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When a priceless Arapaho artifact, a petroglyph known as "The Drowning Man," is stolen by thieves who offer to ransom it back to the tribe, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley join forces to find the culprits and recover the petroglyphs, only to discover that the crime may be linked to an unsolved seven-year-old case involving stolen artifacts and murder.
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Pub. Date
©2002
Summary
"The Bighorn and Wind River basins of north-central Wyoming and southern Montana have been home to Native American tribes for at least 11,000 years and contain some of the most diverse assemblages of hunter-gatherer rock art anywhere in the world. Most notable are the spectacular and surreal images of the Dinwoody tradition, but there is also a startling array of other forms from shield-bearing warriors to animals, plants, and abstract images. Ancient...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
Rock Art explores the fascinating history of ancient human-made stone markings that have puzzled historians, archaeologists, and hikers alike for centuries. What is rock art, and who created these mysterious symbols, and why are so many pieces of artwork similar across disparate and long-forgotten cultures? How was rock art made--and, more importantly, why? These questions and more are addressed in this comprehensive guide, complete with full-color...
10) The Sheep Eaters
Pub. Date
c2000-c2003
Summary
Masters of the mountains: Describes how the Mountain Shoshone or Sheep Eater Indians survived in the high mountain country of northwest Wyoming for thousands of years. Hunting the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep was important to the Sheep Eaters's survival. The video explores their use of v-shaped drive lines and wooden traps to capture wild bighorn sheep. It also examines the types of shelter the Sheep Eaters constructed, their use of plants, and the...
16) Saguaro sanction
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Series
National Park mystery volume 8
Pub. Date
2023.
Summary
"When Janelle Ortega's cousin from Mexico is found brutally murdered at a remote petroglyph site in Saguaro National Park, she and her husband, archaeologist Chuck Bender, are drawn deep into a threatening web of hostility and deceit stretching south across the US-Mexico border and back in time a thousand years, to when the Hohokam people thrived in the Sonoran Desert. Evoking the stark, cactus-studded beauty of Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona,...