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Beginnings beyond compare -- The formative years -- Meanwhile, back on the mesa -- Before rising waters -- Glen Canyon and Lake Powell -- San Juan River and Navajo Reservoir -- A time of transitions -- Mancos Canyon, Ute domain -- Back to Chimney Rock -- Lowry Ruin, again -- Escalante, the house on the hill -- Salmon Ruin, port of entry -- Reprise of Mesa Verde -- Towers, sunrise, and sunset at Hovenweep -- Cedar Mesa revisited -- Pots in trenches -- Dolores River and McPhee Reservoir -- Irrigated antiquities -- Alpine basketmakers -- Confrontation, accommodation, education -- Crow Canyon Archaeological Center -- Vistas of Mesa Verdean past -- Paleoindian -- Archaic -- Basketmaker II -- Basketmaker III -- Pueblo I -- Pueblo II -- Pueblo III -- Then, the nomads -- Epilogue. |
