The Abiquiu region includes some of the most spectacular and diverse geology in the state of New Mexico. A triple junction of geologic provinces, including the Colorado Plateau, the Rio Grande Rift, and the Jemez Volcanic Field, coincide to tell a fascinating story of landscape evolution in constant change.\nAbiquiu: The Geologic History of O'Keeffe Country presents the three-hundred-million-year history told by the rocks of the Abiquiu area. With stunning photographs, timelines, and a regional geologic map, noted geologist Kirt Kempter explains the geologic story and landscape evolution of the region for travelers, hikers, and armchair geologists. With large-scale aerial photographs showing major geologic features, explanations of volcanic activity related to the Rio Grande Rift, and detailed descriptions of geologic strata that make up O'Keeffe's beloved Cerro Pedernal, Abiquiu tells the many chapters of changing environments and landscapes from Abiquiu's geologic past.

Abiquiu: The Geologic History of O'Keeffe Country (High Desert Field Guides)

Science & Math

Kempter, Kirt

Huelster, Dick

Earth Sciences

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This guidebook to the dance ceremonies of New Mexico Pueblo Indians is a wonderful aid for anyone looking to visit the pueblos. It contains detailed descriptions of and background for many Pueblo Indian ceremonies that occur year-round in New Mexico. Including a map of northern New Mexico that shows the pueblos and their language groups, as well as a unique Dial-a-Dance that allows you to easily find ceremonial dances at any given pueblo, the guide is an invaluable resource for local pueblo culture.

Dance Ceremonies of the Northern Rio Grande Pueblos (High Desert Field Guides)

History

Huelster, Kathryn

Americas

Kasha-Katuqe Tent Rocks National Monument is one of the most popular natural sites in northern New Mexico. Here, author and volcanologist Dr. Kirt Kempter explains the volcanic past and geologic features of the area for the average visitor. Color diagrams and graphics of the history of geologic formations, including the Rio Grande rift, provide background for understanding the area, and a detailed, durable topographic map provides information about trails and features for the day hiker.

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (High Desert Field Guides)

This guide presents twenty-three unique places to visit in New Mexico that each create a sense of the ancient past. These archaeological locations help to shape our understanding of the people who inhabited this land long before the Europeans came. The text, photographs, graphics, and map that appear here, created with the assistance of New Mexico’s Office of Archaeology, provide the curious reader and the interested explorer alike with insight into the fascinating history and archaeology of New Mexico.

Roads to the Past: Highway Map and Guide to New Mexico Archaeology (High Desert Field Guides)

Politics & Social Sciences

Blinman, Eric

Archaeology

This handsomely illustrated map shows you where to find many of the landscapes Tony Hillerman loved and wrote about. Descriptions of the sites that appear in Hillerman's novels accompany their placement on the map, making this a wonderful guide for the traveler interested in Hillerman's New Mexico. Written by Anne Hillerman, Tony Hillerman's daughter, and photographed by her husband, Don Strel, the guide pairs beautiful photographs with insightful text that draws on the author's firsthand knowledge of her father's sense of place.

Tony Hillerman's Landscapes: Southwest Map and Guide (High Desert Field Guides)

Travel

HILLERMAN, Anne

Strel, Don

Reference

This guide draws on Dennis Slifer's nearly thirty years of Southwest rock art exploration to explain the significance of rock art in areas of New Mexico. An excellent timeline helps you identify stylistic differences in the images, and a master locator map and detailed site maps show you how to find the sites and provide marked trails to follow. The guide is packed with striking contemporary photographs and graphic illustrations of actual rock art images.

Rock Art Images of Northern New Mexico (High Desert Field Guides)

Slifer, Dennis

This guide, created for the Three Trails Conference of 2015, tells the history of the El Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Old Spanish Trail as they traced their paths across the state of New Mexico. Each trail includes ten sites the reader can drive to. In addition to telling the story of the three trails, the guide provides a state map with a blow-up detail of the Santa Fe area and pinpoint sites to visit.

All Trails Lead to Santa Fe: Guide and Map for Three National Historic Trails Connecting Santa Fe to the Rest of the World (High Desert Field Guides)

Three Trails Conference

In this roadside guide, popular lecturer, tour leader, and author Kirt Kempter makes geology interesting through his riveting explanations and engaging diagrams. Kempter presents the geology of the caldera landscape as you drive across it. A topographical map provides detailed information for every visitor, whether a scientist, a hiker, a cross-country skier, a fly fisherman, a hunter, or a curious admirer of nature's wonders.

Valles Caldera National Preserve: Geologic History of the Southwest's Youngest Caldera (High Desert Field Guides)

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