Mesa Verde Ancient Architecture

Description

Author: Fewkes, Jesse Walter  (1850-1930)

Publisher: Avanyu Publishing (Albuquerque, NM)

Pub Date: 1999

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends, folds.  Light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes:  Reprint edition.  Facsimile reprints from Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletins 41 (1909) and 51 (1911).  Photographs are reprints of the originals, crisp, surprisingly good.  “Understanding what life was like in those places was related to clearing away the rubble to expose the individual rooms and the overall ground plan of each.  As he did so, Jesse Fewkes took notes on the various rooms and kivas, occasionally commenting on what he found that was unusual about each one.  Most often, these observations are limited to architecture or its condition.”  (From the Introduction)