During a visit to the Heartland over Christmas I brought along Craig Childs' latest book "House of Rain." It's a sprawling read that covers the rise and fall of the Anasazi—ancestral puebloan people that inhabited the Four Corners region of the …
Nankoweap Granaries
Until their puzzling exodus in the late 1200s, the Anasazi people carved out a hardscrabble existence from rim to river in the Grand Canyon. Wherever there were reliable springs or fertile land for farming, it’s a safe bet that these hardy …
Early Canyon Inhabitants
For millennia, Grand Canyon has been a magnet for mankind—from yesterday's roaming hunters to today's romantic honeymooners. The recent chance discovery of an artifact on the South Rim has caused park archaeologists to revisit their estimates of the …