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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. 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. His discoveries are among the most important ever made by an American archaeologist.
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U.S.A. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 65-29102. ISBN 0-8263-0329-3.
Ninth paperbound printing, 1999.
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CONTENTS
Prologue.
An introduction to some of the principals in this story. The scene is a dusty road, at evening, near the Triangle Bar Triangle Ranch in Chaco Canyon, in northwestern New Mexico. The date: June 22, 1910.
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Mesa Verde, as it appeared to the first white explorers venturing across the southwestern tip of Colorado. The boy-hood of Richard Wetherill. First settlers in the green valley. The Wetherills homestead their Alamo Ranch at Mancos, and learn about hostilities with the Utes.
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Two.
Discovery of Cliff Palace. Richard and his brothers find more great cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde and sell their first collection to the Denver Historical Society. Baron Nordenskiold visits Alamo Ranch, stays to excavate some of the major cliff houses. He acquaints Richard with the rudiments of archaeology. Alamo Ranch attracts a swarm of visitors, among them Julia and Bert Cowing of Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Three.
An episode which contributed to a belief that Richard Wetherill was a cattle rustler. The case of a Mancos Lothario named Byron McGeoch.
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Four.
The Chicago Fair. Richard meets the Hyde brothers. The Hyde Exploring Expedition is formed. Bluff City, Utah, and plans for the HEE's first trip. Grand Gulch. Richard discovers a new type of prehistoric Indians and Talbot Hyde names them "Basket Makers." Snider's "well," a mass burial in a painted kiva.
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Five.
The Alamo Ranch falls into debt and Richard appeals to Talbot Hyde for a loan. Richard's winter trip into the remote wilderness of Tsegi Canyon. Discovery of Kiet Siel.
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Six.
Dr. T. Mitchell Prudden visits Alamo Ranch. With Bert Cowing and Editor Muldoon Kelley, the doctor joins Richard and Clayton Wetherill for a pack trip to the Hopi country. Snake Dance at Walpi. Old Oraibi. The return journey by way of Keam's Canyon. George Washington, a young Navajo, becomes their guide. They find shelter in the hogan of George's parents. Muldoon Kelley eats watermelons.
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Seven.
The musical Palmer family arrives by "band wagon" at Alamo Ranch. Young Marietta Palmer is not impressed favorably by Richard. The Palmers camp near Sandal House. Richard agrees to take them to Chaco Canyon. Pueblo Bonito. Richard's excitement when he realizes he has found a vast, many dwellinged center of a vanished civilization. They visit Santa Fe. Richard and Talbot Hyde exchange letters, planning their next summer's work. With Richard as guide, the "band wagon" circles southward into Arizona. Crossing the flooded San Juan. Richard asks Marietta to be his wife. The parting at Monticello, Utah.
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Historical and archaeological background of Chaco Canyon. Early explorers: Carravahal and Hosta. Expedition of John M. Washington in 1849. Observations of Lieutenant Simpson. William Henry Jackson's trip in 1877. First traces of human life: the Basket Makers. Evolution of Chaco architecture, from pithouse to great pueblo. The Classic Period: 1000 to 1150 A.D. Development of the Great Kiva. Causes of the gradual abandonment of the Chaco.
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Nine.
The Hyde Exploring Expedition undertakes the excavation of Pueblo Bonito. George H. Pepper as field director. Trenching Bonito's refuse mounds. Discovery of small burial sites. A cache of pottery and two burial rooms are found. Friction between Richard and Pepper. Marietta Palmer and Richard Wetherill are married at Sacramento and return to Alamo Ranch. Plans for a second Grand Gulch expedition.
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Ten.
The Grand Gulch expedition of 1897, led by Richard Wetherill and financed by C. E. Whitmore and George Bowles. Bitter weather. The expedition divides into three parties. Indians kidnap Whitmore and Bowles. Talbot Hyde agrees to buy the collection representing the winter's work. Richard writes, "I am horribly in Debt here through my efforts to help all."
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Eleven.
The second year's work at Pueblo Bonito. Navajo workmen give Richard the nickname "Anasazi." The HEE is pressed by creditors. August heat sends Marietta to the Mancos valley. Pepper departs for the Snake Dance at Walpi. Acquisitive habits of the Navajo, and how Richard deals with them. The jewelled frog. Relations between Richard and Pepper become more strained.
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