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Remembering Awatovi is the engaging story of a major archaeological expedition on the Hopi Reservation in northern Arizona. Centered on the large Pueblo village of Awatovi, with its Spanish mission church and beautiful kiva murals, the excavations are renowned not only for the data they uncovered but also for the interdisciplinary nature of the investigations. In archaeological lore they are also remembered for the diverse, fun-loving, and distinguished cast of characters who participated in or visited the dig.

Hester Davis’s lively account—part history of archaeology, part social history—is told largely in the words of the participants, among whom were two of Davis’s siblings, artist Penny Davis Worman and archaeologist Mott Davis. Life in the remote field camp abounded with delightful storytelling, delicious food, and good-natured high-jinks. Baths were taken in a stock tank, beloved camp automobiles were given personal names, and a double bed had to be trucked across the desert and up a mesa to celebrate a memorable wedding.

Remembering Awatovi is illustrated with over 160 portraits and photographs of camp life. Essays by Eric Polingyouma and Brian Fagan enrich the presentation.

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What it was like at a Southwest archaeology field camp
For years I've been trying to find accounts of those legendary field camps in the Southwest. I'm much more interested in what people experienced than in what was found (although there's nothing wrong with that.) Finally, there is "Remembering Awatovi" about a 1935-1939 field camp run by Harvard in a long-deserted Hopi village. It is well-documented with lots of photos and ephemera and quotes from letters and journals. The people and the great times they had really come alive. I especially appreciated that the author mentioned her own efforts to find books on this topic--she didn't find much either, so the value of this book is clear. I was also able to see the accompanying exhibit at the Peabody Museum at Harvard (winter, 2009)so I got to see some of the actual pottery and artifacts they found. I couldn't put this book down and it's also got great notes and references. ... Read more

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Your personal guide to Grand Canyon's West Rim Drive. Onthe shuttlebus or in your car, take this personal guide to find outhow Hermit Rim Road became West Rim Drive. Learn the fascinating storybehind the ownership of Bright Angel Trail and how mining and tourismcame to be what you see today. Discover the Havasupai Indians, thehistoric inhabitants of the Grand Canyon. ... Read more

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Your personal guide to Grand Canyon's East Rim Drive. Describes thevistas at overlooks from Desert View to Mather Point. Measure theGrand Canyon by Reaches or River Miles. The earth's history isrevealed in the walls and peaks of the canyon. Ride the river as JohnWesley Powell experienced it. Why is the Colorado River so rarely red?See the Canyon through Hopi eyes.

Run time:Approximately 30 minutes ... Read more

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Your personal guide to Grand Canyon's West Rim Drive. On theshuttlebus or in your car, take this personal guide to find out howHermit Rim Road became West Rim Drive. Learn the fascinating storybehind the ownership of Bright Angel Trail and how mining and tourismcame to be what you see today. Discover the Havasupai Indians, thehistoric inhabitants of the Grand Canyon.

Run time:Approximately 30 minutes ... Read more

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Your personal guide to the Grand Canyon's East Rim Drive. Begins at Desert View Overlook and describes the vistas at overlooks from there through Mather Point. Walkabout Audio Tours provide you with the insight that local historians, museum curators and park rangers know well. You'll hear little known historical and cultural facts, the background to unique geological formations discussions of local flora and fauna, and Native American myths and legends.

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Your personal guide to the Grand Canyon's East Rim Drive. Begins atMather Point and describes the vistas at overlooks from there throughDesert View Overlook. Walkabout Audio Tours provide you with theinsight that local historians, museum curators and park rangers knowwell. You'll hear little known historical and cultural facts, thebackground to unique geological formations, discussions of local floraand fauna, and Native American myths and legends.

Measure the Grand Canyon by reaches or river miles. The earth'shistory is revealed in the walls and peaks of the canyon. Ride theriver as John Wesley Powell experienced it. Why is the Colorado Riverso rarely red?See the Canyon through Hopi eyes.

Run time:Approximately 30 minutes ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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A visionary overview of world transformation -- the pioneer groups behind it (spiritual, environmental, et al.), key issues (political, economic, social & scientific challenges) involved and peaceful solutions.

Covers an eclectic array of topics such as: the hydrogen age, hidden history, Astro-empires -- from Atlantis to America (title of author's future book), suppressed science, holistic medicine, quantum physics & modern mystics, eco-spiritual communities (living Earth communities vs. global death industries), Hopi & Hindu prophecies, biotechnology (ecocide), globalism via corporate conquistadors (government/corporate collusion), the banking priestcraft (money monopoly), federal taxes & feudal duties, Nimrod's new order & America's secret destiny, Catholic myths (allegorical narratives pawned off as historical events), Vatican billions, the Bible (spiritual interpretation vs. doctrinal distortion -- e.g. Lake of Fire = Body of Christ), Babylonian temples called Churches, DC's Master Masons & Rome's Jesuit Generals, the UN's sacred black monolith (iron-ore stone), Pharaoh's obelisk (Washington monument), Jupiter's temple (Capitol building), Caesar's throne (White House), Vatican hill vs. Capitol hill, Plato's Republic, Bacon's Atlantis & America's blueprint.

The book's premise is that a natural process of spiritual evolution and social development will transform humanity from hunters to healers. The author posits that a convergence of spiritual awareness and social activism is underway and that a unified spiritual perspective will become the cornerstone of civilization. ... Read more

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A visionary quest for personal and planetary transformation.

Sacred tablets (based on the Hopi Life Plan -- Prophecy Rock petroglyph) are discovered in the mysterious Four Corners area that foretell America's destiny. It is a divine blueprint for the future interwoven with Hopi prophecies, transpersonal psychology, quantum physics and holistic medicine.

The Touchstone is for those who enjoyed stories like: The Celestine Prophecy, PsyEarth Quest, Balance Point, Earthfire and Queen of the Sun. ... Read more

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A Quest for Truth
The first half of the book is a non-stop conspiracy theory rant on politics, religion, health care, and big business.I've heard all these theories before, and it's debatable how much of it is truth.Loaded with fear and anger, it's not of a high consciousness.

The second half to the book is kitchen sink spirituality.The author threw in everything he could, most of it as lecture style dialog.There are a number of excellent and insightful points, but for me they were not developed or delivered in a meaningful way.

As a story this book felt to me like a ripoff of "The Celestine Prophesy", pretty much the same formula, but this book was sorely lacking in story.The main character was paper thin, simply a stooge to say "Who, What, Where, How, When, and Why?" to give the author a platform to lecture on the subjects he wished to discuss.These lectures are then delivered by the heroine in a dry and cerebral fashion.I did not identify with either character, and the story never drew me in.

Entertainment: 2 stars
Enlightenment: 4 stars
Overall: 3 stars ... Read more

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For the Hopi, land, religion, and life are one.For them, the practical activities of daily life are suffused with religious significance.Religious rituals, in turn, have practical ends, such as securing adequate rain, sufficient crops, good health, and long life.In this book, Loftin looks at the Hopi's timeless merging of the sacred and the profane as a student of religion.He explores twentieth-century Hopi religious history and cultural change by focusing on the interplay between Hopi myth and history, timelessness and the experience of time, continuity and change.He examines the tension between the Hopi's traditional, mythical religious orientation and the profound historical changes which the Hopi have witnessed during the past century. ... Read more

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The true story of a special cross-cultural friendship.

In 1927 Maud Melville, a wealthy New Englander, and Ethel Muchvo, a Hopi potter, struck up a remarkable friendship. Using diaries, letters, and photographs of Ethel and Maud, biographer and historian Carolyn O'Bagy Davis delves into the touching relationship that blossomed between two very different women over many years of triumphs and sorrows. The story of Ethel and Maud also documents a bygone time in Native American history, a "Hopi summer" before wrenching change came to the traditional Pueblo world of the Hopi. 60 b/w photos. ... Read more

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Examines such factors as relationships among settlement size, regional population densities, the homogeneity of material culture, and local and long-distance exchange in order to trace the history of interaction and the formation of group identity in east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico from A.D. 1275 to 1400. ... Read more

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Whoever visits the Hopi falls perforce under mgic influence of their life and personality. If c me entertains the belief that "a good Indian is ad 'ndian," let him travel to the heart of the Southx md dispel his illusions in the presence of the stui elf-supporting, self-respecting citizens of the puel Many sojourns in a region wlwse fascinations are md to no other, experiences that were happy and wciaiions with a people who interest all comint zontaet with them combined to indite the follw pages. If the writer may seem biased in favor of 'Quaker Indians," as Lummis calls them, be it kn that he is moved by affection not less tlian by res for the Hopi and moreover believes that his comme* tions are worthily bestowed. The recording of these sidelights on the Hopi from being an irksome task has been a pleasure w it is hoped may be passed on to the reader, who here receive an impression of a tribe of Indians U at the threshold of modern civilizing influences still retaining in great m

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CONTENTS; 'he Country, Towns, and Peoples ociaij Life ~ - *ood and Rearing ; ^he Workers; lmuse&ments; Jirth, Marriage and Death Ieligious Life ; Iyths; Traditions and History; *rief Biographies ; Che Ancient People; ndex

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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. ... Read more

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The birds find a way to teach Coyote a lesson when he tries to trick them. Includes a section introducing the Hopi language. ... Read more

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The Hopi-Tewa woman called Nampeyo is recognized today as one of the most important artists of the American Southwest. Through her hands, the craft of Hopi pottery blossomed into the revival of an art form almost lost. By the opening of the twentieth century, Nampeyo's pots were being carried far beyond the Southwest to the showcases of New York and Europe.Mary Ellen and Laurence Blair's years of research have resulted in a landmark study of Nampeyo's life and work and how she handed down her skill and devotion to her daughters and grandchildren and inspired others to follow her lead.Extensively illustrated with hundreds of color and black-&-white photos, maps, and drawings.Notes, genealogy charts, references, index. ... Read more

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Absolutely Outstanding!
The title says it and the book certainly delivers Nampeyo's legacy and much more.If a rating above five stars could be given, this book is deserving of such status.I'm not alone in my praise, as contemporary Native American authorities Bruce McGee and Mark Bahti consider the book to be a model of research, accuracy and thoroughness and an inspiration and landmark with comprehensive and meticulous research.Author Mary Ellen Blair and her husband are to be highly commended for over twenty years of research and numerous visits to the Hopi lands for interviews with Nampeyo's descendants.They left no stone unturned.A full twenty three pages of references are included ... from A - Z.With such extensive time and research one would expect such a book to be weighty and difficult to read.The opposite is true.All the facts and history, from ca 800 - 1700 to the mid 1990's are included.This book reads like a novel and the only problem I could find is that you can't put it down!Page after page and event after event, the reader is held captive by the writing.Mrs Blair pulls no punches as she names the Native Americans, Anglo Americans and Europeans who were caring and honest and she openly points to the dishonest and unscrupulous individuals (incl those in high government positions) who took advantage of Nampeyo and other artists for personal/monetary gain.I could continue with the highest praise for this book.I learned so much from it and I'm continuing to learn with every page.A thirty two page color portfolio is included which contains outstanding examples of Nampeyo's work and those of her descendants which are a real feast for the eyes. I would highly recommend this book to Hopi pottery collectors and to anyone who is interested in Native American/Hopi history from (esp) 1860 - 1940. ... Read more

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This is a first person look at a wide range of Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo, Zuñ, and Apache ceremonials in the late 1920s. This book is both an ethnographic document and a classic of Southwestern literature.

Erna Fergusson (1888-1964), a native New Mexican, was a talented writer and journalist. She earned a master's degree in Latin American studies at Columbia University, and worked for the Red Cross in rural northern New Mexico. She then worked for the Albuquerque Tribune. She founded Koshare Tours, a pioneering tour of Arizona and New Mexico Native American ceremonials. This book grew out of that experience.

Fergusson's writing style is spare and vigorous, filled with a sense of place and a deep appreciation of the desert high plateau region. Dancing Gods is well researched and sympathetic, and remarkably free of attitudes patronizing or idealizing Native Americans. --J.B. Hare ... Read more

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Stories of the Hopi who make Kachina dolls ... Read more

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Excellent Resource for Novice Kachina Collectors
As a relatively new collector of kachinas, I found this to be one of the three best guides for identifying vintage dolls, and also for garnering additional historical information on what each represents.

Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary
This is really a beautiful book.The pictures and descriptions are lovely and very authentic.I fell in love with so many kachinas in this book and wish I could collect more! I bought this when I knew only a little about kachinas and I learned a great deal about each character and along the way gained a real reverence for the Hopi's spirituality.

Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary
An essential for kachina collectors.Author Barton Wright is known as the authority on Hopi kachinas and this book (his major work) shows why. It contains descriptions of 255 kachinas, from the most "popular" to many lesser known and seldom carved dolls. The sketches by Cliff Bahnimptewa are very detailed ... some of the best in print. This book is certainly a "keeper" if you are a collector of this outstanding art of the Hopi. One to add to your library! ... Read more