Exploring Bandelier National Monument
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Bandelier National Monument
 Pat Barey
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The Bandelier: The Life and Adventures of Adolph Bandelier
 Charles H. Lange
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Adolph Bandelier (1840-1914) has long been recognized as one of the most significant figures in the early history of anthropology and archaeology, not only in the American Southwest but also in Mexico and South America. With almost no formal education, Bandelier succeeded in painting a rich picture of prehistoric American Indian life - a truly unique accomplishment for his day. Because of his extensive work on the Frijoles Canyon Anasazi complex, Bandelier National Monument, between Santa Fe and Los Alamos, carries his name. Bandelier presents a picture of a man who was an explorer in every sense of the word. From his early years as the child of Swiss immigrants in Illinois through his travels around the Southwest, Mexico, then Peru and Bolivia, Bandelier followed his interests wherever they led, counting as his influences Lewis Henry Morgan and the German naturalist Baron Alexander von Humboldt. This accessible biography places Bandelier at the juncture of two eras: the old, in which antiquarians could call themselves archaeologists, and the new, in which archaeology began to establish itself as a science.
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BooknewsAdolph Bandelier (1840-1914) was a significant figure in the early history of anthropology and archaeology in the American Southwest, Mexico, and South America. This volume recounts Bandelier’s explorations and accomplishments from his early years as the child of Swiss immigrants in Illinois to his work and travels throughout the Americas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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On Rims and Ridges: The Los Alamos Area since 1880
 Hal K. K. Rothman
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The Pajarito Plateau in northern New Mexico encompasses the Bandelier National Monument and the atomic city of Los Alamos. On Rims and Ridges throws into stark relief what happens when native cultures and Euro-American commercial interests interact in such a remote area with limited resources. The demands of citizens and institutions have created a form of environmental gridlock more often associated with Manhattan Island than with the semiurban West, writes Hal K. Rothman. Before the coming of the railroad in 1880 the Pajarito Plateau was open, capable of supporting the small-scale agriculture of the Pueblo Indians and seasonal Hispanic pobladores. In the half-century after the arrival of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, the area was gradually claimed by competing special interest groups: the original inhabitants, archaeologists and anthropologists, homesteaders, ranchers, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Rothman describes how these groups with diverse purposes - economic, cultural, aesthetic, spiritual - staked out every inch of land, often clashing over it. Today all of them maintain a presence on the plateau, and any land management decision elicits a response from each. Too often political clout determines the direction of socioeconomic growth. The long-term effects of federal land policy and technology on expanding population in shrinking space, on the transformation of culture and the environment, are seen clearly in Rothman’s study of the Los Alamos area - and the implications for the future of much of the rest of the American West are chilling.
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Library JournalThis historical account of changes in land use on the Pajarito Plateau of northern New Mexico offers a wealth of insights into the development of Western communities. Early life on the plateau mirrored the popular image of the frontier’s vast, open space and untapped resources. As white settlers and their technology colonized the area, land disputes ensued among businesses, the archaeological community, and the federal government. The government eventually won the fight to dominate the plateau, which resulted in Native Americans and nonwhites becoming its ``forced dependents.’’ Other Western communities followed parallel, though not identical, patterns of development, producing similarly devastating consequences for resident minorities. As Rothman (history, Wichita State Univ.) asserts, ``the Pajarito Plateau serves as a microcosm of the social, cultural and economic experience of the American West in the twentieth century.’’ Highly recommended for academic library collections.-- B.A. Kremer, Johns Hopkins Univ. Libs., Baltimore
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