Great Excavations: Tales of Early Southwestern Archaeology, 1888-1939

Description

Author: Elliott, Melinda

Publisher: School of American Research

Pub Date: 1995

Binding: Hardback

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 DU): Book: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Signed by the author on the title page. Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  Upper front flap corner has an approx. 1″ mended tear.  Upper front cover corner at spine head wrinkled, slightly worn.  Light edge wear.  Copy 2 (DU): Book: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Signed by the author on the title page. Very light edge and corner wear.  Includes ephemera.  Dust Jacket: Fair to Good.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  Slight edge and corner wear.

Notes: Mesa Verde, Pecos Pueblo, Aztec Ruins, Hawikuh, Chaco Canyon, Snaketown, Awatovi, Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley–If that’s not a list of great excavations from the golden age of Southwestern archaeology I don’t know what is.  Ephemera includes a copy of Glyphs, with the  first review of the book, a review from the Santa Fe New Mexican, and an invitation to book signings by the author.