Description:

Satisfy your curiosity and unlock the secrets of painted Anasazi ceramic fragments. This handy guide makes it possible to readily date painted Anasazi sherds, determine when a village was abandoned, and accurately describe your discoveries. Designed for hikers, this guides fold into a convenient shirt-pocket size and features precise line drawings as well as descriptions of key ceramic features. It covers painted ceramics produced between 550 AD and 1300 AD in the northern San Juan/Mesa Verde area (northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, and southeastern Utah). Additional information about ceramic production and its impact on Anasazi life ways can be found in Chapters 1 and 5 as well as Appendix C of The Anasazi Guide.