The First Book of the Cliff Dwellers

Name/Title

The First Book of the Cliff Dwellers

Entry/Object ID

2022.30.9

Description

'The First Book of the Cliff Dwellers' by Rebecca B. Marcus. Copyright © 1968 by Franklin Watts Inc., New York, NY. This is a hard bound book with a black & white picture of an example of the Cliff Dwellings found in the Mesa Verde valley where Pueblo Indians called home. The sky is rust colored and the picture is on both the front and back covers.

Context

CONTENTS: Out of the Past Discovery of the Cliff Dwellings Dating the Cliff Dwellings - Tree-Ring Dating Cliff Dwelling Villages Cliff Palace - The "Big Town" The Kiva, or Ceremonial Room Water for the Big Towns Balcony House The Mysterious Sun Temple Piecing Together a Puzzle Life in a Cliff Dwelling - Autumn The Cliff Dwellers' Dreary Winter Spring - Building, Pottery Making, and Planting Time Summer - When Life Was Easy History of the Cliff Dwellers The Disappearance of the Cliff Dwellers In The Rio Grande Valley Index

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

7.25" x 8.75"