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Author: Charles Bowden
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKColor photos of the Escalante and the Paria river canyons and the adjacent plateau into which these rivers, with the help of rain & wind, have sculpted surreal, brightly colored galleries. The text by Charles Bowden deals with Mormon heroes, the Hole-in-the-Rock migration, and with John D. Lee, infamous for his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Author: Christa Sadler
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780938216810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn overview of the Colorado Plateau's fossil remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago, featuring numerous illustrations and photographs.
Author: Sally J. Cole
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781555663919
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the deep and colorful sandstone canyons west of the Rockies, along river corridors of northern Colorado, and inscribed on rock outcroppings of the Colorado Plateau, the rock art of ancient and historic inhabitants of the West is an enduring record of past ideas and practices. This first integrated analysis of rock art styles throughout the western Colorado region, dating from pre-A.D. 1 to the middle of the twentieth century, bring together information from earlier studies and presents new information to shed light on how various cultures developed and interacted over time and in diverse geographical settings. Sally Cole traces connections between art on canyon walls, rock shelters, and bolders and designs on pottery, basketry, and other artificts, placing the art in cultural context. This book surveys the cultural history and rock art traditions of Archaic hunters and gatherers, Anasazi, Fremont, Navajo, Eastern Shoshoni, and Ute peoples. regions of special interest include Mesa Verde and the Four Corners area, the Uncompahgre Plateau, Dinosaur National Monument and the canyons of the Green and Yampa rivers, and the Canyonlands of Utah and Colorado. An abundance of drawings, photographs, and maps illustrate the text and reveal the diversity of rock art forms and settings in the West.
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780816522347
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCedar Mesa, Utah, offers adventurous visitors magnificent examples of all the geologic wonders that define "canyon country" throughout the Southwest: stone arches, natural bridges, and breath-sucking precipices, plus hidden springs, hanging gardens, and a treasure of pre-Columbian Indian ruins.
Author: Marjorie A. Chan
Publisher: Utah Geological Survey
Published: 2002-10
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 1557916810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSunrise illuminates Colorado Plateau’s canyon country. In the early morning light, cliffs radiate a rich red glow, and a sculptured panorama of sandstone is revealed in a rich palette of crimson, vermilion, orange, salmon, peach, pink, gold, yellow, and white. Nearby are black, spherical rock marbles (iron concretions) collecting in small depressions, like puddles of ball bearings. These natural spherical balls have been called various names such as iron nodules, iron sandstone balls, or moki marbles. However, we use the name “iron concretion” to describe both the composition (iron oxide that is the dark mineral which cements the sandstone grains) and the formed shape (concretion). What paints the sandstone such rich colors? Why is red a dominant color? Where do the black marbles come from? How did the black marbles form? Is there a relationship between sandstone colors and the marbles? This booklet explores the answers to these questions and poses other questions yet unanswered.
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Publisher: West Winds Press
Published: 2006-05
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 1558688552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPLATEAU LIGHT focuses on the heart and soul of America's Redrock Country, expressing the beauty and wilderness of areas ranging from the Grand Canyon to Paria. These landscapes once inspired the Anasazi, Fremont and Archaic peoples and serve as the perfect background for the petroglyphs and ruins they left behind. For the first time in softbound edition, these spectacular photos will inspire, delight and amaze, both readers and photographers alike. The Colorado Plateau is a land rich in red sands, chocolate crags, eternally translucent skies, and stunning canyons. The region inscribes the deserts, mountains, rivers, and high mesas of the four corners of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. David Muench has walked this land---the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Canyon de Chelly, Bryce Canyon National Park, Mesa Verde, Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, Grand Staircase / Escalanate National Monument --- and has retruend wit the unforgetable images that are presented in this book.
Author: Thomas Lowe Fleischner
Publisher:
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780874806168
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntegrating personal narrative and natural history, Singing Stone is ideal for curious visitors to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as well as students of environmental studies.
Author: Jonathan Stewart
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2018-03-21
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1483480887
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Plateau of Doubt details a 725 mile, two-season trek tracing the Hayduke Trail across the Colorado Plateau. Not only does it describe the stunning scenery spanning six national parks, two national forests, three wilderness areas, two national monuments and one national recreation area, but the underlines the challenges involved in hiking one of the most remote and desiccated landscapes on earth. It illustrates the dramatic impact a warming world and over-grazing are having on the fragile environment of the Colorado Plateau.
Author: Wallace R. Hansen
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jack W. Dykinga
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781932082876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe stunning vistas of the Grand Canyon came alive through the photography of Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Dykinga. complementing the photography, award-winning Charles bowden and Wayne Ranney offer unique prospectives on the Canyon's magnificent beauty and the theories surring its fascination formation.
