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Explore the stunning architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of America's first peoples (and the archaeological stories behind them) in this accessible guide to fifty historically- and culturally-significant sites, all open to the public and located across the United States.
List of contents
Introduction
Ancient America
First Peoples
1.Meadowcroft Rockshelter -Avella, Pennsylvania
Mound Builders
2.Moundville Archaeological Park, Moundville, Alabama
3.Toltec Mounds, Scott, Arkansas
4.Crystal River Archaeological State Park, Crystal River, Florida
5.Kolomoki Mounds State Park, Blakely, Georgia
6.Rock Eagle Effigy Mound - Eatonton, Georgia
7.Etowah Mounds Historic Site, Etowah, Georgia
8.Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, Georgia
9.Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park - Collinsville, Illinois
10.Angel Mounds, Evansville, Indiana
11.Poverty Point, Epps, Louisiana
12.Grand Village of the Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi
13.Town Creek Mound, Mt. Gilead, North Carolina
14.Serpent Mound - Bratton Township, Ohio
15.Sunwatch Village, Dayton, Ohio
16.Cemetery Mound - Marietta, Ohio
17.Miamisburg Mound - Miamisburg, Ohio
18.Mound City, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park - Newark, Ohio
19.Newark Earthworks - Newark, Ohio
20.Pinson Mounds-Pinson,Tennessee
21.Grave Creek Mound - Moundsville, West Virginia
22.Aztalan Mounds-Jefferson, Wisconsin
Cliff Dwellings, Great Houses, and Stone Towers
23.Montezuma Castle--Camp Verde, Arizona
24.Canyon de Chelly--Chinle, Arizona
25.Casa Grande Ruins National Monument--Coolidge, Arizona
26.Walnut Canyon National Monument-Flagstaff, Arizona
27.Wupatki National Monument-Flagstaff, Arizona
28.Betatakin, Navajo National Monument-Shonto, Arizona
29.Mesa Verde National Park-Mesa Verde, Colorado
30.Aztec National Monument-Aztec, New Mexico
31.Chaco Canyon-Nageezi, New Mexico
32.Hovenweep National Monument-San Juan County, Utah
Rock Art
33.Blythe Intaglios, Blythe, California
34.Little Petroglyph Canyon, Coso, California
35.Chumash Painted Cave State Park, Santa Barbara, California
36.Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico
37.Crow Canyon, Blanco, New Mexico
38.Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, Tularosa, New Mexico
39.San Juan River, Bluff, Utah
40.Horseshoe Canyon-Canyonlands National Park, Utah
41.Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument-Canyonlands National Park, Needles District, Utah
42.Buckhorn Wash-Emery County, Utah
43.Moab, Utah
44.Nine-Mile Canyon, Price, Utah
45.Sego Canyon, Thompson Springs, Utah
46.McConkie Ranch, Vernal, Utah
47.Dinosaur National Monument, Vernal, Utah
48.Horsethief Lake State Park, Dallesport, Washington
49.Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming
50.Dinwoody Lake Petroglyphs, Crowheart, Wyoming
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By Kenneth L. Feder
Summary
Explore the stunning architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of America’s first peoples (and the archaeological stories behind them) in this accessible guide to fifty historically- and culturally-significant sites, all open to the public and located across the United States.
