Chaco
Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology :
After rumors surfaced about the sun bisecting a petroglyph at Chaco Canyon, people
never looked at the site the same again. The discovery proposed a cosmology at
Chaco, and the book looks at the people who lived in the San Juan Basin from 850
AD to 1300, developing an elaborate culture around the cycles of the sun and moon....This
book is exciting for anyone interested in the ancient times of (the Southwest).
--Enchantment Magazine.
Buy
This Book
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the
American Southwest :
Although less well known than the Mayans, the Anasazi, who flourished in the region
now known as New Mexico, also vanished without a trace. Now, eight centuries after
their thriving, 2,000-year-old civilization disappeared as though it had never
existed, naturalist and adventurer Childs undertakes to find out where the Anasazi
went and why. But discovering the fate of an entire race of people, 800 years
after the fact, is not like tracking down a missing person.
Childs' investigation
relies heavily on scholarly literature, oral tradition, and lots of reading between
the lines of history. There are no definitive answers here, but Childs ask plenty
of tantalizing questions. The book is finally not so much about what happened
to the Anasazi as it is about our own fascination with lost civilizations. David
Pitt Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved.
Buy
This Book
Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley: A Guide to Mounds and
Earthworks of the Adena, Hopewell, Cole, and Fort Ancient People:
Mounds and earthworks are the most conspicuous elements of prehistoric Native
American culture to be found on the landscape of eastern North America. Indian
Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley identifies and describes 70 extant, publicly
accessible sites in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, where mounds were
constructed by Woodland people beginning some 3000 years ago.
This book
also reviews the culture, history, and geography of the Woodland and Late Prehistoric
mound building groups and the fate of their structures during the Historic period.
Sources of additional information about the Ohio Valley mound building groups
are provided, as is access information for the mound and earthwork sites...
Buy
This Book
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi :
Starred Review. Author and anthropologist Pauketat (Chiefdoms and Other Archaeological
Delusions) locates a civilizational "big bang" in the Mississippi River
valley of 1050 CE, where "social life, political organization, religious
belief, art, and culture were radically transformed" by a highly ambitious
group of American Indians and their capital city, Cahokia, located east of what
is now St. Louis.
In this illuminating text, Pauketat examines the life,
death, and rediscovery of this vast urban population and their game-changing cultural
innovations (ranging from innocuous but influential sports like "chunkey"
to large-scale reenactments of mythical stories, featuring bloody human sacrifice).
Page by page, Pauketat compiles the fascinating details of a complex archeological
puzzle; explaining the study of cross-cultural goddess worship, cave art, hand
tools and games, this volume doubles as a crash-course in the archeological method...
Buy
This Book
American Indian Myths and Legends :
Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama
of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 illustrations.
Buy
This Book
Mound Builders: Edgar Cayce's Forgotten Record of Ancient America
:
...Since
1997, a series of astounding developments have shattered American archaeology’s
most cherished beliefs. Excavations have uncovered solid evidence that ancient
America was probably settled at least 50,000 years ago. Genetic evidence shows
that several waves of migrations came into America from not only Siberia, but
also from Polynesia, China, and Japan.
A mysterious genetic type has been
identified in ancient American skeletal remains as well as in some modern Native
Americans. This enigmatic type is also linked to Israel, parts of Spain, France,
Italy, and the northern Gobi Desert. It may well have originated in a location
between America and Europe. This genetic type entered America in about 10,000
B.C. and could be the result of migrations from the mythical land of Atlantis.
Another genetic type could be from the mythical land of Mu.
Mound Builders
also shows how evidence essentially confirms that a series of migrations to America
from Semitic lands began in 3000 B.C. This evidence is compared to Mormon ideas.
In addition, Mound Builders shows how several mound sites were built in accordance
with Plato’s descriptions of Atlantis and how numerous mound complexes were
arranged to reflect the Belt of Orion. Mound Builders is truly a compelling, comprehensive
look at the archaeological and genetic evidence from ancient America and the first
genuine analysis of Cayce’s readings on history.
Buy
This Book
1 2
