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BookmarkA feat of historical detection--the most significant, and certainly the most enthralling, book on American prehistory to appear in decades.
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The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest relates to the Anasazi, the native peoples who by the 11th century converged on Chaco Canyon (now New Mexico) and built a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from far and wide, a vital crossroads of the prehistoric world.
The Anasazis' accomplishments--in agriculture, in art, in commerce, in architecture and engineering--were astounding, rivaling those of the Mayans in distant Central America.
By the 13th century, however, the Anasazi were gone from Chaco.
Vanished.
What was it--drought? pestilence? war? forced migration? mass murder or suicide? Craig Childs draws on scholarly research and a lifetime of adventure and exploration in the American Southwest to pursue the mystery of their disappearance.
Considering many possibilities, he points the way to a new understanding of how a vibrant civilization collapsed..
For more information about the title House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest, read the full description at Amazon.com, or see the following related books:
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