PREHISTORIC INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST
by
H. M. WORMINGTON
Curator of Archaeology
SEAL OF COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY · 1900
NIL SINE NUMINE
APPENDIX: OUTSTANDING EXHIBIT-SITES, MODERN PUEBLOS, LOCAL MUSEUMS
By Erik K. Reed
Regional Archaeologist, National Park Service
THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Denver, Colorado
Popular Series No. 7 Seventh Printing, 1966
First Edition, 1947
PREFACE
During the past 25,000 years the Southwest has been invadedmany times. Now each year comes a fresh invasion—an invasion ofthose who have succumbed to its beauty and strange, inexplicablecharm. There is something infectious about the magic of the Southwest.Some are immune to it, but there are others who have no resistanceto the subtle virus and who must spend the rest of their livesdreaming of the incredible sweep of the desert, of great golden mesaswith purple shadows, and tremendous stars appearing at dusk froma turquoise sky. Once infected there is nothing one can do but striveto return again and again.
For many, a good portion of this charm lies in the intangiblepresence of the “Ancient Ones”, the people who lived in these enchanteddeserts and plateaus through many centuries. One can see theplaces where they lived and often one finds bits of pottery which showthe immemorial striving for beauty of some long dead craftsman. Itis natural to want to know more of these prehistoric people and howthey lived and it is the aim of this book to try to tell that story; notin technical terms intelligible only to the professional scientist but ina way that will make it of interest to the layman and the undergraduatestudent. It is also an attempt to give at least a partial answer to thetwo questions which inevitably arise when one considers the culturesof antiquity—“How do you know these things?” and, “How old arethey?”
There is always the hope, too, that publications such as this mayserve a further purpose. If more people understand some of the complexitiesof excavation and realize how much information may be obtainedby a trained investigator, perhaps there will be less of the unscientific“pot-hunting” which leads to the looting of ancient sites andwhich every year is destroying an untold amount of irreplaceable data.
Constant references to source material, which are characteristic oftechnical publications, are impractical in a book of this nature, for theyspoil the continuity of the narrative. It would be unfair, however, notto give credit to the many fine archaeologists whose work has providedthis knowledge, and it is desirable for the reader to know which publicationsto consult if he seeks more detailed information. Numbers infine print which appear throughout the text refer to publications,listed under corresponding numbers in the bibliography, from whichthe information under consideration was derived.
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