of Mesa Verde National Parks Anasazi cliff dwellings. View Visitor Center. Countless blackened pinon pine and juniper trees didnt get off so easily. Those that nature doesnt replace will be replanted ...

Around A.D. 1250, seeking refuge from some unknown threat, the Anasazi migrated from open villages to nearly inaccessible dwellings. A generation later, they moved again. Douglas Merriam In 1874, an ...

Over the last five years, European visitors have flocked to the American Southwest in such numbers that attendance has doubled at many of the region`s national parks and monuments. Four Corners ...

BLUFF, Utah — Darkness was falling like a starry curtain as I pulled into this dusty town along the San Juan River. It was mid-November, and a cold wind was blowing in from the desert. The lights of a ...

How can the complex dynamics of human societies — such as population rise and fall, and movement — be explained? Combining masses of data with computer modelling is a fresh way forward. Two papers 3,4 ...

Signs of an ancient horror lie buried in the southwestern desert. And with them lie hints of a complex societycaught up in turbulent times. Life in the southwestern corner of colorado can be difficult ...