The Grand Circle tour : a travel and reference guide to the American Southwest and the ancestral Puebloans

The Grand Circle tour A travel and reference guide to the American Southwest and the ancestral Puebloans

Michael Royea

Book - 2014

The Grand Circle Tour is a circuit around a ring of National Parks and Native American sites in the Four Corners Region of the Southwest. It encompasses some of the most significant ancient history in North America: remnants of the Anasazi civilization. From the well-known sites like Zion and Bryce to the little known and well-preserved areas, Royea provides the kind of detailed guidance never before available in guidebook form. The Grand Circle Tour consists of two parts: Part 1 is divided into 14 days and visits 21 different sites, with an additional 20 sites covered that are nearby. The second part of the book has a timeline for the Anasazi. It's a history of Native American occupation of the Southwest from 10,000 BC to the present ...day. The book can be used as a general travel guide or as the basis for an in-depth, historical tour. It is so filled with historical and cultural detail (complimented by photos, maps, and site plans) that it can even provide a satisfying armchair "tour" of the region.

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Subjects
National parks and reserves > Four Corners Region > Guidebooks.
Pueblo (North American people) > History.
Four Corners Region > Guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Genres
Guidebooks
Published
Woodstock, Vermont : The Countryman Press [2014]
Language
English
Main Author
Michael Royea (author)
Physical Description
xv, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-457) and index.
ISBN
9781581572544
  • The tour. Acoma, New Mexico ; El Morro National Monument, New Mexico ; Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona ; Wupatki National Monument, Arizona ; Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona ; Pipe Springs National Monument, Arizona ; Red Cliffs Archaeological Site, Utah ; Zion National Park, Utah ; Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah ; Anasazi State Park, Utah ; Goblin Valley State Park, Utah ; Arches National Park, Utah ; Newspaper rock, Utah ; Edge of the Cedars State Park, Utah ; Hovenweep National Monument, Utah/Colorado ; Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado ; Lowry Pueblo, Colorado ; Anasazi Heritage Center, Colorado ; Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico ; Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, New Mexico ; Coronado State Historic Park, New Mexico
  • Background. Timeline for the ancestral Puebloans ; History of Native American occupation in the Southwest.
Review by Library Journal Review

The culture of the Native Americans living in the Colorado Plateau, or Four-Corners Country as it is popularly known today, dates back at least 10,000 years. Royea (archaeology, Bishop's Univ., Sherbrooke, Que.) packs a tour of this history into a 14-day car trip through New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Significant archaeological sites are described in detail, along with maps, photographs, information on services (important in a sparsely populated region), and history. Two sections deal in detail with Mesa Verde in Colorado and Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, perhaps the most well known of the many sites described. The end of the book includes a useful glossary of common archaeological terms and an extensive bibliography. Most travelers will be hard pressed to cover all the locations discussed in 14 days, however. -VERDICT Don't be confused by the book's title. This is a marvelous guide to the best Indian archeological sites in the Southwest. Both first-time visitors and experienced tourists will find this a most useful travel companion.-Olga Wise, formerly with Compaq Computers Inc., Austin, TX (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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