Behind painted walls
Subtitle: incidents in Southwestern archaeology
By: Florence C. Lister.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities.; Mural painting and decoration -- Southwest, New.; Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History.; Southwest, New -- Antiquities.
Description: "This book tells the stories of the excavation, restoration, and in some cases, destruction of some of the most interesting archaeology sites in the Southwest. The five sites discussed all contain Kiva wall paintings made by the prehistoric peoples of the Colorado Plateau.

Lister delineates the archaeological methodology and provides narrative history as she describes work done at Lowry Ruin (Colorado), Gran Quivira (New Mexico), Kuaua (New Mexico), Awatovi-Kawaika-a (Arizona), and Pottery Mound (New Mexico) during the formative years between 1930 and 1960." "Her accounts will interest professional archaeologists and general readers alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-164) and index.
Table of contents: title: Figures and map; title: The reasons why; title: High noon at Lowry; title: Did Coronado sleep here?; title: Off the wall in Jeddito; title: Metaphors on the Puerco; title: Salt flats and salvation.