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“Breathtaking descriptions evoke the harsh beauty of the desert, while the lucid, erudite historical perspectives are informed by the authors’ own extensive archaeological experience.”
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“The Gears have done it again. A mystical and often frightening study of the Anasazi in what is now New Mexico … . This [is] crafty weaving of past and present, a wonderful journey of learning and adventure.”
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