Anasazi (For Further Study)

For Further Study

• Brody, J. J., The Anasazi: Ancient Indian People of the American Southwest, New York: Rizzoli, 1990.

  This is an oversized book containing 222 illustrations and text written for the non-specialist. It highlights the land the Anasazi inhabited, their social and cultural rise, their architecture, and their ultimate dispersion throughout the Southwest.

• Mails, Thomas E., The Pueblo Children of the Earth Mother, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1983.

  This book provides insight into the ancient Indians even before the Anasazi group settled in America. It tells the story of both the Anasazi and Pueblo Indians, from their roots in Peru in 2000 B.C. to the first Anasazi basket makers in the American Southwest, highlighting their centuries of living at peace with the environment.

• Snyder, Gary, Earth House Hold, New York: New Directions, 1969.

  This is Gary Snyder’s first collection of prose, containing both essays and journal entries. Most pieces concentrate on his life and studies in Japan and address issues of wilderness life, community, and the philosophy of Zen Buddhism.