"An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. In The Lost World of the Old Ones, David Roberts expands and updates the research from his 1996 classic, In Search of the Old Ones. As he elucidates startling archaeological breakthroughs, Roberts also recounts his past twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock-art...

The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations. Then one bleak morning in the fall of 1700 raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, Brooks unravels the story and its significance, and argues that a perfect...

"A travel and reference guide to ancient Arizona and New Mexico. The Grand Circle Tour is a circuit around a collection of National Parks and Native American sites in the Four Corners Region of the Southwest. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 covers 41 archaeological sites and museums and Part 2 examines the history, culture, and archaeology of the Mogollon, Hohokam, Salado, and Sinagua. The travel guide may be used for individual sites of...