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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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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
Release dateSep 20, 2017
ISBN9781541482128
In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest
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David Roberts

David Roberts (born 1943) is a climber, mountaineer, and author of books and articles about climbing. He is particularly noted for his books The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, chronicling major ascents in Alaska in the 1960s, which had a major impact on the form of mountaineering literature. In thirteen seasons spent in the Alaskan wilderness, Roberts is well known for many first ascents, including the Wickersham Wall on Mount McKinley, the West rib of Mount Huntington, climbing in the Western Brooks Range and the Kichatna Spires, and on the East Face of Mount Dickey. Roberts is the son of Walter Orr Roberts and mentor to Jon Krakauer. David Roberts attended Harvard University, where he received a mathematics degree in 1965. He was a member of and former president of the Harvard Mountaineering Club. He also received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver in 1970.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    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.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    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.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    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?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    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.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    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.