Craig Childs bears witness to rock art of the Colorado Plateau—bighorn sheep pecked behind boulders, tiny spirals in stone, human figures with upraised arms shifting with the desert light, each one a portal to the open mouth of time. With a spirit of generosity, humility, and love of the arid, intricate landscapes of the desert Southwest, Childs sets these ancient communications in context, inviting readers to look and listen deeply.

Rock Art explores the fascinating history of ancient human-made stone markings that have puzzled historians, archaeologists, and hikers alike for centuries. What is rock art, and who created these mysterious symbols, and why are so many pieces of artwork similar across disparate and long-forgotten cultures? How was rock art made--and, more importantly, why? These questions and more are addressed in this comprehensive guide, complete with full-color...

One of the most spectacular natural wonders in Arizona houses a treasure of rock art, archaeological ruins, and artifacts telling the history of its people.

A collection of color photographs of Southwestern landscape, ruins, and rock art.

To those who once walked these fins of sandstone, the landscape was alive with meaning and metaphor in a fourth-dimension--a collective vision of a landscape deeply connected to their culture, senses, and their landscape. Writer Jonathan Bailey brings back layers of dimension to archaeological sites in Utah and Arizona's canyon country by highlighting the significance of seeing beyond the second dimension--that which is carved on the rock face itself--to...

This book covers the Rio Grande Pueblo petroglyphs and the myths of the Eastern Pueblos, associated with these petroglyphs.

Hundreds, even thousands, of years before Europeans arrived in North America, American Indians had made their homes here. These many groups adapted to the varied lands and climates of what would later become the United States. Each group developed its own culture and history.