mesa verde national park (colo.)

Eighth-graders from Hannibal, Missouri attempt to help archaeologists at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado discover why the Puebloans who had lived there for over a thousand years suddenly left around A.D. 1300.

Text and photographs discuss life among the Anasazi Indians at the Mesa Verde site in Colorado between 550 and 1300.

Presents a tour of the Anasazi cliff dwellings in Colorado through the eyes of some of the people who lived and visited there nearly 800 years ago.

Discusses the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Colorado, and what is known about the history, social life, and customs of the Ancestral Puebloans who lived in them.

Follows a group of eighth-graders from Hannibal, Missouri as they attempt to help archaeologists at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado solve the mystery of why the Puebloan people who had lived in the area for over a thousand years suddenly left around A.D. 1300.

Recreates, in text and illustrations, the day-to-day life throughout a full year in a Chaco Culture Anasazi pueblo, located in what is now New Mexico, in 1100 A.D.

Describes the history, land features, plants, animals, and buildings of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.

Contains an introduction to the Mesa Verde, in simple textwith illustrations, describing the prehistoric civilization of the American Southwest. Includes glossary and timeline.

Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster child Lucky.