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#01 Prehistoric Man, Great for the Paleo and early man artifact collector. Great referance book

Soft back, 180 pages. Minor binding damage. By Robert J. Braidwood,

Drawings By Susan T. Richert. $12.00

                          SOLD

                     

#02 Smithsonian B.A.E. Bulletin #118

"An Archaeological survey of the Norris Basin in eastern Tennessee"

A must for the Tennessee collector.

Has lots of pictures, includes large fold out map. Soft Back, 382 pages. By

William S. Webb      $75.00

                                            SOLD  

#01 Pursuit of the Ancient Maya

" Some Archaeologists of Yesterday"

An informative, well-written study. Any Mayan collector would love this exciting volume. 256 pages, excellent condition, hardback with book cover.  By Robert L. Brunhouse        $45.00

 

#04 Smithsonian B.A.E Bulletin #176.

Archeological Investigations at the Site of Fort Stevens (32ML1), Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota.  A must for the North Dakota collector. Soft back 238 pages. Many illustrations, photos and maps. Slight Damage. By G. Hubert Smith.    $30.00

#05 History of Billy The Kid.  Reprinted only once since its first publication in 1920, the History of Billy the Kid is the rarest book on the New Mexican gunfighter. Even though it was reprinted in facsimile some thirty years ago, Charles Siringo's little "History" of Billy the Kid, published privately in Santa Fe  remains one of the hardest to find of all the books about the legendary outlaw. We only have a few left, Now out of print.    142 pages

was $12.95   now $6.95

 #06 Ancient Mexico An Overview. An engaging introduction to Mexico before the Spanish conquest. It guides the novice reader from the arrival of man to the new world through thousands of years during which society evolved from small groups of hunter-gatherers to the advanced civilization that the first European visitors encountered in the 16th century.  By Jamie Litvak King. We only have a few left,  Now out of print.  128 pages  was $10.95  now $5.95        

#07 Wide Run, Memories from a Navajo Trading Post. This Story is a must read for those interested in the Navajo people in the early days. Sallie Wagner has managed to catch and retain the essence of what it meant to be white in a Navajo world that was unbelievably different. We only have a few left,  Now out of print.  By Sallie Wagner  146 pages   was $16.95   now $8.49

 

   SOLD OUT

#08 New Mexico Santos Religious Images in the Spanish New World. The examples reproduced here are from the collection of the Archdiocese of

Santa Fe, the Taylor Museum in Colorado

springs,  private collections, and the collections of the Museum of New Mexico. We only have a few left,  Now out of print.  56 pages

 was $12.95    now $6.99

#09 Above a Common Soldier. Frank and Mary Clark in the American West and Civil War, 1847-1872. This rare volume of Civil War-era letters relates the poignant experiences of an English immigrant in the service of the United States Army as a noncommissioned officer civilian employee, and Union volunteer. After his tragic death in 1862 Mary corresponded with his English mother, detailing the daily struggles of a military widow and her five sons in frontier Kansas.  We only have a few left,  Now out of printwas $55.00 now $27.50

#10 Windows on the Past. Historic Lodgings of New Mexico. This unusual history and travel book explores a fascinating cross section of New Mexico's historic hotels, inns, stage stations, resorts, and ranches that were operational before 1940. A few

are long gone, but most are still open for business.

194 pages  We only have a few left,  Now out of print.   was $24.95    now $12.50

#11 Textiles in Southwestern Prehistory. Just as fiber evidence is often important to the solution of modern crimes, prehistoic textiles can be used to solve archaeological mysteries. This book examines the way in which textiles can be interpreted to help archaeolgists understand the lives of prehistoric peoples in the Greater Southwest.   By Lynn S. Teague    We only have a few left,  Now out of print.    was$49.95    now$24.99

#12 The Mill Iron Site This book documents the discovery, investigation, analysis, and interpretation of the data recovered at the Mill Iron Paleoindian site. This site has proven instrumental in better defining and understanding the Goshen Paleoindian cultural complex proposed in 1967.  Edited by George C. Frison.    235 pages    We only have a few left,  Now out of print.   was $80.00  now$39.95

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#13 Visions of a Vanishing Race. This book is the classic photographic record of Native American life by one of America's greatest photographers.  For this book Curtis daughter has slected 175 of her fathers greatest photgraphs. She also collaborated closely with Victor Boesen to give readers a moving  and detailed biography of Curtis's life and work. In addition there is a memoir of Curtis by his son Harold. We only have a few left,  Now out of print. was $29.95  now $14.99

#14 Mimbres Mogollon Archaeology. Great hard cover book about this classic southwestern culture. the Membres had the finest and most artistic of all the prehistoric southwestern pottery. This book has lot of illustrations of pottery vessels as well as photos of sites and houses. great book for anyone interested in archaeology of the southwest. We only have a few left,  Now out of printwas $49.95   Now $24.99