Balcony House: a History of a Cliff Dwelling, Mesa Verde National Park -- Colorado
by Fiero, Kathleen
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Mesa Verde National Park, CO: Mesa Verde Museum Association. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. Archeological Research Series Number Eight-A. Purple wrappers with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Very minor edge wear; faint scratching; spine is slightly faded. Perfect binding is tight. Interior is clean. Also features Report of the 1910 Excavation and Repair of Balcony House by Jesse L. Nussbaum. Includes black-and-white photos and illustrations throughout. This report summarizes the history, architecture, archeology, and stabilization of Balcony House, a mid-sized cliff dwelling located in Mesa Verde National Park. Fiero writes, Balcony House, with its well-preserved rooms, kivas, and plazas, stands as a tribute to those who built and occupied the site in the thirteenth century, the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. Balcony House is also a tribute to the men who excavated and stabilized the site in the early part of the twentieth century. ; B&W Illustrations & Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 166 pp .
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- Title
- Balcony House: a History of a Cliff Dwelling, Mesa Verde National Park -- Colorado
- Author
- Fiero, Kathleen
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Mesa Verde Museum Association
- Place of Publication
- Mesa Verde National Park, CO
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Mesa Verde, National Park, Cliff Dwellings
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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