kecak monkey dance and Wayang Kulit, shadow puppet morality plays.
Australia: dreamtime is among the greatest spiritual practices in the world. It's both spiritual history and practice for the aboriginal people of Australia in an episode that includes Uluru (Ayers Rock) and the Tiwi Islands.
Maya: messages in stone features...
Publisher
LucasFilm
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
15) Captive
Author
Series
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 29
Language
English
Description
"Eve Duncan's daughter Jane MacGuire seems to have found a perfect life with Seth Caleb--until a ruthless madman threatens to destroy it all. Jane is an internationally renowned artist, while Seth channels his unique abilities as an agent for the MI6 intelligence service. But when Seth crosses crime lord Hugh Bohdan, he incurs the wrath of one of the world's most powerful criminal empires... one whose tentacles reach across the globe and even to the...
16) The kingdom
Author
Series
Fargo adventures volume 3
Language
English
Description
Sam and Remi Fargo are used to hunting for treasure, not people; but a Texas oil baron contacts them with a personal plea. An investigator friend of the Fargos was on a mission to find the oil baron's missing father, and now the investigator is missing too. On a journey that takes them to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, and China, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Tibetan...
Publisher
Cinevision International
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Photographed completely in high definition, this epic series captures the complete history of the Forbidden City, surrounding the spectacular Chinese Imperial Palace. For five centuries it served as the home of 24 Emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. This documentary explores the emperors, their politics, conflicts, its people and the vast majesty of the surviving buildings.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"McKenzie Long visits thirteen national monuments, from Golde Butte in Nevada to Katahdin Woods and Waters in Maine, and writes an eye-opening exploration of the stories these natural sites tell, the passions they stir, and the controversies surrounding them today. In essays both contemplative and resonant, This Contested Land confronts an unjust past and imagines a collaborative future that bears witness to these regions' enduring Indigenous connections"--
"One...
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