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Title: House Of Rain Condition: New Subtitle: Tracking a Vanished Civilisation Across the American Southwest Author: Craig Childs Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0316067547 EAN: 9780316067546 ISBN: 9780316067546 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Genre: History Release Date: 01/07/2008 Description: The greatest 'unsolved mystery' of the American Southwest relates to the Anasazi, the native peoples who in 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 - drought, suicide - he points the way to a new understanding of how a vibrant civilization collapsed.HOUSE OF RAIN is a landmark work in the literature of ancient Native American culture, a key to a fascinating and mysterious lost civilization. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 140mm Item Width: 35mm Item Weight: 460g Release Year: 2008 Missing Information?
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