Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest

by H. M. Wormington

PREHISTORIC INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST

by
H. M. WORMINGTON
Curator of Archaeology

SEAL OF COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY · 1900
NIL SINE NUMINE

APPENDIX: OUTSTANDING EXHIBIT-SITES, MODERN PUEBLOS, LOCAL MUSEUMS
By Erik K. Reed
Regional Archaeologist, National Park Service

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THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Denver, Colorado

Popular Series No. 7 Seventh Printing, 1966
First Edition, 1947

PREFACE

During the past 25,000 years the Southwest has been invaded many times. Now each year comes a fresh invasion—an invasion of those who have succumbed to its beauty and strange, inexplicable charm. There is something infectious about the magic of the Southwest. Some are immune to it, but there are others who have no resistance to the subtle virus and who must spend the rest of their lives dreaming of the incredible sweep of the desert, of great golden mesas with purple shadows, and tremendous stars appearing at dusk from a turquoise sky. Once infected there is nothing one can do but strive to return again and again.